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Proceedings of the symposium: Acta Horticulturae

Acta Horticulturae is a series of proceedings of ISHS symposia. It is the objective of ISHS to include in the proceedings all relevant papers from oral and poster contributions presented in order to provide an archival record of the scientific content of the meeting.

All manuscripts have to be submitted by the beginning of the symposium, 20th April 2008. Abstracts will not be acceptable.

1.      Manuscript Submission

All verbal and poster symposium presentations are eligible for publication in the proceedings if a suitable manuscript is prepared and submitted on time to the Editorial Board.

All oral presenters, including invited and key-note speakers, must submit a manuscript for the Acta. If this is not agreed to by the author(s), the work can be presented as a poster. Authors of posters are welcomed to submit their manuscript for Acta Horticulturae but posters cannot be published as such. The manuscript should be submitted a few weeks before the symposium starts or at the symposium in order to avoid unnecessary delay in the reviewing process and editing of the Acta Horticulturae volume.

The ISHS claims traditional copyright protection of all material published in Acta Horticulturae, except where copyright is held by a third party such as a governmental agency and, upon request, permits fair scientific use as long as the author and ISHS are credited. The authors of an Acta article are required to obtain permission if copyrighted material is used.

2.      Manuscript Length

Manuscripts should be as concise as possible in order to reduce to a minimum the number of pages of each Acta. As a general rule, the maximum number of pages is 12 for keynote lectures and 8 for other presentations (oral and poster). An average page of text will contain about 800 words. Manuscript reviewers will delete unnecessary information and will advise on the number of pages each manuscript should have, taking into account its content and characteristics. When papers exceed 12 or 8 pages, respectively, the convener can levy a charge 50 euro for each excess page.

Only full manuscripts of reviews or contributed papers will be considered for publication. Papers reporting results of experiments normally include at least four sections: abstract; introduction; materials and methods; results and discussion. Other types of papers may have different formats. Abstracts or extended summaries will not be published.

3.      Criteria for Acceptance of Articles for Acta Horticulturae 

  1. English language is understandable.
  2. Format fits ISHS guidelines.
  3. Paper represents a contribution to horticulture. It is either original, confirmatory or a synthesis of information related to the theme of the Acta.
  4. Information of data is correct.
  5. Data should be statistically analyzed where appropriate.
  6. Literature Cited should be appropriate

 

4.      Manuscript Reviewing

It is essential that Acta Horticulturae be strong in content and this is the responsibility of the Editor(s) and the Editorial Board and reviewers. The Convenor, in co-operation with the Scientific Committee and with the agreement of the Chair of the Section or the Commission and Working Group sponsoring the symposium, will therefore appoint the Editor(s) and Editorial Board with at least one native English scientist with a profound knowledge of the theme of the symposium. The Editorial Board members that co-ordinate the editorial work will be acknowledged as Editor.

Before acceptance all manuscripts should be evaluated by at least two reviewers for scientific and technical merit and correctness of the language. The major task of the Editorial Board will be to improve the overall quality of the publication. Members of the Editorial Board are expected to help those participants with some difficulties to bring their papers up to a satisfactory standard.

The first priority in the reviewing process is the rigour and clearness of the manuscripts. Manuscripts based on previous published articles by the author are acceptable.

The Editorial Board should be in contact before the symposium to distribute tasks and to set deadlines for manuscript reviewing.

6. Instructions to Authors

Manuscripts for publication in Acta Horticulturae must be typed as indicated in the Instructions to Authors, which can be obtained from the ISHS website www.ISHS.org. All manuscripts must be submitted in electronic format together with a printed copy. Manuscripts should be written in English. However manuscripts in Spanish and French are acceptable, in bilingual symposia, provided they include a one page extended abstract in English. An abstract in French or Spanish can be added to manuscripts in English.

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