Authors’ guidelines

1. Article types

Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology (IJPP) publishes research papers on all aspects of plant pathology and related sciences, both online and in printed issues quarterly each year. The IJPP particularly welcomes manuscripts that apply the scientific method, describing the critical testing of hypotheses. Only articles are written in English (with a Persian abstract) or Persian (with an English abstract) are considerable. They must not be under consideration, or accepted, for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts are subject to peer review and copy editing. Review of all submitted manuscripts will be conducted through a three-stage process: preliminary check, plagiarism check, and independent expert peer review. Regular articles will be published in order of acceptance.

The IJPP publishes one of the following types: original research articles, short articles/short communications, review articles, and short scientific reports/disease notes.

 

1. Original research articles

An original research article discusses the topic, methodology, findings, and conclusions of a study or experiment carried out by the author (s). It is divided into the following sections: Title; Abstract (not exceeding 250 words); and Keywords (not exceeding five and not appearing in the title); Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgements; Conflict of interest; References. Certain layout leeway is allowed for papers that cannot be presented in the usual format. Combining results and discussion sections, for example, is permissible.

2. Short communication articles

Short communication leads to a brief yet independent report that substantially contributes to research. Short communications should not exceed six manuscript pages (ca. 26880 characters, plus one table and one illustration) and should be accompanied by a brief explanation of their novelty and significance. The text is not divided into sections, except for a short abstract, (not exceeding 200 words), and keywords, acknowledgements and References.

3. Short scientific report/disease note

In plant pathology, a ‘disease note’ is a short scientific report enabling early reporting of outbreaks or noteworthy changes in disease location, host range, or pathogen physiology. The body text of the disease notes should not be more than 250–300 words. They must all be provided on one page, contain no more than one figure or table, and no more than three references

1. Instructions to authors
2. All submitted materials must be digitized and submitted electronically to http://www.ijpp.ir/, with the manuscript ideally in Microsoft Word. Illustrations should be submitted separately as Adobe files (layers left unflattened, to allow lettering to be added to figures during layout), never embedded in Word files. Line drawings (600 dpi or higher) and half tone pictures (300 dpi or higher.
3. A neatly typed, clean copy is required. Double-space throughout (all parts, including title, addresses, footnotes, legends, tables, references, etc.). Use line-number guides (left margin) on the original version. Leave at least a 3 cm (1.25 inch) margin on all sides. All English text must be left-aligned so that the right margin is uneven (not right-justified). Remove all extra vertical space above or below titles, headings or paragraphs (except in references). Do not format additional space between paragraphs or sections; typesetting codes will produce these at the press.
4. The main text document should be drafted in Microsoft Word (doc or .docx) to aid in copy editing of accepted papers. Please do not submit article files or tables as PDF, and an editable file is needed for copy editing. Times New Roman font size 14 (Bold) for the title and 12 (regular) for the text should be used. The text should be in single column format. Do not place page breaks between sections. Manuscripts requiring extensive alterations by the editor will be returned to the author for correction.
5. The corresponding author should confirm that: (a) all named authors have agreed to the publication of the work; and (b) the manuscript does not infringe any personal or other copyright or property rights.
6. Papers are published in English with an abstract in English (the editorial board prepares a Persian abstract for each manuscript received from non-Iranian authors based on the provided English abstract). Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. English spelling is required, and should follow The Cobuild English Dictionary (HarperCollins Publishers, London).
7. Words of non-English origin, like bona fide, prima facie, in vitro, in situ, should be placed in italic, together with scientific names of generic, subgenus, section, specific and intraspecific ranks. Scientific names of families and higher should be placed in roman type.

In all sentences beginning with a Latin generic name, this name is given in full. Do not start paragraphs or sentences with abbreviations if this can be helped, i.e.: Pyricularia oryzae is a super pathogen. NOT: P. oryzae is a super pathogen.

7. Please submit with the manuscript, the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of up to 3 potential referees. Note that the handling editor retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.
8. Common abbreviations are as follows: h, min, s, mL, µL, mg/L, °C, Fig., d, wk, as well as ITS, RPD, RFLP, rDNA, 18S etc. Authorities of microorganism taxa should be omitted from the general text, unless novelties and synonymies are listed, or nomenclatural issues discussed.
9. References in the text should be chronological, and given in the following form: “Smith and Jones (1965) have shown ...”, or, “some authors (Zabetta 1928, Taylor and Palmer 1970, Zabetta 1970) consider that ...”. Where there are three or more authors, names should be cited by the first name only, adding “et al.”, e.g., “Bowie, Black and White (1964)” should be written as “Bowie et al. (1964)” or “(Bowie et al. 1964)”. Where authors have published more than one work in a year, to which reference is made, they should be distinguished by placing a, b, etc. immediately after the date, e.g., “Dylan (1965a, b)”. Reference citations in text should be in ascending order of year first, followed by authors’ names.

