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Prepare your manuscript for Journal of Apicultural Research.

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Article types

Review
Research Article
Review Article
Letter
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Lectio

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 250 words.
  • Use a structured abstract.
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  • There are no strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript: abstract, author affiliation, figures, tables, funder information, and references.
  • Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions (optional).
  • A non-structured abstract of no more than 250 words.

Keywords

  • Include or confirm the keywords required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Papers intended to be submitted as Notes & Comments should not exceed 1500 words including references and should contain no more than two display items (two figures, two tables, or one of each).
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  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • The breadth of coverage and inclusion of references should be complete enough to provide a practising scholar with sufficient background knowledge to begin working in that field.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the whole content, including accuracy of references.
  • Following first mentions, generic names should be abbreviated to the initial, except when confusion could arise by reference to genera with the same initial.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
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  • Use sensible rounding to improve readability of tables, e.g. 10.2% instead of 10.195%, p Equations.
  • The maximum number of display items, including figures and tables, is six.
  • Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
  • Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
  • Fonts in figures must be serif-free (e.g. Arial, Calibri).
  • Do not include titles or captions within your illustrations.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, GIF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX).
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • Avoid effects such as shading, bevel etc. Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts including results of statistical analysis.
  • Keep lettering consistently sized throughout your final-sized artwork, usually about 2–3 mm (8–12 pt).

Funding statement

  • You should declare only the acquired funds and grants that are directly relevant to the work reported in your article; for example, This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].

Competing interests

  • Include or confirm the competing interests required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Data availability statement

  • Include or confirm the data availability statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Ethics statement

  • Include or confirm the ethics statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Blinded manuscript

  • Include or confirm the blinded manuscript required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Cover letter

  • Using third-party material in your paper You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • Review: The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission.
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  • If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

Supplementary files

  • Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.

Title page and author information

  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
  • One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal) and the online article.

Article structure and word limits

  • The title should have no more than 150 characters.
  • All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
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  • Use sensible rounding, e.g. 10.2% instead of 10.195%, p Specific spellings.
  • It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Review: The motivation for the review must be clear, and it must clearly state what new insights are gained from it.
  • Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
  • Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
  • Notes & Comments should also include a short summary.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • Species Latin names should be used without authority.
  • DNA and RNA Sequences must be submitted to GenBank, ENA or NCBI prior to publication.
  • Notes and Comments should also include a short summary.
  • Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Originality and accuracy of content has been confirmed by the authors.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.
  • Authors must retain the original and revised versions which must be shared upon request.
  • The PLSP guidelines for authors must be followed at all times.
  • Articles on melissopalynology, bee diversity, or bee hive products must be hypothesis driven rather than descriptive, or cover one or more significantly large geographical regions and sample sizes.
  • Maps and photographs must use scale bars.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • These describe techniques or original research that is too narrow in scope to justify a longer article, or report information and observation for which replication is not possible or additional data cannot be easily obtained.
  • Image descriptions are typically used by systems such as pronouncing screen readers to make images accessible to people that cannot read or see the object due to a visual disability.

Reporting guidelines

  • Include or confirm the reporting guidelines required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Statistical reporting

  • Experimental studies need to include a sufficient number of samples for drawing appropriate conclusions, and all experiments need proper repeatability and have undergone the appropriate statistical analysis.

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
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  • Use of AI tools as part of ethical research studies is permitted.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: The name and version number of the AI tool used.
  • Systematic Review: Use of AI tools as part of ethically conducted literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and bibliometrics studies is permitted.
  • Use of AI tool assisted plain language summaries (PLS) of authors own work is permitted.
  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparation to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors have checked terms of use for the specific AI tool used, and therefore confirm suitability for publication.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Research Article: A typical Original Research Article for this journal should be no more than 9000 words; this limit includes tables, references and figure captions.
  • Review: A typical Review Article for this journal should be no more than 12000 words; this limit includes tables, references and figure captions.
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  • Review Article: A typical Review Article for this journal should be no more than 12000 words; this limit includes tables, references and figure captions.
  • All terms relating to bees are to be written as two words, such as "honey bee", "Queen bee", "bumble bee", "stingless bee", etc. The species Latin name "Varroa destructor" should be used or mentioned upon first appearance in the title, abstract and main text, after which the commonly accepted single word "Varroa" (non italics and capitalised) can be used if preferred by the authors.
  • The authority needs to appear only once in the article, with the first mention of the taxon in the main text.

Manuscript structure

  • They should not have the subheadings of Introduction, Materials and Methods, etc.
  • Authors must retain full records of the methods undertaken, including full descriptions and records of the prompts used, which must be shared with the journal upon request.
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  • Review: Review articles can have different headings and subheadings, but need to follow a logical structure.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).
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What your package checks

Abstract: 250 words
Paper: 1,500 words
Declarations: Artificial intelligence

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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