Types of publication

-       Original and unpublished research papers, which have scientific or technical merit in the opinion of the Editorial Board.

-       Articles.

-       Technical notes, which are advances or parallel results of ongoing investigations.

-       Analysis and comments about relevant topics, requested from specialists.

-       Comprehensive literature reviews on a specific topic.

-       Book reviews.

Norms for publication

Manuscripts published in Revista Agronomía Costarricense are the result of a rigorous selection which includes the Editorial Board in first instance and the arbitration carried out by national and international specialists, through a peer review system. The estimated review period is four weeks. 

Once the Editorial Board evaluates the scientific or technical merit of the works, they will be sent with the evaluation instrument to national and international specialists. The opinion can issue the following criteria:

·       The document is accepted without reservation.

·       Accepted only if observations are included.

·       Not fully accepted for publication.

In case of controversy between the evaluations carried out for the same document, it is submitted to another review of new specialists whose assessment guides the result to publish or not. If the document is accepted, it is included in one of the following categories: 

·       Article

·       Technical note

·       Others: analysis and comments, literature review, book reviews

The editor, together with the Editorial Board of the Agronomía Costarricense Journal, determines whether the work submitted for a possible publication is accepted or rejected.

Articles can be written in Spanish or English. They must adjust to standards established for the structure of the manuscript. It is recommended for English manuscripts to be reviewed and corrected in advance by a specialist whose native language is English. The material received will not be returned to the authors.

·       Research papers should not exceed 20 pages, and technical notes should not exceed 6 pages.

·       Agronomía Costarricense Journal does not charge for receiving or publishing manuscripts.

·       Manuscripts must be written in an updated version of Word for Windows with double spacing and font type Arial size 12.

·       The International System Units must be used.

·       Manuscript should be submitted by e-mail.

·       Tables should be presented in Word and in Excel the figures and graphs in different shades of gray, in ascending order by numbers and letters as appropriate. Tables and figures should be presented on separate pages printed in good quality. Other figures and photographs must be submitted in eps, jpg or tiff format with a minimum of 240-300 dpi.

Manuscripts can be sent to:

REVISTA AGRONOMIA COSTARRICENSE

Centro de Investigaciones Agronómicas, Universidad de Costa Rica

San José, Costa Rica.

Telephone 2511 2080

E-mail: rac.cia@ucr.ac.cr

Copyright

The author (s) must authorize Revista Agronomia Costarricense Journal the right of its publication which will be registered with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International. Author (s) may include their publication in an institutional repository clarifying that the publication was done in the Agronomía Costarricense Journal.

Once the volume of the respective period has been published, the digital version can be accessed, which allows managing a self-archive of the document or documents of interest, in the site selected by the author.

Otherwise, the main author must attest in writing that the presented information is original and unpublished by any other media. Also, must have the authorization of the institution where the investigation was conducted.

Plagiarism detection policy

By using Google tools and DupliChecker, Agronomía Costarricense journal is vigilant of the sources used in the research to determine the use of original ideas without citation of the source or by using words from others without citing them in the document or in the references.

In the same way, plagiarism is incurred when the words of others are falsified to be assumed as their own or when it indicates to be the author of an investigation when its owner is another person. If plagiarism is detected, the principal author will be notified by writing.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate free access to its content under the principle of making available free research to the public, which encourages greater exchange of global knowledge. Is licensed with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International.

Archive

The journal has the preservation of its digital archives. First, the archives are integrated into the database of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, which has a backup system, whose Policies and Norms can be found in the link:

https://www.mag.go.cr/sgmag/Nomas-Politicas-Generales-TI-2022.pdf

Likewise, it has the digital support of the repository of the University of Costa Rica, and the administration and publication system of OJS journals. In addition, every six months the journal sends the respective volume to the National System of Libraries (SINABI), for the endorsement of the manuscripts.

The journal assures a digital backup of its whole content throughout CLOCKSS System, ensuring its availability in medium and long-term. Additionally, The Keepers System (https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2215-2202) allows this journal to keep its files and documents under international standards of digital preservation. More information can be found at the following link: http://thekeepers.org/

ETHIC CODE

Duties of the editor

The editor is responsible for check original publications with scientific or technical merit with the support of the Editorial Board. This way, the editor can accept or reject a manuscript under the criteria established in the publication norms and its intellectual content without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, political or religious ideology, nationality or ethnic origin of the authors. Manuscripts will be sent to national and international specialists for peer review. Throughout the process, the editor must ensure confidentiality to the parties, so that information about the content of the manuscript, the names of the authors who sent the manuscript nor the names of the reviewers who are assigned the evaluation can be revealed.

Duties of the members of the Editorial Board

Members of the Editorial Board are responsible for contributing with the assignment of national and international reviewers according to the subject of the received manuscript; they should also help with the preliminary review of manuscripts on matters related to their field and support with the update, improvement and periodic evaluation of the journal.