For Web references, as a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed should be given. Any further information if known (DOI, author names, date, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be included in the reference list.

10. In the References section, citations should strictly be alphabetical according to the first named author, with papers having the same authors arranged according to date. Each reference should include the full title of the paper and journal, volume number, and the final and the first page number. In the case of book chapters, the names of editors, first and last page numbers of the articles, publisher and place of publication are needed.

- For journal references: Please include the DOI number at the end of the referenced articles.

Manuchehrri A. and Shirzadi G. H. 1967. Gray rot of onion. Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology 4: 24-32.

Black J.A. and Taylor J. E. Article title. Fungal Biology. In press. DOI

- For book references:

Alexopoulos C. J., Mims C. W. and Blackwell M. 1996. Introductory mycology. 4^th ed., John Wiley & Sons Inc., USA. 868 p.

- For edited book references:

Hhsseltine C. W. and Ellis J. J. 1973. Mucorales, pp. 187-217. In: G. C. Ainsworth, K.K. Sparrow and A. F. Sussman (Eds). The Fungi. Academic Press, USA.

- For thesis references:

White DA. 2001. Dissertation title. PhD thesis, Department, University, Country.

- For references to proceedings of conferences:

Zielenski D. and Sadowski C. A. 1995. Preliminary study on Verticillium dahliae Kleb in winter oilseed rape in Poland. In: Murphy D. (ed). Proc 9th Intern Rapeseed Conference, 4–7 July 1995. Cambridge, UK, pp 649-651.

- For website references:

Clear R. and Patrick S. 2007. Fusarium head blight in western Canada: The distribution of F. graminearum and soil zones on the prairies. Internet Resource: http://grainscanada.gc.ca/ Pubs/fusarium/maps_graminearum-e.htm (verified Aug 10, 2007).

Note: References do not contain any BOLD or ITALIC text (except scientific names). Do not include personal communications, unpublished data, manuscripts or partial page numbers from books and theses; place such references in the text. Manuscripts must have been accepted for publication before they may be cited as (In press). A copy of the letter of acceptance may be requested.

For references using a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting is recommended.

11. Figure and Table numbers in Roman type: Always use ‘Fig.’ Note that lower case letters should be used for numbering within a figure.

Fig. 10. Phoma lingam. a. Vertical section through a pycnidium; b. conidia; c. range of variation observed among young (left) to mature (right) conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. — Scale bars = 10 µm.

Number all illustrative material consistently as Fig. (not Plate).

12. 12. Tables: Keep them to a minimum. Before constructing determine whether the data might be better treated in narrative form in the text. Almost all short tables can be put in such form. Each table begins on a new page. Tables are numbered in Roman numerals, and the word(s) Table (or Supernumerary Table) begins at the left margin. The title follows in paragraph form, double-spaced. Titles must be a single sentence; if further explanation is required footnotes should be used. Omit vertical lines. See a recent issue of the Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology for guidance in formatting and use of horizontal separation lines.
13. 13. Illustration: Illustrations should be loaded as EPS (lineart), JPEG or TIFF (halftone/color graphs) and Gif files only to the online submission system. Designate all illustrations (photographs, graphs, line drawings) as Figures (abbreviate Fig., Figs.) and number consecutively in Arabic numerals. A plate of drawings or photographs is treated as one figure with letters for each element. The use of capital letters in this case is highly recommended for readability. Print publication in color is expensive so the color should be used in illustrations only when it is essential to convey scientific information.

Figures must be designed to fit a maximum of 8.2 cm (3.25 inches, one column) or 17.1 cm (6.75 inches, two columns) wide by 23.4 cm (9.25 inches) high, including space for the legend after reduction. Cover dimensions are 18.3×21.2 cm. The minimum resolution for figures is 300 dpi, sized for the final print dimensions; higher resolution may be desirable for figures such as micrographs; 400–600 dpi is preferred. Plan figures to use the full one- or two-column width.

Phylogenetic trees will only be accepted when submitted as Powerpoint files or in Adobe (never as pictures).

1. Scientific names

Italicize only generic, infrageneric (subgenus, section), specific and intraspecific taxa. Citation of nomenclatural authorities for taxa is optional except for taxonomic papers. When cited authors of all specific and intraspecific taxa, except forma specialis, should be given but only when first used in the text or in a table. If authors for taxa are cited in a table, do not repeat in the text. For abbreviation of authors’ names see Kirk PM, Ansell AE. (1992).

