Aims & Scope

Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationists accepts original articles from potential contributors for a special publication entitled “Soil and Water Conservation Bulletin” which will be brought out every year highlighting the issues related to any of the following topics:

1. IJSC welcomes full length research articles, short communications, review articles, book reviews, case and successes studies, soil and water conservation, natural resource management, watershed management, soil-plant-animal relationships, conservation cropping, farming systems, integrated farming, agroforestry,pasture management, land degradation and rehabilitation, land use planning, socio-economic analysis, policy issues and environmental protection, etc.
2. The MS submitted for publication should be exclusive for this journal and must not carry same material already published.
3. Article should be written in english correctly, clearly, objectively and concisely, and aims at short, meaningful sentences while maintaining continuity of expression.
4. Two hard copies of the (one side print) MS should be submitted along with soft copy. Soft copy of the MS can also be submitted through e-mail for speedy submission and processing of manuscript.
5. Accepted manuscripts shall be published only when the entire author must be member of IASWC.

Author & Guidelines

SECTION WISE TIPS AND SOME USEFUL HINTS FOR PREPARATION OF PAPERS

1. Information sheet

i. Title in sentence case, bold, single spaced and one font size higher than the remaining text. Avoid use of “effect of” or “Influence of”. Scientific name in italics.
ii. Author/Authors: Initial followed by name in bold, use comma between names ex: K.G. Tejwani, J.S. Samra, and V.N. Sharda.
iii. Email and contact phone numbers.
iv. Complete address with pin code in italics.

2. ABSTRACT:

Capital, bold with colon, single spaced with 250 words.

3. Key words:

Sentence case, bold, colon, arrange in alphabetically separated by semicolon. The first letter of the key word should be capital.

Example: Key words: Conservation measures; Economics; Organic farming, Soil moisture

4 Introduction: Not be typed

5. MATERIALS AND METHODS

i. Typed as side beading, capitals with bold, text start in next paragraph and double spacing. Crop variety name with in single quote and italic. All local names are in italic. Ex. Kharif, Rabi, etc; viz; SI units, follow kg ha-1, mm hr-1, %, etc., one space between data and unit.
ii. For citing references follow the pattern given below:
iii. Thornthwaite and Mather (1955) or (Thornthwaite and Mather,1955), Stewart (1991) or (Stewart,1991), Allen et al. (1998) or (Allen et al.,1998)
iv. Use semi-colon (;) between two references to list more than two references as shown below.
v. Campbell (1977); Engleson et al.(1978); Syendar and Pruitt (1985);NIH (1989) or
vi. (Campbell,1977; Engleson et al.,1978; Syendar and Pruitt,1985;NIH,1989)
vii. Treatments number in subscript ex: T1, T2
viii. Plant size may be mentioned as 25 m x 50 m
ix. Date, month and year may be mentioned as 13 May 1965, 15 May to 25 June 2007.
x. Words should be used for numbers one to nine
xi. In a series or range of measurements, mention the units only at end. Ex: 5,10,15,25 and 30 m or 40, 50 and 80% instead 5 m, 10 m, 15 m and 30 m or 40 %, 50 % and 80 %, respectively. Use % after numbers not per cent

6. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

i. Typed as side heading, capital with bold, Text start in next paragraph with double spacing.
ii. Sub-headings are in mixed case (first letter of word is capital), left aligned, matter start in next paragraph with double spacing.
iii. Sub –Subheadings are in sentence case (only first letter of word is capital), left aligned, matter start in next paragraph with double spacing.
iv. Follows other tips given at MATERIALS AND METHODS, First letter of the word Table/Figure is capital while citing Table/Figure number through out the MS. Either at running text or in parenthesis

7. CONCLUSIONS

i. Typed side heading, left aligned, capital and bold. Matter start in next paragraph with double spacing.

8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

i. Typed side heading, left aligned, capital and bold. Matter start in next paragraph with single spacing.

9. REFERENCES

Follow the patterns given in section 2.2.8

10. Table

i. Table and table number in normal font followed by dot (.). Title of the table in italic without dot (.) at the end.
ii. Use parameter, treatment, crop instead of parameters, treatments, crops, respectively.
iii. Big table exceeding full size may be split into two or three tables.

11. Figures/Maps

i. Title should be below the Figure/Map. Type Figure/Map followed by one space, number and dot (.). Title should be in italic with dot (.) at the end.
ii. Vertical axes labeled vertically. Follow uniform font and font size. Only laser print out is allowed

Ethics Policy

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