Submissions

Author Guidelines

Papers must be submitted to Agropecuária Catarinense (RAC) through the Epagri publications portal at http://publicacoes.epagri.sc.gov.br/index.php/RAC/ in double spacing, Arial 12 font, 2.5 cm margins. The pages must be paginated and with the numbered lines. The journal accepts articles in english and portuguese. The subjects must be linked to agriculture and fishing and will be accepted for publication as long as they meet the following rules:

1. Papers for the sections Scientific Article, Germplasm, Scientific Note, Technical Information and Bibliographic Review must be original and accompanied by a letter or e-mail claiming to be exclusive to RAC. At the same time, the author must agree to assign the copyright of the text to be published to the Journal.

2. The technical report refers to the description of an already established technique, diseases, insect pests and other technical recommendations of a practical nature, with the main public being extension workers and technicians in general. The subject must be part of the author's research or professional practice. Maximum of 8 pages, including figures and tables (see item 11). It must have an Abstract (maximum of 15 lines, including Indexing Terms), English title, Abstract and Index terms, Introduction and subtitles, according to the text content. To conclude the article, the subheading Final Considerations or Recommendations are used. The Acknowledgments item is optional, and references should not exceed ten.

3. The scientific article must be conclusive, from research that has already ended. Articles must be based on experiments repeated on time or space (different years or locals). It must be organized in title, Abstract (maximum of 20 lines, including Index terms), English title, Abstract and Index terms, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments (optional), References, Tables and figures. There is a limit of 15 pages for a scientific article, including tables and figures (see item 11).

4. The scientific note refers to original and recent scientific research with important results and of interest for quick dissemination, however, with insufficient volume of information to constitute a complete scientific article. It may also be the description of a new disease or insect pest. It should have a maximum of eight pages, including tables and figures (see item 11). It must be organized in title, Abstract (maximum of 15 lines, including Index terms), English title, Abstract and Index terms, flowing text, Acknowledgments (optional), References, Tables and figures. It should not exceed ten references.

5. The Germplasm section must contain title, Summary (maximum of 20 lines, including Index terms), English title, Abstract and Index terms, Introduction, origin (including pedigree), description (plant, sprout, flowering, fruit, leaf , root system, table with comparative data), perspectives and problems of the new cultivar or germplasm, material availability and References. The limit is 12 pages for each article, including tables and figures (see item 11).

6. The bibliographic review presents the state of the art technology or technological process of Agrarian Sciences, on which the author (s) must have recognized qualification and experience. The text must present not only a descriptive analysis, but also a critical one, and updated bibliographic references. It must contain title, abstract (maximum of 20 lines), including Terms for indexing, English title, Abstract and Index terms, Development, Discussion, Conclusions or Final Considerations, Acknowledgments (optional), References, tables, and figures. It should not exceed 16 pages, including tables and figures.

7. Indexing terms must not contain words already in the title and must have a minimum of three and a maximum of five words.

8. The title of the paper must represent the content and purpose of the paper and must have a maximum of 15 words. Scientific names in the title should not contain the name of the species identifier.

9. The original version of the manuscript for evaluation on the platform must be sent without the authors' names and personal data at the bottom of the page. The authors' information must also be deleted from the word (.doc) file, which can be done when saving the file in "Inspect document" - "document properties and personal information". The names of the authors must appear in the metadata of the submitted article (submission platform), where the following information must appear: professional training of the author and the co-author (s), undergraduate and graduate degrees (specialization, master's or doctorate), name and address of the institution where you work, telephone number, e-mail address.

Some examples follow below, with a maximum of three co-authors per article being recommended. After receiving ACCEPTANCE from the RAC Editor, the authors will be informed that they can now insert the personal data in the manuscript, in its final version, and carefully REVIEW the platform's metadata, which is essential for the correct indexing of the article.

¹ Zootechnician, Dr., Epagri / Research Center for Family Farming (Cepaf), CP 791, 89801-970 Chapecó, SC, phone: (49) 2049-7510, e-mail: nome@epagri.gov.sc.br .

² Veterinarian, Dr., Udesc / CAV, Av. Luís de Camões, 2090, Bairro Conta Dinheiro, 88520-000 Lages, SC, phone: (49) 2101-22121, e-mail: nome@udesc.br.

