Journal of Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding

Journal of Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding (e-Journal) is started, owned and maintained by Pranali K. Rangari, Published from Flat No.51, H.No. 2-4-67/51, Lakshmi Nilayam, Sunrise Homes Colony, Upperpally, Hyderabad -500048 (Telangana) India.

The official website of the journal is http://ejggpb.com/

eJGGPB is NON PROFIT journal aims to provide a sound platform to the Geneticist and Plant Breeders for their publication. Our journal is published Quarterly (January, April, July, October) with open access policy for all the published papers.Papers submitted will be DOUBLE BLIND PEER REVIEWED. On the basis of referee's comments, author(s) will be asked by the editor to revise the paper and also to answer the queries. Authors across the globe are welcome to submit their research papers in our journal fulfilling the requisite criterion. From original research papers, short comminications or scholarly articles to extended versions of previously given talk in conferences are accepted in JGGPB journal. We welcome high quality work that focuses on research from all over the world in crop genetics, breeding, botany, cytology, genomics,plant physiology, molecular genetics, biotechnology, bioinformatics and crop genetic resources. Papers are accepted on the understanding that the work described is original and has not been published elsewhere and that the authors have obtained necessary authorization for publication of the material submitted.

Aims, Scope and Subject Matter: This journal publishes original research and review articles as well as short communications on all aspects related to genomics and functional genomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, plant genetics, plant genomics, plant biotechnology, cytology, plant breeding, molecular biology, molecular plant breeding, plant physiology, botany, crop genetic resources, plant development and related interface will be accepted.

Manuscript: It should be in clear concise English, typewritten in double space on one side of A4 size white paper with at least 2.5 cm margin. Full research paper should not exceed 15 typed pages including tables and figures and should contain abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, acknowledgment and reference. Short notes, not exceeding 6 typed pages, may also be divided into different sections with a short abstract. Review articles, as far as possible, should not exceed 20 typed pages. It should feature recent developments from the author's own field of specialization and include results of various workers in the given field. MSWord file is preferred. Submitted papers will be acknowledged. eJGGPB reserves the right to accept/reject and modify the articles into research article/ research note. ALL ARTICLES SHOULD BE SUBMITTED THROUGH EMAIL ONLY (editorjggpb@gmail.com).

Title page: The title should be crisp and clearly indicates the contents of the article. This should be followed by name(s) of the author(s), affiliation, and mailing address including e-mail of the corresponding author.

Abstract: A brief informative abstract should follow on the second page of the manuscript. It should clearly bring out the scope of the work and its salient features. It should be single paragraph of not more than 150 words.

Key words: The abstract should be followed by the important words (note more than five keywords) of the article, which can be included in various indexes.

Introduction: It should be brief, crisp and introduce the work in clear terms. Key references related to the work must be cited.

Materials and methods: Standard and already reported method must be clearly given or cited. Any modification of the original method must be duly highlighted. This section may be subtitled for clarity. Use standard abbreviations of the various units. ISI units should be used for measurements.

Results and discussion: This section can also be subtitled for clarity. Results and discussion should be combined. Salient results must be highlighted and discussed with related works. A brief conclusion of the research finding and future line of work may be given at the end.

Figures and structures: Structure drawings, graphs and diagrams should be given in JPEG format separately and also placed in the text preferably through MS Word. Figures/structures must be numbered with figure numbers like Fig1, Fig 2., and their approximate position in the text indicated. It is author's responsibility to provide suitable figures and drawings.

Tables: Tables should be typed on separate sheets and numbered consecutively within the text in Arabic numbers. They should bear a descriptive short heading in lower case, which starts with the word "Table". Their place in the text should be indicated.

References: Relevant references shall be quoted under each section and must be cited in full in the reference section. References to unpublished work and abstract citation may be avoided. The following style should be followed:

Kempthorne, O. 1957. An introduction to Genetic Statistics, John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Malathi, P. and Joshi, M.G. 1986. Combining ability studies in emmer wheat. Indian J. Genet., 56 : 476 - 483.

Patil, P. 2000. Combining ability estimates in groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.). Agric. Sci. J., 87 : 462 - 466.

Gangappa, C.V. 2016. Combining ability studies in chickpea. Euphytica, 12 (2): 55-66.

Stuber, D. 2009. Current Agriculture: Potentials and problems. In: New Dimensions and Approaches for Sustainable Agriculture, P. Radha, S. Patil, M.Y.Dubey and S. Rathod (Eds.), Directorate of Extension Education, Dr.PDKV., Akola, India, p. 1-14.

Copyright:

Submission of a manuscript implies the following:

a) The work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of thesis)

b) This manuscript is not under consideration for publication elsewhere;

c) When the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors should agree to grant the license to the publisher for publishing their articles. The copyright of articles are retained by authors.

Publication Ethics

Submitted manuscripts must be the original work of the author(s) and only unpublished manuscripts should be submitted

.Any conflict of interest must be clearly stated.

The sources of data used in the development of the manuscript must be acknowledged properly.

The paper is sent to the author prior to printing. For mistakes in paper the authors will be held responsible.

Authors must note that all manuscripts will be checked by Plagiarism Scanner Software. There must be a similarity of less than 20%.

Reviewer's Ethics

That all manuscripts are reviewed in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethinicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of author(s).

That any observed conflict of intererst during the review process must be communicated to the Editor.

That all information pertaining to the manuscript is kept confidential.