Author's duties

Authors must follow the criteria established in the publication norms of Agronomía Costarricense Journal. Likewise, they must document in writing that the information presented is original, it has not been published in any other media, it is not being considered for publication in another journal, and in addition, they must include a written authorization of the institution where it was generated. Authors should know that the use of data and information from other authors without citing them in the document and in the list of references, as well as adopting ideas of others to assume them as their own, it could be presumed as plagiarism and if it is proven, the manuscript would not be taken into account for publication. In this way, authors must adequately cite bibliographic sources of the texts that contributed to the work presented. For authorship, it is necessary to write the names of co-authors who significantly contributed to the development of the study. Authors should write all the financial sources on which they were supported, as well as any economic or conflict of interest that could influence the results of the manuscript. Authors should not use the names of commercial products or brands in the document, as it compromises the publication. Finally, if the author identifies an error in the manuscript, they must inform within 15 days after the last delivery of the corrections requested, to rac.cia@ucr.ac.cr.

Duties of the reviewers

It is the responsibility of every specialist person to notify the editor when consulted, if it is possible to review the document that is requested to evaluate. If the reviewer accepts, they must carry out the work objectively, their criticism must have arguments based on science and must not have any conflict of interest with the information presented or the authorship, aspects that the reviewer must demand before accepting and carrying out the evaluation of the document.

Those who contribute to the revision of the documents submitted for possible publication should communicate to the editor, about any unethical behavior identified in the revised manuscript, in addition to the contributions of critical and constructive information for the improvement of the text, or for the rejection of the document.

Manuscripts structure

Title. It should be clear enough so that it guides the reader about the content of the research and should not exceed 15 words.

Author. Write the full name, with both last names separated by a hyphen as shown below: Serrano-Velázquez. It applies to co-authors as well. Write at the bottom of the page, using asterisks, the address at the time of conducting the research and the institutional email of the contact person.

The document presented will be evaluated within the modality of research article, technical note, literature reviews on a specific topic, book reviews, updates or analysis and comments on specific agricultural activities. However, the final decision on the modality for publication of the manuscript will be based on the criteria of the reviewers and recommendations of the members of the Editorial Board and the International Advisory Editorial Board.

ORCID Code. It serves to identify the author with a unique code that will differentiate him or her from any other person who publishes. This code is required to affiliate both the researcher and the publications he or she makes. The author must register the full name, email and password at the following link: http://orcid.org/

The link indicated above will automatically generate the ORCID code of the person who publishes. If a publication involves several authors, the ORCID must appear for each of the participants in the publication and not only for the person indicated as a contact for correspondence. The code must appear at the bottom of the page for each of the people participating in the publication.

Structured summary. The summary must be one paragraph in length detailing the objective of the work, the procedure, the main results and the conclusions should be indicated, in a maximum of 300 words. The terms "Introduction, Objective, Materials and methods, Results and Conclusions" should be highlighted in bold to differentiate those contents within the summary. Include data in expressions like "higher or lower than, greater of less than".

Abstract. It must be accurate to the summary in Spanish and must include the title in English.

Keywords. Include 5-7 keywords which allow the user to easily locate the document.

Introduction. It should include the justification of the research, the most relevant background of the subject at the moment and the concrete objective of the article.

Materials and methods. It refers to all materials and methods required for the development of the research with a detailed description to achieve the specific results. If the author requires a specialized program, author must present a description and convenience of its use to achieve the results.

Results and discussion (may be presented together or separately). Its content is based on the results obtained from the planned objective of the research. Regardless of their complexity, they need to be exposed clearly and simply. The results can be numbers, categories or groupings of objects or subjects of study. The presentation of the results must be characterized by the accuracy and legitimacy of the facts and figures recorded, so that results are not based only on qualifications such as: much, little, more, less, or enough, because it could lead to an inaccurate interpretation which weakens the investigation.

Acknowledgements. This section should only include people who have made a very significant contribution to the work.

Literature cited. Authors must write the references according to the manual "Writing bibliographical references: technical standards for agro-food sciences of IICA-CATIE". Available at

https://www.redinnovagro.in/pdfs/Referencias_bibliograficas.pdf

Examples

Journal

Saborío, A; Sánchez, J. 2014. Evaluación de la condición corporal en un hato de vacas Jersey en pastoreo en la zona alta de Cartago. Variaciones durante el ciclo productivo. Agronomía Costarricense 38(1):55-65.

Book

Garita, RA. 2014. La piña. Cartago, Costa Rica, Editorial Tecnológica de Costa Rica. 568 p.

Book chapter

Molina, E; Alvarado, A. 2012. Manejo de la acidez y encalado de suelo. In Alvarado, A; Raigosa, J (eds.). Nutrición y fertilización forestal en regiones tropicales. San José, Costa Rica, ACCS. p. 159-177.

Thesis

Reyes, D. 2012. Compuestos GRAS para el control de patógenosposcosecha in vitro en mango (Mangifera indica L.), piña (Ananas comosus L.) y papaya (Carica papaya L.), y pruebas de eficacia in vivo en piña. Tesis Lic. San José, Costa Rica, Universidad de Costa Rica. 92 p.

Internet Reference

Author, year. Title (on line). City, country, date consulted and electronic address. Type of publication should be verified, as appropriate, for book, magazine, etc., in order to write the reference.

Letter to authors