³ Agricultural engineer, Dr., Epagri / Cepaf, e-mail: nome@epagri.sc.gov.br.

⁴ Economist, M.Sc., Epagri / Itajaí Experimental Station, C.P. 277, 88301-970 Itajaí, SC, phone: (47) 3233-5244, e-mail: nome@epagri.sc.gov.br.

⁵ Student of the Agronomy Course, Unoesc, Xanxerê campus, e-mail: nome@hotmail.com.

⁶ Aquaculture engineer, Dr., Nupa Sul-1 of the IFCCA, e-mail: nome@ifc-araquari.edu.br.

Format for more than one author per research unit, with the same title:

⁷ Agronomist, Dr., Epagri / Socioeconomics and Agricultural Planning Center (Cepa), Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1486, Florianópolis / SC, Phone: (48) 36655078, e-mail: endereco_nome1@epagri.sc.gov. br, address2_name2@epagri.sc.gov.br.

Authors from the same Institution, already mentioned, do not spell out the name of the Research Unit, only the acronym. Example for authors with different titles, add a

⁸ Engineer-agronomist, M.Sc., Epagri / Cepa, e-mail: endereco@epagri.sc.gov.br.

Important: cases of collaboration, technical or financial support, are inserted at the end of the technical part of the article and before the references, with the subtitle Acknowledgments.

10. Citations in the text must be made by surname and year. The first letter of the surname in citations is capitalized in the text and in parentheses. When there are two authors, separate them with “and”; if there are three, they must be cited separately by ";" and when there are more than three, cite the first followed by “et al.” (in italics). See item 16 for more details;

11. Tables and figures generated in Word must not be inserted in the text and must be numbered, at the end of the article, in order of presentation, with the appropriate captions. However, the place of insertion of figures and tables must be indicated in the text. Charts generated in Excel or other programs (xls, jpeg, tiff) must be sent, with the respective spreadsheets, in research result files type, that is, separate from the text. Tables and figures (photos and graphs) must have a clear and objective title and be self-explanatory. The titles of the tables and figures must be written in Portuguese and English. The title of the table must be above it, and the title of the figure, below. Tables should be opened on the left and on the right, without vertical and horizontal lines, except for those for separating the header and closing. Abbreviations must be explained when they appear for the first time. Calls must be made in superscript Arabic numerals, in parentheses and in ascending order (see model).

12. The photographs (figures) must be digitized, in JPG or TIFF format, in separate files from the text, with a minimum resolution of 300dpi, 15cm of base, and submitted on the platform as SUPPLEMENTARY FILES.

             • Photographs that belong to the Epagri archive or have been taken by the author of the text do not need to have identified their authorship. Works with several authors will have the authorship of the photos identified.

            • Figures previously published must contain data on the source from which they were extracted, and at the time of submission of the article, it must accompany the author's declaration of consent in writing.

            “The Copyright Law (9,610 / 98), in its article 7, says that photography is protected intellectual work. And article 29 points out that its reproduction depends on prior and express authorization from the author. Thus, anyone who violates these provisions violates personality rights enshrined in Article 5 of the Constitution, attracting the duty to indemnify in the civil sphere. ”[1]

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[1] Source: ConJur Newsletter (Legal Advisor), at https://www.conjur.com.br/2017-fev-28/publicar-fotografia-autorizacao-autor-gera-dano-moral

13. The matters presented for Opinion and Conjuncture sections must be guided by the rules of this item.

13.1 Opinion - must discuss issues that express the opinion of the author and not necessarily of the Magazine about the fact in focus. The text must have up to five pages.

13.2 Conjuncture - matters that focus on current events based on technical, economic, social or political analysis, whose disclosure is timely. They should be no longer than ten pages, including the references of the citations needed to contextualize / characterize the scenario or the data sources.

14. The file with the textual work must be submitted to the system in Word for Windows, font Arial, size 12, double space. They must have a 2.5 cm top, bottom and side margins, be paginated and with numbered lines.

15. References for all types of work must be restricted to the literature cited in the text, according to ABNT6023 and in alphabetical order. Authors should pay attention to the following details:

-About 70% of the references must have been published in the last 10 years;

-All authors' names must be mentioned in the references;

- Citations of unpublished data and publications in press are not accepted;

-It is suggested to avoid citations of works presented at congresses.

16. Conflict of interests - As the process of reviewing articles by ad hoc consultants and the committee is confidential, we try to avoid personal and other interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts.