That any information that may be the reason for the rejection of publication of a manuscript must be communicated to the Editor.

Editor's Ethics

That all manuscripts are evaluated in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethinicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of authors.

That information pertaining manuscripts are kept confidential.

That any observed conflict of interest pertaining manuscripts must be disclosed.

The Editorial Board takes responsibility for making publication decisions for submitted manuscripts based on the reviewer's evaluation of the manuscript.

Our Peer Review Process: Double Blind Review Process of JGGPB is a follows

Normally the review process takes more than one month. For the peer review process usually two or more independent reviewers are selected by the editors. This journal uses the double-blind peer review process where the identities of both reviewers and authors are concealed from each other throughout the review. To facilitate this, authors must ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in such a way that they do not reveal their identities to reviewers, either directly or indirectly. The Reviewers treat the review process as being strictly confidential. Immediately after getting reviewer comments/suggestions manuscripts are sent to authors for improvement of their article. Reviewer are invited by editor-in-chief or editors through request made via email. Reviewers come from national or international territory. Reviewers are assigned to review articles in their own particular field of expertise. The editors make a decision based on the reviewers' advice.

Plagiarism policy

Plagiarism is when an author attempts to pass off someone else work as his or her own. Duplicate publication, sometimes called self-plagiarism, occurs when an author reuses substantial parts of his or her own published work without providing the appropriate references. This can range from getting an identical paper published in multiple journals, to salami-slicing, where authors add small amounts of new data to a previous paper.

Plagiarism prior publishing

If plagiarism is detected by the editorial board member, reviewer, editor etc., in any stage of article process- before or after acceptance then we will alert the same to the author(s) and will ask them to rewrite the content or the to cite the references from where the content has been taken. If more than 30% of the paper is plagiarized- the article may be rejected and the same is notified to the author.

When does the plagiarism check done?

All the submitted manuscripts for publication are checked for plagiarism after submission and before starting review.

How is plagiarism handled?

The manuscripts in which the plagiarism is detected are handled based on the extent of the plagiarism. >5%

Plagiarism: The manuscript will be given an ID and the manuscript is sent to author for content revision.

5- 30% Plagiarism: The manuscript will not be given an ID and the manuscript is sent back to author for content revision.

>30% Plagiarism: The manuscript will be rejected without the review. The authors are advised to revise the manuscript and resubmit the manuscript.

Why manuscripts with >30% plagiarism is rejected

If the plagiarism is detected more than 30%, it is found that the authors are very unlikely to revise the manuscript and submit the revised version. However, authors are welcome to do the required revisions and submit the manuscript as a new submission.

What can you do if you come across a case of plagiarism in any journal from any publisher?

If you come across a case of plagiarism in any journal from any publisher, please do inform the editorial office(s) of all the involved journals, giving them the journal names, title of manuscripts, name of authors, volume number, issue number, year of publication and any other information that you have. The editorial offices will handle the cases as per their policy.

What if plagiarism detected after publication

JGGPB journal will conduct a preliminary investigation. If plagiarism is found, the journal will contact the author's institute and funding agencies. A determination of misconduct will lead the journal to run a statement, bidirectionally linked online to and from the original paper, to note the plagiarism and to provide a reference to the plagiarised material. The paper containing the plagiarism will also be obviously marked on each page of the PDF. Depending on the extent of the plagiarism, the paper may also be formally retracted.

Originality

By submitting Author(s) manuscript to the journal it is understood that it is an original manuscript and is unpublished work and is not under consideration elsewhere. Plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the author's own work, in whole or in part without proper citation is not tolerated by the journal. Manuscripts submitted to the journal may be checked for originality using anti-plagiarism software.

Plagiarism misrepresents ideas, words, and other creative expression as one's own. Plagiarism represents the violation of copyright law. Plagiarism appears in various forms.

• Copying the exact content from the other source. Purposely using portions of another author's paper.

• Copying elements of another author's paper, such as figures, tables, equations or illustrations that are not common knowledge, or copying or purposely using sentences without citing the source.

• Using text downloaded from the internet.

• Copying or downloading figures, photographs, pictures or diagrams without acknowledging your sources.

• In the case of a publication being submitted that was originally published in another language, the title, date and journal of the original publication must be identified by the authors, and the copyright must be obtained. The editor may accept such a translated publication to bring it to the attention of a wider audience.

• In case author wants to use material from the other work then it is mandatory to cite the same in references. Else the author needs to change the language completely and use his/ her own language.

Submission and Processing fee: NIL

Publication cost: JGGPB is NON PROFIT journal aims to provide a sound platform to the Geneticist and Plant Breeders for their publication. JGGPB is an open access journal and to manage the various costs associated with the Journal Management we kept fees of Rs. 300/- (Rs.Three Hundres only) as publication cost. For all papers after acceptace by reviewer and editorial board , the author or authors of the article has to pay Rs.300/- as publication cost. For all authors residing in any of the country other than India have to pay $ 8 (Eight Dollar) as publication cost.

Waiver policy: Waivers are also offered to the Indian as well as outside country authors or underdeveloped or developing country author's who cannot afford or who are financially incapable of paying the manuscript publication fees.

The publication cost has to be paid through online transfer by NEFT to

Account name:Pranali Rangari

Name of the Bank: State Bank of India

Manuscripts and communication: Manuscripts and all communications should be submitted through email only.

Editor,

Journal of Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding,

E-mail: editorjggpb@gmail.com