Research Article Organization

All manuscripts should begin with a title, abstract, and keywords as described below. Authors should be guided by the organization of papers that have been previously published in JNAFS.

Title: The manuscript should begin with the title, followed by the name(s), address(es) and e-mails of the author(s) including professional affiliation(s), and any related footnotes. The name and e-mail address of the corresponding author should be provided.

Abstract: The abstract should provide an informative, concise summary of the manuscript but should not exceed 300 words in length.

Keywords: The Keywords section should include four to five keywords, listed alphabetically, that are useful search terms for the article.

Original research articles should be sequentially organized into the following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Acknowledgments. Note that review papers are not necessarily confined to this rigid structure.

1.   Introduction:  The Introduction section should include the purpose and rationale of the study and any background information necessary for the reader to understand the study topic and or context. Text citations should list references by date rather than alphabetically.

2.   Materials and Methods:  The Materials and Methods section should describe in sufficient detail the methods used, to enable other scientists to evaluate and replicate the work.

3.    Results: The Results section should answer the questions evolving from the purpose of the study in a comprehensive manner in an orderly and coherent sequence, with supporting tables and figures.

4.    Discussion:  The Discussion section should explain the main contributions from the study, with appropriate interpretation of the results focusing on the problem or hypothesis.

5.    Acknowledgements:  The Acknowledgements section should be limited to the names of individuals who provided significant scientific and technical support, including reviews, during the preparation of the manuscript, and the names of agencies which provided financial support.

6.    References:  The References cited in the text should be listed using APA style, alphabetically by the first author, then by date. The Digital Object Identifier (doi) should be included if available. The following URL can be used to check this https://www.crossref.org/guestquery. References should be mainly restricted to primary English journal publications but may include other types of published literature. Website references should include the URL and access date. Unpublished documents and data, papers in preparation and papers awaiting acceptance to other journals may be cited with full contact addresses as unpublished or personal communications.

Examples of Reference formats:

Journal:

Pares, P., and Britain, B. 1965. Predator–prey behaviour of herring (Clupea harengus albertus). International Journal of Applied Biology, 24: 132–135.

Book:

Havfrue, D. L. 1990. Ecological implications of genetic mutation. In Studies in Parthenogenesis, 2^nd ed., pp. 282–289. Ed. by F. Ray, and O. Lith. Thalassa Press, London. 331 pp.

Meeting document:

Ávila de Melo, A. M., D. Power and R. Alpoim. MS 2005. An assessment of the status of the redfish in NAFO Division 3LN, NAFO SCR Doc., No. 52, Serial No. 5138, 19 p.

Supplementary Materials

Articles may include supplementary materials and are displayed as a separate document next to the main article, in a PDF format. They are published as is and are not formatted by the journal.

Units of Measurement and Time

For all manuscripts, measurements should be specified in metric units and SI unit rules and styles conventions should be used for units and abbreviations. Please use the day-month-year format for dates.

Tables and Figures

All tables and figures must be cited in the text and numbered consecutively within the text. Each table and figure should have a concise descriptive caption. Each table and figure should be submitted separately or as zipped files. See table for guidance. We prefer .wmf, .emf, .ps, .eps files for vector figures. Raster images such as photos, pictures, maps can be in .jpeg, .png, .tiff formats and should be 300 ppi (high resolution).

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