1. Nomenclature

- Nucleic acid sequences

Prior to publication, nucleotide sequences and protein sequences must be deposited with GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/) and an accession number obtained for publication in the manuscript. The data must be referenced in the text and not in the reference section.

- Virus nomenclature

When writing virus and species names, please follow the rules of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV): https://talk.ictvonline.org/information/w/faq/386/how-to-write-virus-and-species-names

- Fungal nomenclature

Authors must check for current fungal nomenclature of the fungi included in the manuscript. Please follow the recommendations of one of the following projects and databases: International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (https://www.fungaltaxonomy.org/), The Genera of Phytopathogenic Fungi (http://plantpathogen.org/), the Index Fungorum (http://www. indexfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp), Mycobank (International Mycological Association, https://www.mycobank.org/), the Center of Excellence in Fungal Research (https:// onestopshopfungi.org/), U.S. National Fungus Collections Databases (https://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases), or Taxonomy at NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy).

1. Units, Abbreviations and Nomenclature

All measurement specifications must follow the S.I. system. Other abbreviations should only be employed if they are recognized internationally. All biological and chemical terms used should be according to the current international nomenclature. Substances or reagents obtained commercially, when first mentioned in the text, must include the name and address of the manufacturer or supplier. Only taxonomic terms in Latin are printed in italics. The full name must be provided when first used in the article.

1. Cover letter

Each submission should be accompanied by a cover letter to the editor including a short description of the significance of the research with emphasis on improvement related to previous knowledge. The corresponding author must list the authors of the manuscript and collectively disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Please name three potential preferred reviewers (familiar with the scientific topic, internationally recognized and operating in a different institution and/or country than the authors). Furthermore, colleagues who are unsuitable as reviewers due to conflicts of interest should be listed, together with the reasons for their exclusion.

1. After Acceptance of the Manuscript
2. Article Publishing Charges: 1000,000 and 500,000 Iranian Rial per full research and short research articles respectively which will be requested after finalizing the reviewing process.
3. Proof reading

The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting or conversion errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor. After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.

3. Online first

The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. The the official first publication citable with the DOI. After the release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.

Authors’ guidelines

1. Article types

Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology (IJPP) publishes research papers on all aspects of plant pathology and related sciences, both online and in printed issues quarterly each year. The IJPP particularly welcomes manuscripts that apply the scientific method, describing the critical testing of hypotheses. Only articles are written in English (with a Persian abstract) or Persian (with an English abstract) are considerable. They must not be under consideration, or accepted, for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts are subject to peer review and copy editing. Review of all submitted manuscripts will be conducted through a three-stage process: preliminary check, plagiarism check, and independent expert peer review. Regular articles will be published in order of acceptance.

The IJPP publishes one of the following types: original research articles, short articles/short communications, review articles, and short scientific reports/disease notes.

 

1. Original research articles

An original research article discusses the topic, methodology, findings, and conclusions of a study or experiment carried out by the author (s). It is divided into the following sections: Title; Abstract (not exceeding 250 words); and Keywords (not exceeding five and not appearing in the title); Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgements; Conflict of interest; References. Certain layout leeway is allowed for papers that cannot be presented in the usual format. Combining results and discussion sections, for example, is permissible.

2. Short communication articles

Short communication leads to a brief yet independent report that substantially contributes to research. Short communications should not exceed six manuscript pages (ca. 26880 characters, plus one table and one illustration) and should be accompanied by a brief explanation of their novelty and significance. The text is not divided into sections, except for a short abstract, (not exceeding 200 words), and keywords, acknowledgements and References.

3. Short scientific report/disease note

In plant pathology, a ‘disease note’ is a short scientific report enabling early reporting of outbreaks or noteworthy changes in disease location, host range, or pathogen physiology. The body text of the disease notes should not be more than 250–300 words. They must all be provided on one page, contain no more than one figure or table, and no more than three references

