Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie Société Suisse d’Economie et de Sociologie rurales Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture http://jsagr.org Information and Guidelines for Authors Contents Description of the Journal ....................................................................................................................... 1 Legal issues .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Review process ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Preparation of Articles ............................................................................................................................ 3 Submission Checklist ............................................................................................................................... 6 Description of the Journal The Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture is edited by the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Sociology. It is a peer reviewed online journal in which both theoretical and empirical economic and sociological scientific contributions are published. The journal is furthermore designed to fill a gap between journals about Agricultural Economics and journals about Agricultural Sociology. It is devoted to the advancement of socio-economics and deals with the analytical, political and moral questions arising at the interface between economy and society in agriculture and rural areas. Articles in the Journal of SocioEconomics in Agriculture explore how the rural economy is, or should be, governed by social relations, institutional rules, political decisions, and cultural values and vice versa. They also consider how the agricultural sector affects the society of which it is part; for example by breaking up old institutional forms and giving rise to new ones. Papers will be considered regardless of whether they are theoretical or empirical in nature and whether they use quantitative or qualitative methods. The Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture will consider primary research articles and research reviews on the following topics: Agricultural and Food Policy Agri-Environmental Measures Climate Change Corporate Social Responsibility Econometrics Environmental and Resource Economics Farm Economics Gender General and partial equilibrium models Linear and non-linear Programming Models Risk 1 Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture - Information and Guidelines for Authors Rural sociology Legal issues Copyright In 2014/2015, the former Yearbook of Socioeconomics in Agriculture was re-launched as the Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture. The Yearbook was a printed journal in which the copyright of the articles was transferred to the Swiss Society of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology as the publisher of the Yearbook. As the journal has been published online and open-access since the re-launch, the author retains the copyright as long as they give proper credit to the article that has been published in the Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture. The author(s) grants publishing and distribution rights to the Journal of SocioEconomics in Agriculture. Authors’ liability It is the obligation of the author(s) to ensure that written works are entirely original. If formerly published work is used, it must be cited or quoted appropriately. All authors who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, conduction or interpretation of the study must be listed as co-authors. Persons who have participated in other aspects should be acknowledged. The corresponding author must ensure that the final version of the article has been approved by all co-authors. Authors need to maintain the data sets on which the article is based for at least 5 year, so that interested persons can reproduce the analysis. It is not permitted for authors to seek publication in other journals, books, etc of contents that have been published in the Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture. Submitting the same article to other journals concurrently is considered to be unethical publishing behaviour. Potential conflicts of interested must be disclosed to the Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture when submitting a manuscript. Users’ rights Similar to the creative commons licence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, users have the right to read, print and download the article; to use and analyse the text and data in the article if it is properly cited; and to translate the article. However, contrary to CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, it is not permitted to redistribute or republish to article on other websites or online repositories. Furthermore, selling and re-using the article for commercial purposes is also prohibited. Language The Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture accepts English, German and French articles for publication. English articles can either be in British or American English but have to be consistent. Review process Articles should be submitted to the editor-in-chief by email to the following address: [email protected]. 2 Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture - Information and Guidelines for Authors Submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by the editorial board for general eligibility for publication in the Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture. This decision will usually be made within a week. The corresponding author(s) will receive an email message when the manuscript has been sent to reviewers. Two scientists will be asked to review the manuscript in a double-blind procedure. In cases in which the opinions of the reviewers deviate from each other, a third reviewer may be asked to review the manuscript. Once an article has been accepted for publication, the Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture will be responsible for formatting and layout, while authors have the obligation to check the printing proof for errors. Unlike in most other scientific online open-access journals, the publication in the Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture is currently free of charge. Preparation of Articles Length The maximal length for both a primary research article or research review is 10,000 words for the total text: including abstract, references, tables, charts etc. Formatting The articles must be submitted in common word processing software. Ideally, authors should use the template provided on www.jsagr.org. Formatting and layout should be kept as simple as possible, as all formatting codes will be removed and replaced upon processing the article. However, authors may use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Use a layout with a single-column format only. Lines should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript. Use double line spacing. Make use of the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check' functions of your word processor. Non native-speakers are strongly encouraged to let their manuscript be proof-read or edited by a native speaker. Information on the title page The Title must be concise and informative: no longer than 100 signs including spaces. Provide the first and family names of all authors and the complete postal addresses of their affiliations including phone number (with country and area code) and e-mail address. Clearly indicate who, is the