Author Guide

  • Form and style of manuscripts: All manuscripts should be written according to the style of the Journal of Sheep and Goats Production. For example and format refer to web site: http://easg.jeeran.com/scientific_journal.html
  • Page format; paper size B5 (17.6 x 25 cm), with the following margins; 3 cm top and bottom, 1.7 cm left and right; and left gutter of 0.5 cm. layout, different header and footer. Font 11: Times New Roman.
  • Software used for writing would be Microsoft Word.
  • Tables, figures and photos should be placed within the text.
  • Table's format is essential to construct, as each mean value or columns' heading typed in a separate cell, i.e., do not put all means in a column in one cell. Please consider the size of the pages while preparing tables, graphs and images.
  • Figures format: don’t use different colors to differentiate items but use fill effects pattern with black only.
  • Sub-titles are written in italics (Times New Roman, Font 12) (lined in the manuscript) with only the first letter of the first word in capital.
  • Following the title, author(s) name(s) (with initials preceding) and address(es), articles are often divided into the following sections: SUMMARY (not more than 250 words), INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS, ACKNOWLEDGMENT(S) and REFERENCES.
  • Capitalize the letters of the major work in both the article's title and the sections titles, e.g. MATERIAL AND METHODS (Times New Roman, Font 12 Bold). Text and tables written font 11 regular.
  • Key words position after the English summary, not more than five key words font 11 italic.
    Key words: sheep, digestibility… etc.
  • Within the text keep the following formats:
  • Abbreviations of the Journal of Animal Science (D.S.A) are adopted for our Journal. Any other abbreviations must be defined. Notice that a period (dot) (.) is put after the abbreviation.
  • Enumerations Zero to ten should be spelled out, e.g. Zero, one, two … etc. Values greater than ten or that followed by abbreviated units are written in Arabic numerals. (e.g. II animals, 49 wk).
  • Tables must be legible self explained and fitting the page size. Avoid, as possible, tables which can be included only in horizontal direction or in more than on page. Use footnote under tables to explain its contents when needed. The table heading is written as: Table 2. Means of ….. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in each column heading. Footnotes are referred to by numbers 1, 2,
  • Tables fonts; Title & headings font 11 bold, numbers font 11 regular
  • Tables, Figures and Plates are referred to in the text by capital first letter T, F and P.
  • Do not repeat information in tables and graphs. Select one tool to present results effectively.
  • Referring to authors would show in name for single or double followed by Year, e.g. Garrette (1990), Ahmed and Cline (1989). In case of three or more authors the name of the first author only is mentioned followed by et al. (1989).(Authors & years within text written bold)
  • In the Text, References of one or two Authors should be by their Surnames and year. References of more than two names are shown as the Surname of the first Author and et al. In the List of References, References should have an alphabetical order giving: Surname(s) and abbreviated first name(s) of the Author(s), year, title of the paper, name of the Journal (i.e. place of publication) complete (not abbreviated), number of the volume, numbers of the first and last pages. For books, title and place of publication should be mentioned.
  • In the references section, each reference is shown in the following succession; name of author(s), Year, title and editing authority, plus publishing Co. in case of books and symposia. In case of periodicals the volume No. is followed by the number of the first page of the article, if the reference is a book or symposium the pages of the article referred to are shown as pp. 42- 46, or the chapter No. stated in italic (lined in the manuscript) the periodical name (e.g. J. Anim. Sci.), in case of books the first letter of each main word of the title is capital.
  • In the references; names and year font 11 bold, other font 11 regular.
  • Arabic summary: Font type Simplified Arabic; Title, authors' names font 13 bold; affiliations, text font 12 Bold.
  • Plates should be high gloss-prints of good contrast.
  • Latin names in the Text and titles of books and Journals in the List of References should be written in Italics.
  • Weights and measures must be expressed in the metric system and temperatures in centigrade.
  • Enumerations zero to ten are written in letters, e.g. zero, one, two … etc. Values greater than ten or that followed by abbreviated units are written in Arabic numerals, e.g. 49 wk.
  • All pages including those of tables, plates and figures must be numbered.
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