期刊名称：GRASSLAND SCIENCE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Grassland Science is the official English language journal of the Japanese Society of Grassland Science. It publishes original research papers, review articles and short reports in all aspects of grassland science, with an aim of presenting and sharing knowledge, ideas and philosophies on better management and use of grasslands, forage crops and turf plants for both agricultural and non-agricultural purposes across the world. Contributions from anyone, non-members as well as members, are welcome in any of the following fields:
1.grassland environment, landscape, ecology and systems analysis;
2.pasture and lawn establishment, management and cultivation;
3.grassland utilization, animal management, behavior, nutrition and production;
4.forage conservation, processing, storage, utilization and nutritive value;
5.physiology, morphology, pathology and entomology of plants;
6.breeding and genetics;
7.physicochemical property of soil, soil animals and microorganisms and plant nutrition;
8.economics in grassland systems.
Indexed / Abstracted in
AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library)
Biological Abstracts® (Thomson ISI)
BIOSIS Previews® (Thomson ISI)
CAB HEALTH (CABI)
CABDirect (CABI)
Environmental Issues & Policy Index (EBSCO)
InfoTrac
Irrigation and Drainage Abstracts
Leisure Recreation and Tourism Abstracts
LEIsure Tourism Database (LEIsure)
Science Citation Index Expanded™ (Thomson ISI)
Soils and Fertilizers
Soybean Abstracts Online (coverage dropped)
Veterinary Bulletin (CABI)
Web of Science® (Thomson ISI)
Instructions to Authors
EDITORIAL REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by a member of the Editorial Board and two anonymous referees. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editor-in-Chief, who reserves the right to refuse any material for publication.
Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field. They should be written in a clear, concise, direct style. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader. If extensive alterations are required, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision.
Further details are available here.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
All articles submitted to the Journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication. A Word template which may help you prepare your article can be downloaded from http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/grs_Word_template_for_GRS_(EN).doc.
Manuscripts should be submitted to the following address by email (text format, not html format, preferred) with one hardcopy plus a Manuscript Submission Form sent separately by courier or registered mail:
Managing Editor
Grassland Science Editorial Office
768 Senbonmatsu, Nasushiobara
Tochigi 329-2793, Japan.
Email: grassl-sci@naro.affrc.go.jp;
Tel: 81 287 37 7684; Fax: 81 287 37 7684.
Manuscripts should be prepared as a Word (.doc) file, double-spaced on one side only of ISO A4 paper with top, bottom and side margins of at least 30 mm. All pages should be numbered consecutively, beginning with the title page. Text pages should have numbered lines. Please use only standard fonts, such as Times, Times New Roman, or Arial for text; in particular, please do not use Japanese or other Asian fonts. Do not use automated or manual hyphenation. Embed all tables, figures and other graphic elements into a single file wherever possible. Laser quality print is essential for the hard copy.
Manuscript Submission Form
Authors are required to supply the Manuscript Submission Form. This form should be completed, signed and sent by post with one hardcopy of the manuscript. The form can be downloaded from http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/grs_msf.doc.
Papers are accepted for publication in the Journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This must be stated in the Manuscript Submission Form.
The Manuscript Submission Form must also contain an acknowledgment that all authors have contributed significantly, and that all authors are in agreement with the content of the manuscript.
Authors must declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest.
If tables or figures have been reproduced from another source, a letter from the copyright holder (usually the Publisher), stating authorization to reproduce the material, must be attached to the Manuscript Submission Form.
Author material archive policy
Authors who require the return of any submitted material that is accepted for publication should inform the Editorial Office (at submission) or the Publisher (after acceptance). If no indication is given that author material should be returned, the Editorial Office and Wiley-Blackwell will dispose of all hardcopy and electronic material two months after publication.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
In taxonomic papers, type specimens and type depositories must be clearly designated and indicated. Authors are required to deposit the name-bearing type material in internationally recognized institutions (not private collections).
When the research is carried out in areas for which research permits are required (e.g. nature reserves), or when it deals with organisms for which collection or import/export permits are required (e.g. protected species), the authors must clearly detail obtaining these permits in the Acknowledgments section.
COPYRIGHT
Authors publishing in the Journal will be asked to sign the Exclusive License Form. In signing the form, it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to the conditions outlined in the Exclusive License Form, and must sign the form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed form has been received. Authors can download the form from http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/grs_elf.pdf.
PUBLICATION ETHICS GUIDELINES
Grassland Science is committed to integrity in scientific research and recognizes the importance of maintaining the highest ethical standards. Please find attached the Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics. Further information at COPE http://publicationethics.org/
English: http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/publicationethics.asp
Chinese: http://www.wiley.co.jp/journals/learning/PublicationEthic_Simplified_Chinese_low.pdf
Japanese: http://www.wiley.co.jp/journals/learning/Publication_Ethics_Bklt_jap.pdf
STYLE OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Spelling: The Journal uses US spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Units: All measurements must be given in SI or SI-derived units.