17. Authors are advised to avoid mentioning the institution, experimental station or laboratory where the experiment was carried out to ensure a blind review of the work.

18. Plagiarism - The magazine does not, under any circumstances, admit total or partial plagiarism, not even self-plagiarism. The editorial team applies plagiarism detector software to manuscripts ready for publication.

Examples of references:

Events:

DANERS, G. Flora de importância melífera no Uruguai. In: CONGRESSO IBERO-LATINO-AMERICANO DE APICULTURA, 5., 1996, Mercedes. Anais[...] Mercedes, 1996. p.20.

Full Scientific journal:

ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO DO BRASIL-1999. Rio de Janeiro, IBGE, v.59, 2000. 275p.

Scientific article in a journal:

STUKER, H.; BOFF, P. Tamanho da amostra na avaliação da queima acinzentada em canteiros de cebola. Horticultura Brasileira, Brasília, v.16, n.1, p.10-13, maio 1998.

Scientific article in a on-line journal (with or without URL):

BECKER, W.F. Avaliação de sistemas de previsão para a septoriose do tomateiro tutorado em Caçador, SC, Brasil. Agropecuária Catarinense, v.32, n.3, p.62-67, 2019. Disponível em: http://publicacoes.epagri.sc.gov.br/index.php/RAC/article/view/383. Acesso em: 26 maio 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22491/RAC.2019.v32n3.8.

SOUZA, D.M. de; KUTTER, M.T.; FURTADO, P.S.; ROMANO, L.A.; JUNIOR, W.W.; MONSERRAT, J.M.; GARCIA, L. Growth, antioxidant system, and immunological status of shrimp in bioflocs and clear water culture systems. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, v.54, e00363, 2019. DOI: https://doi. org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2019.v54.00363.

SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE CIÊNCIA DO SOLO. Recomendação de adubação e calagem para os estados do Rio Grande do Sul e de Santa Catarina. 3.ed. Passo Fundo, RS: SBCS/Núcleo Regional Sul; Comissão de Fertilidade do Solo – RS/SC, 1994. 224p.

SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE CIÊNCIA DO SOLO. Manual de adubação e calagem para os Estados do Rio Grande do Sul e de Santa Catarina. 10.ed. Porto Alegre, RS: SBCS/Núcleo Regional Sul; Comissão de Química e Fertilidade do Solo – RS/SC, 2004. 400p.

Book chapter:

SCHNATHORST, W.C. Verticillium wilt. In: WATKINS, G.M. (Ed.). Compendium of cotton diseases. St. Paul: The American Phytopathological Society, 1981. p.41-44.

Thesis e dissertations:

CAVICHIOLLI, J.C. Efeitos da iluminação artificial sobre o cultivo do maracujazeiro amarelo (Passiflora edulis Sims f. flavicarpa Deg.). 1998. 134f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Produção Vegetal) – Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, SP, 1998.

Unknown author:

In case of unknown authorship, the entry is made by the title, with the first word in capital letters

ASPECTOS do cultivo comercial de quebra-pedra. Agroecologia Hoje, Botucatu, SP, v.1, n.1, p.12-13, fev./mar. 2000.

CONTROLE alternativo de formigas cortadeiras. Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável, Porto Alegre, RS, v.1, n.1, p.59-60, jan./mar. 2000.

Corporative author (Companys, ONGs, etc.):

EPAGRI. Normas técnicas para o cultivo do pessegueiro em Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, SC, 1995. 38p. (Epagri. Boletim Técnico, 23).

SANTA CATARINA. Secretaria de Estado de Coordenação Geral e Planejamento. Atlas escolar de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, SC, 1991, 135p.

BRASIL. Ministério da Agricultura, do Abastecimento e da Reforma Agrária. Posto de resfriamento de leite. Brasília, DF, 1995. 25p. (MARA. Perfis Agroindustriais, 2).

Examples of citation:

Citation with an author: must start with the author's last name and year. If the author's name is included in the sentence, only the date must be enclosed in parentheses.

          - According to Lobato (1985), the existing observations in the state of Rio Grande do Sul reveal extremely low values.

            - In this phase, a caterpillar can destroy up to four plants (SAMER, 1939).

Citation with two authors: must start with the respective surnames linked by "&", followed by the year.