1. Instructions to authors
2. All submitted materials must be digitized and submitted electronically to http://www.ijpp.ir/, with the manuscript ideally in Microsoft Word. Illustrations should be submitted separately as Adobe files (layers left unflattened, to allow lettering to be added to figures during layout), never embedded in Word files. Line drawings (600 dpi or higher) and half tone pictures (300 dpi or higher.
3. A neatly typed, clean copy is required. Double-space throughout (all parts, including title, addresses, footnotes, legends, tables, references, etc.). Use line-number guides (left margin) on the original version. Leave at least a 3 cm (1.25 inch) margin on all sides. All English text must be left-aligned so that the right margin is uneven (not right-justified). Remove all extra vertical space above or below titles, headings or paragraphs (except in references). Do not format additional space between paragraphs or sections; typesetting codes will produce these at the press.
4. The main text document should be drafted in Microsoft Word (doc or .docx) to aid in copy editing of accepted papers. Please do not submit article files or tables as PDF, and an editable file is needed for copy editing. Times New Roman font size 14 (Bold) for the title and 12 (regular) for the text should be used. The text should be in single column format. Do not place page breaks between sections. Manuscripts requiring extensive alterations by the editor will be returned to the author for correction.
5. The corresponding author should confirm that: (a) all named authors have agreed to the publication of the work; and (b) the manuscript does not infringe any personal or other copyright or property rights.
6. Papers are published in English with an abstract in English (the editorial board prepares a Persian abstract for each manuscript received from non-Iranian authors based on the provided English abstract). Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. English spelling is required, and should follow The Cobuild English Dictionary (HarperCollins Publishers, London).
7. Words of non-English origin, like bona fide, prima facie, in vitro, in situ, should be placed in italic, together with scientific names of generic, subgenus, section, specific and intraspecific ranks. Scientific names of families and higher should be placed in roman type.

In all sentences beginning with a Latin generic name, this name is given in full. Do not start paragraphs or sentences with abbreviations if this can be helped, i.e.: Pyricularia oryzae is a super pathogen. NOT: P. oryzae is a super pathogen.

7. Please submit with the manuscript, the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of up to 3 potential referees. Note that the handling editor retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.
8. Common abbreviations are as follows: h, min, s, mL, µL, mg/L, °C, Fig., d, wk, as well as ITS, RPD, RFLP, rDNA, 18S etc. Authorities of microorganism taxa should be omitted from the general text, unless novelties and synonymies are listed, or nomenclatural issues discussed.
9. References in the text should be chronological, and given in the following form: “Smith and Jones (1965) have shown ...”, or, “some authors (Zabetta 1928, Taylor and Palmer 1970, Zabetta 1970) consider that ...”. Where there are three or more authors, names should be cited by the first name only, adding “et al.”, e.g., “Bowie, Black and White (1964)” should be written as “Bowie et al. (1964)” or “(Bowie et al. 1964)”. Where authors have published more than one work in a year, to which reference is made, they should be distinguished by placing a, b, etc. immediately after the date, e.g., “Dylan (1965a, b)”. Reference citations in text should be in ascending order of year first, followed by authors’ names.

For Web references, as a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed should be given. Any further information if known (DOI, author names, date, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be included in the reference list.

10. In the References section, citations should strictly be alphabetical according to the first named author, with papers having the same authors arranged according to date. Each reference should include the full title of the paper and journal, volume number, and the final and the first page number. In the case of book chapters, the names of editors, first and last page numbers of the articles, publisher and place of publication are needed.

- For journal references: Please include the DOI number at the end of the referenced articles.

Manuchehrri A. and Shirzadi G. H. 1967. Gray rot of onion. Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology 4: 24-32.

Black J.A. and Taylor J. E. Article title. Fungal Biology. In press. DOI

- For book references:

Alexopoulos C. J., Mims C. W. and Blackwell M. 1996. Introductory mycology. 4^th ed., John Wiley & Sons Inc., USA. 868 p.

- For edited book references:

Hhsseltine C. W. and Ellis J. J. 1973. Mucorales, pp. 187-217. In: G. C. Ainsworth, K.K. Sparrow and A. F. Sussman (Eds). The Fungi. Academic Press, USA.

- For thesis references:

White DA. 2001. Dissertation title. PhD thesis, Department, University, Country.

- For references to proceedings of conferences:

Zielenski D. and Sadowski C. A. 1995. Preliminary study on Verticillium dahliae Kleb in winter oilseed rape in Poland. In: Murphy D. (ed). Proc 9th Intern Rapeseed Conference, 4–7 July 1995. Cambridge, UK, pp 649-651.

- For website references:

Clear R. and Patrick S. 2007. Fusarium head blight in western Canada: The distribution of F. graminearum and soil zones on the prairies. Internet Resource: http://grainscanada.gc.ca/ Pubs/fusarium/maps_graminearum-e.htm (verified Aug 10, 2007).

Note: References do not contain any BOLD or ITALIC text (except scientific names). Do not include personal communications, unpublished data, manuscripts or partial page numbers from books and theses; place such references in the text. Manuscripts must have been accepted for publication before they may be cited as (In press). A copy of the letter of acceptance may be requested.