Abbreviations: Abbreviations should be used sparingly - only where they ease the reader's task by reducing repetition of long, technical terms. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.
Trade names: Chemical substances should be referred to by the generic name only. Trade names should not be used.
Scientific names: Upon its first use in the title, abstract and text, the common name of a species should be followed by the scientific name (genus, species and authority) in parentheses. However, for well-known species, the scientific name may be omitted from the article title. If no common name exists in English, the scientific name should be used only.
PARTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT
The length of an article (including references, tables and appendices) should not exceed 6 pages for research papers, 3 pages for short reports and 12 pages for review papers.
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) title page, (ii) abstract and key words, (iii) text, (iv) acknowledgments, (v) references, (vi) appendices, (vii) figure legends, (viii) tables (each table complete with title and footnotes) and (ix) figures. Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.
Title page
The title page should contain (i) the title of the paper, (ii) the full names of the authors and (iii) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with (iv) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript should be sent. The present address of any author, if different from that where the work was carried out, should be supplied in a footnote.
The title should be short and informative. Do not use abbreviations in the title. A short running title (less than 40 characters) should also be provided.
Abstract and key words
All articles must have a brief unstructured abstract that states in 200-300 words (100-150 words for short report) or fewer the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references.
Five or fewer key words (three or fewer for short report) should be supplied (for the purposes of indexing) below the abstract in alphabetical order.
Text
Authors should use the following subheadings to divide the sections of their manuscript: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion.
Statistics
Whenever possible, researchers should consult a statistician before designing an experiment and when analyzing results to avoid inappropriate descriptions. Describe statistical methods with enough detail to enable the reader to verify the reported results. Indicate the computer program used, if any.
Acknowledgments
The source of financial grants and other funding must be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors' industrial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Personal thanks and thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.
References
The Harvard (author, date) system of referencing is used (examples are given below). In the text give the author's name followed by the year in parentheses: Smith (2000). If there are two authors use 'and': Smith and Jones (2001); (Smith and Jones 2001). When reference is made to a work by three or more authors, the first name followed by et al. should be used: MacDonald et al. (2002). In the reference list, references should be listed in alphabetical order.
In the reference list, cite the names of all authors when there are six or fewer; when seven or more, list the first three followed by et al. Do not use ibid. or op cit. Reference to unpublished data and personal communications should not appear in the list but should be cited in the text only (e.g. Smith A, unpublished data). All citations mentioned in the text, tables or figures must be listed in the reference list.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references.
Journals
Hirata M, Sato R, Ogura S (2002) Effects of progressive grazing of a pasture on the spatial distributions of herbage mass and utilization by cattle: a preliminary study. Ecol Res 17:381-393.
Online article not yet published in an issue
An online article that has not yet been published in an issue (therefore has no volume, issue or page numbers) can be cited by its Digital Object Identifier (DOI). The DOI will remain valid and allow an article to be tracked even after its allocation to an issue.
Souter NJ, Milne T (2009) Grazing exclusion as a conservation measure in a South Australian temperate native grassland. Grassland Science. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-697X.2009.00142.x
Books
Samejima J, Tsujii T, Umezawa S (1993) Wild Flowers of Hokkaido. Hokkaido University Press, Sapporo, 1-346.
Chapter in a book
Hirosaki S (1978) Basic experimental layout. In: Applied Statistical Handbook (Ed Okuno T), Yokendo, Tokyo, 202-229.
Use 'Eds' when the book is edited by two or more editors: (Eds Okuno T, Hirosaki S).
Web site
FAO (1999) Guidelines on social analysis for rural area development planning. Agricultural policy support service, FAO, Rome, available from URL: http://www.fao.org/tc/Tca/pubs/tmap34/tmap34.htm [cited 2 November 2004].
Appendices
These should be placed at the end of the paper, numbered in Roman numerals and referred to in the text. If written by a person other than the author of the main text, the writer's name should be included below the title.
Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Number tables consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. Type tables on a separate sheet with the legend above. Legends should be concise but comprehensive - the table, legend and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses; all abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.
Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Each figure page should have name of author(s) and figure number in the bottom margin. Figures should be sized to fit within the column (80.5mm), intermediate (110mm) or the full text width (168mm).
Line figures should be supplied as sharp, black and white graphs or diagrams, drawn professionally or with a computer graphics package. Lettering must be included and should be sized to be no larger than the journal text. Individual photographs forming a composite figure should be of equal contrast, to facilitate printing, and should be accurately squared.
Magnifications should be indicated using a scale bar on the illustration.
