Author Guidelines

Everything you need to prepare and submit a strong manuscript to JONAGES.

Thank you for considering JONAGES for your research. These Author Guidelines bring together everything you need to prepare and submit a strong manuscript, from formatting and structure through to ethics, submission and what happens after acceptance. Reading them before you submit will help your work move smoothly through review and production.

JONAGES welcomes original research articles, reviews, short communications and data papers across agriculture, soil science, biodiversity and ecosystem management. Whatever the article type, we ask that submissions be clearly written, methodologically sound, and prepared in line with the requirements set out in the sections below.

Select any card to open its full guidance. If you have a question that these pages do not answer, the editorial office is glad to help — clear communication with our authors is part of how JONAGES supports good science.

Manuscript preparation

Structure, word limits, abstract, keywords, figures and tables, and language expectations.

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Formatting & templates

Required formatting and links to downloadable JONAGES templates.

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Submission process

How to submit through JONAGES and what to expect at each step.

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Ethics & policies

Authorship, originality, conflicts of interest and data availability.

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After acceptance

Copyediting, proofs and the real-time publication process.

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Copyright & licensing

Author-retained copyright and open-access licensing terms.

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Templates & downloads coming from your handling editor on submission.Reviewing for JONAGES? See the Reviewer Guidelines.