Author Guidelines

JTEP-L publishes original research in all aspects of agricultural engineering. All submissions are reviewed by an editor and at least two reviewers. JTEP-L applies an anonymous (blind) peer-review process, in which the identities of authors and reviewers are kept confidential.

Template

The manuscript must be submitted anonymously, while the author's identity is written in a separate front matter file.

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Type of Papers

Original papers (regular papers) should report the results of original research. Submission of a manuscript to this Journal represents a certification on the part of the author(s) that it is an original work, and that neither this manuscript nor a version of it has been published elsewhere no is being considered for publication elsewhere. Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Manuscript Format: Before preparing the manuscript, consult carefully the layout of one of the latest issue of JTEP. Manuscripts should be prepared with numbered lines and written in 12 point Time New Roman font double space in A4 paper. Margin on all four sides are 2 cm throughout, i.e. also for abstracts, footnotes and references. Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc. should be numbered. Figures and tables are grouped and put at the end of the manuscript (after the References). The article should be typed in paper length of 15-20 pages, approximately 5000 words. To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the ‘spellchecker’ function of your wordprocessor.

Manuscript Structure

First Page (Cover Sheet): Date of submission, name of author(s) and institution(s), address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, title of manuscript, number of text pages, number of tables, number of figures, number of photographs, running title (less than 50 letters including space between words), and reprint order.
Title Page: The title should be informative (consist of not more than 14 words) and be followed by the surname and forename (in full) of each author, the department and institution where the study was carried out, fax number and e-mail address (complete with postcode) of the corresponding author (this author being identified by an asterisk).
Abstract: Summarizing a clear introduction of two or three sentences mentioning background of the research, aim of the study, the experiments described, the main results and the conclusions. Give one or two sentence(s) to discuss the finding(s) or prospective(s). It should not exceed 200 words which has no reference and be followed by keywords (not more than five words or phrases arranged in alphabetical order).
Introduction: Write down the background of the research and mention the previous studies that had been done. State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background.
Materials and Methods: The method section need to be detailed enough to allow reviewers to answers following questions: (i) Are the methods described in sufficient detail so that the study can be replicated?, (ii) Is the research an experimental or exploration?, (iii) If your research uses the previous researched method, please described briefly that method. If you make any modification, described the modified part.
Results and Discussion: Results should be clear and concise. State the obtained results based on the used methods. Do not present same data in both table and graph format. Discuss your data by comparing the current reported data with the previous results. Highlight the similarities, as well as the differences, and the uniqueness of your findings. Explain why your result(s) is coming to be.
Conclusions: The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
Acknowledgements: Mention individuals or funding sources supporting the research.
References: References: All published works cited in the text must be listed alphabetically without numbering. At least 80% of the references should be from publications within the last five years. Manuscripts must use citation management software such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero. References and citations must follow the JTEP citation style. The JTEP citation style for Mendeley is available at JTEP Mendeley Style (https://csl.mendeley.com/styles/846515181/Jtep), while the Zotero CSL file is available at JTEP Zotero CSL. For detail guidelines see Manuscript Template.