corresponding author. The text of the article must be preceded by an Abstract. The abstract should be concise and factual and no longer than 300 words. It should state the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. As abstracts are often presented separately from articles, they must be able to stand alone. Please provide the Abstract in English; even if the article is written in German or French. Abstracts of accepted articles will be printed in the yearbook of the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Sociology “Agrarwirtschaft und 3 Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture - Information and Guidelines for Authors Agrarsoziologie, Economie et Sociologie Rurales” for increasing the readership and visibility of the papers. Keywords: For indexing purposes, please provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using British or American English spelling and avoiding general and plural terms. Only use established abbreviations. The keywords should be in English; even if the article is written in German or French. JEL classifications: indicate the appropriate JEL classification(s): see http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/jel_class_system.php Acknowledgements: Please include the acknowledgements on the title page in a way that does not disclose the authors’ identity. Individuals who provided help during the research, writing or proof reading of the article may be listed in a separate section at the end of the article. Structure of the manuscript Divide the article into clearly defined and numbered sections with brief headings. Subsections should be numbered; for example 1.1, 1.2 and 1.1.1, 1.1.2, if a third level is used. The abstract, the acknowledgements and the references should not be included in section numbering. Please ensure that the names of the authors cannot be traced back by deleting your name in the file properties and including the acknowledgements in a separate title page file. To ease the review process, please include a copy of each figure and table in the manuscript at the location within the main structure of the manuscript (not at the end of the text). Additionally, Tables and figures should also be submitted in separate files (below) Please use the following standard structure for your manuscript. deviations from this structure are possible but such deviations must be justified: In the Introduction explain the scientific relevance of your work, the current research gap and how your article intends to close the gap. Clearly state the objectives of the work. Avoid a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Materials and Methods should explain clearly how you conducted the study in order to allow reviewers to evaluate your work and permit others to replicate your study The Results provided in the Results section should be clear and concise. The Results section may be combined with the Discussion section. The Discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work; not repeat them. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature. The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section. The Conclusions section may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section. If there is more than one Appendix, the appendices should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on. Similarly for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc. References 4 Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture - Information and Guidelines for Authors For generating the reference list, we recommend to use Endnote or similar software. You can find the Endnote style at http://jsagr.org/_downloads/JSAgr.ens We use the same reference style as the European Review of Agricultural Economics (examples below taken from http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/erae/for_authors/): Book Swinnen, J. F. M. (ed.) (1997). Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. Article in a book Steenkamp, J.-B. E. M. (1997). Dynamics in consumer behaviour with respect to agricultural and food products. In Wieringa, B., Tilburg, A. van, Grunert, K., Steenkamp, J.-B. E. M. and Wedel, M. (eds), Agricultural Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in a Changing World. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 143-188. Article in a journal Monier-Dilhan, S. and Ossard, H. (1998). Producers' loss due to asymmetric information: An application to a specific case. European Review of Agricultural Economics 25: 155-169. Dissertations, reports, conference papers Zeller, M., Schrieder, G., Braun, J. von and Heidhues, F. (1997). Rural Finance for Food Security for the Poor: Implications for Research and Policy. Food Policy Review 4, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Washington DC: IFPRI. Mathematical formulae: Present simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. For complicated formulae we recommend using the word equation editor. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text). Footnotes should be avoided if possible. If they must be used, please number them consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic numbers. The footnotes may be built into the text or listed at the end of the article. Table footnotes should be placed beneath the table. Tables For tables, please use a grid with separate cells for each row and column. Do not use line breaks within the cells. If you do not use a grid, use single tabs, not spaces, to align columns. Tables must be submitted in an editable format such as Word or Excel; if necessary as separate files. Figures Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing in graphs and figures. Preferably use the following fonts: Arial, Times New Roman and/or Symbol. Size the artwork close to the desired dimensions of the printed version. Submit each artwork as a separate file. If you use a Microsoft Office application (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) then supply the illustrations in their native document format. Regardless of the application used (with exception of Microsoft Office) supply artwork in eps-format or tiff-format with at least 300 dpi. For good reproduction make sure that the artwork does not exceed the size of 100% in the layout with 150 or 300 dpi. Further information on the requirements for graphs for publication is available at http://art.cadmus.com/da/index.jsp. 5 Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture - Information and Guidelines for Authors Please do not supply files in the GIF-, BMP-, PICT-, WPG-formats, as they are too low in resolution. Provide captions to figures as part of the main manuscript files. Layout and style Place tables and artwork near the reference in the text. Number the tables and the artwork consecutively according to their sequence in the text. Use an initial capital only in column headings in tables. Include a translation of all foreign words and acronyms: in parentheses at their first appearance. Submission Checklist Please attach the following files when submitting an article to JSAgr: - Letter to the editor (preferably as .docx) Title page (preferably as .docx) Anonymised manuscript file (preferably as .docx) Tables (preferably as word-tables in separate .docx files) figures as separate files (preferably as .tif or .eps, details see above) If relevant: Supplementary information, e.g. datasets or further explanations (any commonly used format) 6
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