For references using a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting is recommended.

11. Figure and Table numbers in Roman type: Always use ‘Fig.’ Note that lower case letters should be used for numbering within a figure.

Fig. 10. Phoma lingam. a. Vertical section through a pycnidium; b. conidia; c. range of variation observed among young (left) to mature (right) conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. — Scale bars = 10 µm.

Number all illustrative material consistently as Fig. (not Plate).

12. 12. Tables: Keep them to a minimum. Before constructing determine whether the data might be better treated in narrative form in the text. Almost all short tables can be put in such form. Each table begins on a new page. Tables are numbered in Roman numerals, and the word(s) Table (or Supernumerary Table) begins at the left margin. The title follows in paragraph form, double-spaced. Titles must be a single sentence; if further explanation is required footnotes should be used. Omit vertical lines. See a recent issue of the Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology for guidance in formatting and use of horizontal separation lines.
13. 13. Illustration: Illustrations should be loaded as EPS (lineart), JPEG or TIFF (halftone/color graphs) and Gif files only to the online submission system. Designate all illustrations (photographs, graphs, line drawings) as Figures (abbreviate Fig., Figs.) and number consecutively in Arabic numerals. A plate of drawings or photographs is treated as one figure with letters for each element. The use of capital letters in this case is highly recommended for readability. Print publication in color is expensive so the color should be used in illustrations only when it is essential to convey scientific information.

Figures must be designed to fit a maximum of 8.2 cm (3.25 inches, one column) or 17.1 cm (6.75 inches, two columns) wide by 23.4 cm (9.25 inches) high, including space for the legend after reduction. Cover dimensions are 18.3×21.2 cm. The minimum resolution for figures is 300 dpi, sized for the final print dimensions; higher resolution may be desirable for figures such as micrographs; 400–600 dpi is preferred. Plan figures to use the full one- or two-column width.

Phylogenetic trees will only be accepted when submitted as Powerpoint files or in Adobe (never as pictures).

1. Scientific names

Italicize only generic, infrageneric (subgenus, section), specific and intraspecific taxa. Citation of nomenclatural authorities for taxa is optional except for taxonomic papers. When cited authors of all specific and intraspecific taxa, except forma specialis, should be given but only when first used in the text or in a table. If authors for taxa are cited in a table, do not repeat in the text. For abbreviation of authors’ names see Kirk PM, Ansell AE. (1992).

1. Nomenclature

- Nucleic acid sequences

Prior to publication, nucleotide sequences and protein sequences must be deposited with GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/) and an accession number obtained for publication in the manuscript. The data must be referenced in the text and not in the reference section.

- Virus nomenclature

When writing virus and species names, please follow the rules of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV): https://talk.ictvonline.org/information/w/faq/386/how-to-write-virus-and-species-names

- Fungal nomenclature

Authors must check for current fungal nomenclature of the fungi included in the manuscript. Please follow the recommendations of one of the following projects and databases: International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (https://www.fungaltaxonomy.org/), The Genera of Phytopathogenic Fungi (http://plantpathogen.org/), the Index Fungorum (http://www. indexfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp), Mycobank (International Mycological Association, https://www.mycobank.org/), the Center of Excellence in Fungal Research (https:// onestopshopfungi.org/), U.S. National Fungus Collections Databases (https://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases), or Taxonomy at NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy).

1. Units, Abbreviations and Nomenclature

All measurement specifications must follow the S.I. system. Other abbreviations should only be employed if they are recognized internationally. All biological and chemical terms used should be according to the current international nomenclature. Substances or reagents obtained commercially, when first mentioned in the text, must include the name and address of the manufacturer or supplier. Only taxonomic terms in Latin are printed in italics. The full name must be provided when first used in the article.

1. Cover letter

Each submission should be accompanied by a cover letter to the editor including a short description of the significance of the research with emphasis on improvement related to previous knowledge. The corresponding author must list the authors of the manuscript and collectively disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Please name three potential preferred reviewers (familiar with the scientific topic, internationally recognized and operating in a different institution and/or country than the authors). Furthermore, colleagues who are unsuitable as reviewers due to conflicts of interest should be listed, together with the reasons for their exclusion.

1. After Acceptance of the Manuscript
2. Article Publishing Charges: 1000,000 and 500,000 Iranian Rial per full research and short research articles respectively which will be requested after finalizing the reviewing process.
3. Proof reading

The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting or conversion errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor. After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.

3. Online first

The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. The the official first publication citable with the DOI. After the release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.