PJB
Instruction to Authors
Pakistan Journal of Botany publishes Original papers and quality reviewes of Botanical interest.
Pakistan Journal of Botany is a bimonthly journal. In a year, 6 issues of the journal in February,
April, June, August, October and December are published. A paper would normally require at
least six months from the date of receipt for its appearance in the journal.
Contributors are requested to be brief and concise. The following format should be followed
while preparing the manuscript.
Language: Manuscript should be in English. Avoid the use of passive voice. Manuscript should
be checked by Native English speaker.
Arrangement: The different sections of the paper must be arranged as follows.
Title: The title should be concised and informative. All capitals.
Authors: Email addresses, affiliations and contacts of all authors should be given. All capitals.
In case of more than one authors with different Institutions, use numbering in superscripts
(1, 2, 3 etc) to separate the author's affiliation. Do not use any other symbol such as *, † or ‡.
Example:
DEPICTING THE ROLE OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS FOR BIO AVAILABLE
PHOSPHORUS RELEASE FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES OF ROCK
PHOSPHATE AND UPTAKE BY MAIZE CROP
NOOR-US-SABAH1*, GHULAM SARWAR1, MUKKRAM ALI TAHIR1 AND SHER
MUHAMMAD2
1
Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, University College of Agriculture,
University of Sargodha, Pakistan
2
National Institute of Organic Agriculture, Islamabad, Pakistan
*
Corresponding author’s email:
[email protected]Abstract: A short and comprehensive abstract (Not more than 300 words) should be provided
including objective, brief methodology, important findings and conclusion.
Key words: Appropriate Key words should be given after abstract (Key words may not be
taken from the title).
Introduction: Must contain the comprehensive and latest literature on the problem to be
addressed and a valid hypotheses to be tested in the study.
Materials and Methods: Must contain all details of the lab and field studies. In case of
agriculture data of at least two years must be included. However, data of one year will be
acceptable if the experiments are conducted at two different sites.
Result and Discussion: May be in a single section as "Results and Discussion" or if necessary,
can be split into separate "Results" and "Discussion" sections. Avoid to make subsections
however, if necessary, subheadings can be used in this section. Discussion should be logical and
results must be discussed in the light of previous finding (preferably recent ones) justifying your
findings.
Nomenclature
Scientific plant names must be used in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature
of algae, fungi and plants. In taxonomic studies, authors names of all taxa should be provided as
standardized by the International Plant Names Index
Keys
Dichotomous keys are preferred, and each couplet should be noted by a number as in this
example:
Seeds
1 + angular .............................................................................................................................................
............. 2
Seeds not
- angular .............................................................................................................................................
...... 4
Seeds retortiform
2+
……………………………………………................................................................. C. spinosa
- Seeds reniform, ob-elliptic pyriform or elliptic pyriform
Herbarium Acronyms
Registered public herbaria should be referred to by the acronyms included in Index Herbariorum.
Herbaria not included in Index Herbariorum should be referred to by their full name.
Conclusions: can be given in a separate heading or a short paragraph containing important
conclusions of the study.
Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively and must have descriptive headings which
should be understandable without reference to the text. Instead of giving a number of small
tables, the contributors are requested to consolidate small tables into a comprehensive one as far
as possible. Table must be created in proper table format by selecting rows and columns.
Figures: Figures should be clear and readable with at least 300dpi resolution. Graphs should be
sent in editable form or original Excel files.
References: References must be arranged alphabaticallay and stick to the Journal format. Papers
not following the recommended style will not be considered for publication.
· In the text, in case of one author should be cited as (e.g. Stephens, 2018).
· In case of two authors in parenthesis, both authors must be separated with "&" and not
with full "and" (e.g. Brown & Endrizzi, 2016).
· In case of publications of more than two authors, the name of first author should be
followed by et al. (e.g. Zhang et al., 2017).
· In case of two or more citations in the text, the citation must be arranged in chronological
order (Stephens, 2009; Brown & Endrizzi, 2010; Ashraf et al., 2012, Wang, 2014; Sajid &
Aqeel; 2018)
The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the Thomson Reuters Journal List
(Journals in the 2016 Release of Journals). In case of more than one publications by the same
author in the same year, the refarnces must be separated by a, b, c etc (e.g. Ashraf et al., 2004a,
2004b; Wang & Liu, 2018)
Journal article
Milborrow, B.V. 2001. The pathway of biosynthesis of abscisic acid in vascular plants: a review
of the present state of knowledge of ABA biosynthesis. J. Exp. Bot., 52:1145-1164.
Chen, K. and R. Arora. 2011. Dynamics of the antioxidant system during seed osmopriming,
post-priming germination, and seedling establishment in Spinach (Spinaciaoleracea). Plant. Sci.,
180(2): 212-220.
Sana, F., F. Ahmad, M. Hameed and R. Ahmad. 2018. Ecology and species association of grass
species in response to altitudinal gradient in the Potohar region. Pak. J. Bot., 50(1): 41- 49.
Cheng, G., Y. Jiang, Y. Chen, S. Yang, S. He, H. Liang and X. Duan. 2011. Combined effects of
pectic enzymes on the degradation of pectin polysaccharides of banana fruit. Pak. J. Bot., 43(3):
1501-1505.
Book
Corner, E.J.H. 1976. The Seeds of Dicotyledons. Vol: 1. Cambridge University Press, Britain.
Book Chapter
Alam, S.M. 1994. Nutrient by plants under stress conditions. In: Pessrakli, M. (Ed.), Handbook
of Plant and Crop Stress. Marcel Dekker, New York, pp. 227-246.
Ashraf, M.Y. and G. Sarwar. 2002. Salt tolerance potential in source members of Brassicaceae:
Physiological studies on water relations and minerals contents. In: Ahmad, R. and K.A. Malik
(Eds.) Prospects for Saline Agriculture. Klawer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp.
237-245.
Edited Book
Ali, S.I. and M. Qaiser (Eds.). 2001. Flora of Pakistan. 205. University of Karachi, Karachi.
Review Process: Each submitted paper is subjected to technical and quality check by the
Primary Review Committee. The papers which do not fulfill the primary quality criteria are
immediately returned to the corresponding authors. Only papers of good quality are sent for a
peer-review to two independent reviewers. The review process is completed normally within 3
months and review reports are returned to corresponding authors. The authors may revise and
submit their revisions within a maximum of 2 months from the decision, failing this the
submission is marked as rejected.
Author’s Contribution: All authors are required to submit their specific and quantitative
contribution, duly signed on the prescribed proforma available on website.
· All authors have read publication ethics and agree to follow them All references mentioned in
the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa Permission has been obtained for use of
copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web) Color figures are clearly marked as
being intended for color reproduction on the Web (no additional charges) and in print (additional
Charges apply) or to be reproduced in color on the Web (no additional charges) and in black-
and-white in print (no additional charges)
Quick check list before submission
· Read authors instruction
· References should be according to Pakistan Journal of Botany
· Paper should be complere (all tables, figures and text should be in a single MS Word file)
· Contribution letter
· Cover letter
· Reviewrs name, address and email should be given
· Email address of all authors should be given.
· Files name (you need to upload) should be simple without any special characters
· Example: paper.doc, contribution.pdf etc.
