Guides for Agriculture and Food Science Authors

These guides are written for authors preparing work for publication in agriculture and food science. Each one answers a single question in full — how journals are scored, what a manuscript has to look like, why papers get rejected, what a DOI actually does — using this journal’s own published requirements rather than general advice.

Where a guide quotes a limit, a charge or a process, that figure comes from the Instructions to Author, the Peer Review and Publication Policy or the Open Access Policy page, and you can check it there. Every guide ends with a short set of frequently asked questions.

Latest Articles

Predatory vs Genuine Agriculture Journals: How to Tell the Difference

By Farhan Siddiqui • Aug 2026

How to tell a predatory agriculture journal from a genuine one: seven checks, reading an invitation email, the metric and indexing tricks, and why small is not bad..

Publication Charges in Agriculture Journals: What to Expect

By Deepa Menon • Aug 2026

What agriculture journals charge and why: 2,500 INR or 55 USD after acceptance, what the money covers, and why the timing of a charge matters more than the amount..

How Long Does It Take to Publish in an Agriculture Journal?

By Anil Kumbhar • Aug 2026

How long publishing in an agriculture journal really takes, which stages you control, why a promised turnaround is a warning sign, and how to make your paper faster..

Manuscript Checklist Before Submitting to an Agriculture Journal

By Neha Bansal • Aug 2026

A complete pre-submission checklist for an agriculture journal: three files, eight format rules, manuscript structure, and the four items reviewers ask for most..

Agriculture Journal Impact Factor Explained: What It Measures and What It Does Not

By Vikram Choudhary • Aug 2026

What the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor measures, how it differs from a NAAS score, why it describes the journal not your paper, and how to spot fake metrics..

What is Peer Review? Double-Blind Review in an Agriculture Journal Explained

By Sunita Rao • Aug 2026

How double-blind peer review works at an agriculture journal: what reviewers assess, how to anonymise your manuscript, and the one-week revision window..

What Makes a Good Agriculture Journal? 9 Checks Before You Submit

By Dilbag Singh • Aug 2026

Nine checks that separate a credible agriculture journal from a risky one: review process, plagiarism screening, DOIs, indexing, charges, board, licence, archive..

How to Choose an Agriculture Journal for Your Paper

By Rahul Jha • Aug 2026

Choose an agriculture journal with five checks: scope, verifiable indexing, a described review process, registered DOIs, and charges visible before you submit..

What is a DOI? A Plain Guide for Research Authors

By Gopal Singh • Aug 2026

What a DOI is, how to read its prefix and suffix, why it survives link rot, how to cite one in Vancouver style — and why a DOI is not proof of peer review..

Open Access vs Subscription: What Agriculture Authors Need to Know

By Nikhil Gupta • Aug 2026

Open access vs subscription for agriculture authors: who pays and when, CC BY vs CC BY-NC, what copyright you keep, and why access model is not a quality signal..