General Submission Conditions

By submitting a manuscript to the editorial office, the author confirms that the presented work has not been previously published, is not under consideration for publication in another journal, its publication has been approved by all co-authors and the responsible institutions where the research was conducted. The publisher does not bear legal responsibility for possible compensation claims.

For the use of figures, tables, or text fragments from other publications, authors must obtain permission from the copyright owners for both print and electronic formats. Confirmation of obtaining such permissions should be provided with the manuscript. Materials without appropriate permissions will be considered the authors’ own materials.

Publications in the Agricultural Science and Practice journal are free of charge. No Article Processing Charge (APC) is applied.

Subject Areas

The Agricultural Science and Practice journal publishes results of fundamental and innovative research on issues of agronomy, biology, biotechnology, bioengineering, and veterinary medicine. Original articles and literature reviews that have not been previously published are accepted for publication.

All manuscripts undergo confidential review by leading experts in the relevant field and by a scientific editor. Articles are submitted in Ukrainian, translated in the editorial office free of charge, and published in English with abstracts in English and Ukrainian.

The full text of articles in English is posted on the journal’s website (http://www.agrisp.com). Each article receives a unique DOI, ensuring proper dissemination of scientific results in the global information space.

Since 2015, the journal has been indexed in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index. Since 2020, the journal has operated on the OJS platform.

Review Articles

The journal considers review manuscripts only if the author(s) have their own published or properly documented results in the relevant field of study, which is subject of the review, and clearly present their own key contributions within the manuscript (with references to publications/data). Manuscripts that do not adequately demonstrate the authors’ contribution may be rejected or recommended for resubmission under a different article type.

Submission Procedure

The manuscript should be sent to the editorial office’s email address editor@agrisp.com with the corresponding set of documents, including:

• Referral letter from the organization (pdf);
• Agreement on Transfer of Copyright (pdf), completed and signed separately by each co-author, for example, 4 authors – 4 agreements (Template of Agreement on Transfer of Copyright);
• Manuscript in doc or docx format (pdf is not acceptable). The file should be named with the surname of the first author in English, for example, orlyk.doc;
• Illustrations and tables;
• Ukrainian-English dictionary of specific terms used in the article.

Important: the copyright transfer agreement comes into force after the article is accepted for publication. If the article is rejected, the agreement automatically becomes void. Signing the agreement means that the authors are familiar with and agree to its terms.

Manuscript Structure

The manuscript should contain:

• UDC index;
• Title of the article in Ukrainian and English;
• Surnames and initials of all authors in both languages;
• Name and postal address(es) with indices of institution(s) where the author(s) work, in both languages;
• Email addresses of all authors, indicating the corresponding author (marked with an asterisk);
• ORCID of all authors.

Structured abstract is provided in English and Ukrainian, both variants should be identical in content (each not less than 1800 characters with spaces). The abstract should not contain undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Abstract structure: Aim. Methods. Results. Conclusions. Keywords that can be used for indexing the manuscript.

Main Sections of the Article

“Introduction” — analysis of the current state of the scientific problem with references to current sources in world literature. In the last paragraph of the introduction, the aim of the research and the vision of the final result are formulated.

“Materials and Methods” — description of the methodology with sufficient detail to allow replication of the research. For experiments with biological objects, approval from the local ethics committee must be indicated.

“Results” — presentation of the main results of the authors’ own research.

“Discussion” — comparison of the obtained results with the results of other researchers in this field. In this section, it is unacceptable to introduce new data not presented in the “Results” section.

The “Results” and “Discussion” sections must be separate.

“Conclusions” — confirmation or refutation of formulated hypotheses and prospects for further research. Rephrasing the “Discussion” section is not allowed.

Additional Information

Before the reference list, the following information must be included:

• Sources of funding for the work of each participant and the entire team of authors; when referring to grants, it is necessary to specify the fund, grant name and/or number;
• Conflict of interest;
• Adherence to ethical principles when working with humans and animals, including protocol number, name of the bioethics committee in English, and approval date.

Tables and Illustrations

Tables must have a title and a sequential number. All abbreviations in tables must be explained in notes below them.

Illustrations are provided in color or black and white in one of the standard formats (.xls; .cdr; .tif; .jpg), they must be clear, have sequential numbers referenced in the text, and informative captions.

Cited Literature

The reference list should include only those works that are cited in the text and have already been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works are mentioned only in the text.

Sources in the reference list are arranged in alphabetical order.

All sources must be accessible on the internet. DOI (if available) is a mandatory element of the bibliographic description. It is recommended to include complete DOI links (for example, “https://doi.org/abc”).

Since 2015, the journal has formatted cited sources according to the Springer Basic Style format (springer-general-information.pdf):

Important recommendations:

• At least 50% of the bibliography should be published in the last 5 years;.
• No more than 5% of the bibliography should be the authors’ own publications;
• Minimize the number of “gray literature” sources (without DOI indices);
• It is not recommended to refer to hyperlinks, dissertation abstracts, monographs; congress and conference materials, or service materials (DSTU);
• Internet resources can be cited if they have a DOI;
• It is advisable to cite sources published after 2010.
• Cyrillic titles must be transliterated (Editor Utils).

After Receiving the Review

In case the manuscript needs to be revised, the author provides an explanatory letter to the reviewer and marks the corrected places in the manuscript text with a different color.

Important Notes

• Articles that do not comply with the journal’s submission guidelines will be returned to authors without review.

• The journal reserves the right to reject an article in cases of detected plagiarism, unethical conduct, or violation of the terms outlined in this document.

• Authors are required to promptly notify the editorial board of any errors or inaccuracies in the published article to facilitate the publication of corrections or, if necessary, the retraction of the article.