A similar result was obtained by Santos & Vencovsky (1985).

...are important diseases of the culture (SILVA & SANTOS, 2010).

Citation with three or more authors: must start with the surname of the first author, followed by the expression “et al.” And the year.

   Caroso et al. (1981), comparing progenies of clones of the cultivar São Gabriel and American cultivars of butterflies ...

Citation of work whose author is an institution: must start with the name of the institution, followed by the date. If there is subordination - departments, centers, etc. - these elements should only be mentioned in the references.

It is a genotype recommended for areas infested by the weevil (Embrapa, 1985).

Citation of several works by the same author, published in the same year: must be differentiated by lower case after the date, both in the text and in the reference.

          ... number of sick cells in the initial phase, according to Paula et al. (1990a).

          ... were obtained according to Paula et al. (1990b).

            More recently, Sy et al. (1978b), Sy et al. (1983a, 1983b) ...

Example table format:

Tabela 3. Rendimento de massa seca da pastagem anual de inverno por ocasião da dessecação, em função do sistema de produção do milho e da adubação com dejeto líquido de bovinos e adubo solúvel, nos anos de 2012 a 2015 

Table 3. Dry matter yield of the annual winter pasture (at the desiccation) as a function of the maize production system or the liquid manure of bovines and soluble fertilizer, in the years 2012 to 2015

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Tratamento                                             Anos

                    ------------------------------------------------------------                    2012        2013           2014         2015        Média

                      ---------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                     Kg ha^-1

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Sistema de produção do milho

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Grãos                   2.757 ^NS      3.509 b       2.965^NS     3.240        3.118

Silagem                2.900          4.250a        2.680         3.610        3.360

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Adubação

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Testemunha         1.996 b       3.133 b     2.403 ^NS     2.775 ^NS    2.577

DLB25                2.262 b        3.455 ab   2.625          4.050         3.098

DLB50                2.291 b        3.856 ab   2.682          3.575         3.101

DLB100              2.720 b        4.875 a     3.656          3.650         3.725

AS                     4.782 a        4.078 ab    2.749         3.075          3.694

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Média                2.828           3.879        2.823         3.425

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Testemunha; DLB25, DLB50 e DLB100: 25, 50 e 100 m³ ha^-1 de DLB por cultivo; AS; N, P e K equivalente à dose de 50 m³ de DLB ha^-1 por cultivo.

Médias seguidas de letras minúsculas na coluna dentro de cada fator não diferem entre si pelo teste de Tukey a 5%.  ^NS: Não significativo a 5% de probabilidade.

Means followed by lowercase letters in the column within each factor do not differ by the Tukey test at 5%. NS: Not significant at 5% probability.

Fees

The Agropecuária Catarinense journal does not charge submission and publication fees from authors.

SUBMISSION OF THE ARTICLE ON THE ELECTRONIC PLATFORM

1. Submission Stage

Articles must be submitted in digital format through the OJS electronic platform available at the following address: https://publicacoes.epagri.sc.gov.br/RAC/index. This submission must be made by one of the authors of the manuscript through 5 steps:

Step 1: Indicate section, language, accept conditions, sign copyright statement

The submission process will begin by indicating and registering the section (“Technical informative, scientific note, scientific article, etc.) and the submission language (which can be “Portuguese” or “English”).

Subsequently, the author who registers the submission, on behalf of the other collaborators (if applicable), must affirm the compliance of the submission in relation to the nine items mentioned at the beginning publication rules (conditions for submission).

After these conditions, on behalf of the other collaborators (if applicable), the author who makes the registration must register/reaffirm his agreement to a copyright declaration, which will occur in face of the adoption of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0).

Finally, the author who makes the submission has access to data from the privacy policy and may, if necessary, submit comments to the editor who will coordinate/conduct the evaluation process.

Step 2: Transferring the manuscript

The second step of submission involves the transfer (upload) of the file that will be evaluated by peers (provided that it meets the set of elements described in the previous sections and does not contain elements of authorship identification). At that moment the author can also transfer the figures, documents and others. When transferring the complete article, select the option “Text of the article”; when transferring photos, graphics and the like, select the “Figures” option; when transferring the submission letter (copyright letter) use the “Documents” option.

It should be noted that the journal's platform only accepts files with less than 4Mb (file size limit), whether text files, photos, etc.