If supplied electronically, graphics must be supplied as high resolution (at least 300 d.p.i.).
Figure legends
Type figure legends on a separate sheet. Legends should be concise but comprehensive - the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.
MANUSCRIPTS FOR SHORT REPORTS
Manuscripts for short papers should be organized basically in the same style as a research paper. However, the arrangement of the main text (introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion) need not necessarily follow that for a research paper, as long as the essence of the study or observation is properly described within the page allowance. The specific requirements for a short report are as follows:
- The abstract should be in 100-150 words or fewer.
- Three or fewer key words should be supplied.
- The length of an article (including references, tables and appendices) should not exceed 3 pages.
WORD PROCESSING
Do not use the carriage return (enter) at the end of lines within a paragraph.
Turn the hyphenation option off; include only those hyphens that are essential to the meaning.
Specify any special characters used to represent non-keyboard characters.
Take care not to use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ß (German esszett) for β (Greek beta).
Use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points in tables. If you use a table editor function, ensure that each data point is contained within a unique cell (i.e. do not use carriage returns within cells).
Please note that Word 2007 is not yet compatible with journal production systems. Unfortunately, the Journal cannot accept Microsoft Word 2007 documents until such time as a stable production version is released. Please use Word's 'Save As' option therefore to save your document as an older (.doc) file type.
PROOFS
It is essential that corresponding authors supply an email address to which correspondence can be emailed while their article is in production.
Notification of the URL from where to download a Portable Document Format (PDF) typeset page proof, associated forms and further instructions will be sent by email to the corresponding author. The purpose of the PDF proof is a final check of the layout, and of tables and figures. Alterations other than the essential correction of errors are unacceptable at PDF proof stage. The proof should be checked, and approval to publish the article should be emailed to the Publisher by the date indicated; otherwise, it may be signed off on by the Editor or held over to the next issue.
OFFPRINTS
A minimum of 50 offprints will be provided upon request, at the author's expense. These paper offprints may be ordered online. Please visit http://offprint.cosprinters.com/cos/bw/main.jsp?SITE_ID=bw&FID=USER_HOME_PG fill in the necessary details and ensure you type information in all of the required fields. If you have any queries about offprints, please email offprint@cosprinters.com.
PUBLICATION CHARGES
All papers except invited articles are subject to the following publication charges. A publication fee of ¥20,000 is required for each review paper, ¥10,000 for each research paper and ¥5,000 for each short paper for domestic submission (no publication fee is considered for overseas authors). All papers needing extra publication costs are charged ¥19,000 (domestic submission) or ¥10,000 (overseas authors) for each additional page, ¥64,000 for the first three colour figures and ¥32,000 for each extra colour figure. A form requesting payment will be sent at the time of publication from Japanese Society of Grassland Science secretariat.
ONLINE GUIDELINES
Visit the Grassland Science home page at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/GRS for more information, and Wiley-Blackwell's web pages for submission guidelines and digital graphics standards at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/journal.asp and http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/illustration.asp.
Grassland Science is also available online at www.interscience.wiley.com.
Author Services enables authors to track their article, once it has been accepted, through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated emails at key stages of production so they do not need to contact the production editor to check on progress. Visit http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources, including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Editorial Board
Japanese Society of Grassland Science
President
Suguru Saiga Iwate University, Japan
Vice Presidents
Masakazu Goto Mie University, Japan
Masahiko Hirata Miyazaki University, Japan
Mamoru Nashiki National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Japan
Editor in Chief
Masahiko Hirata Miyazaki University, Japan
Managing Editors
Makoto Kobayashi National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Japan
Takuya Shiba National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Japan
Editorial Board
Keith Betteridge AgResearch Grasslands, New Zealand
Hongwei Cai China Agricultural University, China
David Chapman University of Melbourne, Australia
Masayuki Hojito National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Japan
Bryan Kindiger USDA ARS GrazingLands Research Laboratory, USA
Taoufik Ksiksi United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Yoshiro Mikoshiba National Agricultural Research Center for Tohoku Region, NARO, Japan
Craig Morris University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Hitoshi Nakagawa Biomass Research & Development Center, NARO, Japan
Zhibiao Nan Lanzhou University, China
Tomoko Nishida Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan
Naoki Nishino Okayama University, Japan
Aya Nishiwaki Miyazaki University, Japan
Shin-ichiro Ogura Tohoku University, Japan
Hitoshi Sawada Shizuoka University, Japan
Shigeru Shioya National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Japan
Shuichi Sugiyama Hirosaki University, Japan
Michael H Wade Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Deli Wang Northeast Normal University, China
Yue-Wen Wang National Taiwan University,Taiwan
Toshihiko Yamada Hokkaido University, Japan
Shinro Yamamoto Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan
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