Step 3: Adding Metadata

In the third step of submission, the author who performs the registration must register a set of metadata that identify the authorship and the manuscript.

The first field you must select is the LANGUAGE OF THE FORM. As the article information (title, abstract and indexing terms) must be registered in 2 languages ​​(Portuguese and English), the author who registers the data must do the procedure 2 times in the different languages.

Next, the data of all authors must be recorded, taking into account the following guidelines:

- The fields “Name”, “Middle name” and “Surname” must be filled out in full only with the initial capital letter;

- In the “E-mail” field, insert an updated address and check the registered characters;

- In the “ORCID iD” insert the address generated by the ORCID platform, available at: https://orcid.org/my-orcid. Filling in this field is mandatory. Therefore, all authors who will be included must register on that platform and, from that, have their IDs (links) to fill in the field.

- The “Institution/Affiliation” field must be filled in in the following order: Institution name, Institution unit/department name, City, State. [Example: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Dance (ESEFID), Porto Alegre, RS]. Do not put a full stop after the data about the State or the country. This field is considered mandatory.

- Select and register the author's “Country”. This field is also considered mandatory.

- Fill in the field “Summary of Biography” with data from the academic and professional trajectory of the author. It is suggested that the text with the biography is about five lines long.

These items above must be considered (especially those indicated as mandatory) for all authors. To add a new author, click on the ADD AUTHOR button.

Once all authors are registered, the metadata of the work being submitted must be entered. The data is:

- Job title.

- Abstracts/abstracs with up to 20 lines for articles, bibliographic reviews and germplasm, and 15 lines for newsletters and scientific notes.

- Index terms/ Index terms consisting of up to 5 terms that identify the subject of the article, separated by a period. Do not repeat terms used in the title;

- Supporting data from “Contributors and Funding Agencies”, that is, from people or organizations that contributed to the content or offered financial support for the work.

- Inclusion of bibliographic references following the rules of the journal. Each reference must be separated by 1 line to facilitate the capture by the databases.

Step 4: Confirmation

In the phase, the submission of the work is confirmed. A confirmation email will be sent to the author and another to the Editorial, alerting to the new su

Step 5: Confirmation

At this stage, general information is passed on to the author. You can check the files that have been attached, but you cannot change them. Other aspects of the submission cannot be changed either. After carrying out this operation, the author can monitor the submission status by accessing the system with the role of “Author”.

1. Manuscript corrections step

In the “Evaluation” tab, the author responsible for the submission must attach the necessary files for the evaluation of the editor/section editor (corrected article text, response letter, new figures, etc.):

• The corrected Article, in this case, is the corrected manuscript, containing all changes made to the original version based on the editor's recommendation. At this stage, the original manuscript must be replaced by the corrected version.
• Response Letter is the authors' response to the recommendations of the evaluators and the editor, in which the authors should point out the corrections made in the original version according to the editor's recommendation. If any recommendation is rejected by the authors, the justification must be presented. A response letter is not always necessary, especially if few corrections are requested.
• Figures are the photos, graphics and other similar elements that make up the article. If requested by the reviewers/editors, figures may be included or eliminated in the manuscript.

For this, the author responsible for the submission must follow the following guidelines

• On the EVALUATION tab, click on SEND FILE in the revisions frame
• Select the OTHER option in the ARTICLE COMPONENTS list
• Select the RESPONSE LETTER file on your computer and click on the SEND FILE
• Click on the CONTINUE button (in 1. Upload File)
• Click the CONTINUE button again (under 2. Metadata)
• Click on the SEND A NEW FILE button (in 3. Finalization)
• Select the file corresponding to the corrected article from the list IF YOU ARE UPLOADING A REVIEW OF AN EXISTING FILE, PLEASE INDICATE WHICH FILE. After that, the original Full Manuscript is automatically selected in the Article Components list
• Select the corrected FULL MANUSCRIPT file (DOC preferably) on your computer and click SEND FILE
• Click on the CONTINUE button (in 1. Upload File)
• Click the CONTINUE button again (under 2. Metadata)
• Click on the FINISH button (in 3. Finalization)
• Click on the SAVE AND CONTINUE button

It is worth mentioning that if the author wishes to communicate with the editors at any stage of the process, the EVALUATION DISCUSSION tool can be used by clicking on ADD COMMENTS. In this case, you can send a message to ask questions or send documents.