Jahangirnagar University Environmental Bulletin ISSN: 2304-3326

Department of Environmental Sciences

Jahangirnagar University Environmental Bulletin

 

Instructions to Author

 

Jahangirnagar University Environmental Bulletin is a multi-disciplinary environmental research and review journal published in English annually. Its scope includes experimental and theoretical works on environmental sciences, environmental technologies, and management. Original research papers or short review articles are welcome because they have not been published or are being considered for publication elsewhere. 

 

Guidelines for preparing the manuscript: 

 

Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise, and grammatically correct English (with 12 font size and Times New Roman font style) to be intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in any particular field. Manuscripts that do not conform to these requirements and the following manuscript format may be returned to the author before review for correction. The entire manuscript, including references, should be typed double-spaced on one side of the paper, with margins of 2.5 cm on each side. All pages should be numbered consecutively in the bottom centre—indent new paragraphs. Turn the hyphenation option off, including only those hyphens that are essential to the meaning. The manuscript should be presented in the following order.  

 

Title page. This should contain the title (capitalize the first letter of each word in the title) of the contribution and the name(s) and address(es) of the author(s). The full postal address, Internet e-mail address, and telephone number of the author who will receive correspondence and check the proofs should be included, as the present address of any author differs from where the work was carried out.  

 

Abstract. All manuscripts must include a brief but informative Abstract intelligible without reference to the main text. It should not exceed 300 words and should describe the scope, hypothesis, or rationale for the work and the main findings.  

 

Keywords. Keywords (3-5) should be provided below the Abstract to assist with the indexing of the article. These should not duplicate keywords from the title.  

 

Introduction. This section should include sufficient background information to set the work in context. The aims of the manuscript should be clearly stated. The introduction should not contain either findings or conclusions.  

 

Materials and Methods. This should be concise but provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be repeated by others.  

 

Results. Results should be presented logically in the text, tables and figures; repetitive presentation of the same data in different forms should be avoided. The results should not contain material appropriate to the Discussion.  

 

Discussion. This should consider the results concerning any hypotheses advanced in the Introduction and place the study in the context of other work. Only in exceptional cases should the Results and Discussion sections be combined.  

 

Conclusions. A brief summary of the work, along with recommendations, should be included in this section. 

 

Acknowledgment. The source of financial grants and other funding must be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors' industrial links and affiliations. Authors must declare any financial support or relationships that may pose a conflict of interest in a cover letter submitted with the manuscript. Financial and technical assistance may be acknowledged here. It is the author's responsibility to obtain written permission to quote material that has appeared in another publication.  

 

References. Citation in text: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list, they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'. Citation of a reference as in press implies that the item has been accepted for publication. 

 

Reference style: 

Text: All citations in the text should refer to:   1. Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication; 2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication; 3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed by 'et al.' and the year of publication.  

 

Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically.   Examples: 'as demonstrated (Allan, 2000a, 2000b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1999). Kramer et al. (2010) have recently shown ....'  

 

List: References should be arranged alphabetically and sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication.   Example: Journal: Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., Lupton, R. A., 2010.  The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun. 163, 51–59.  

 

Book: Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 2000. The Elements of Style, fourth ed. Longman, New York.  

 

Reference to a chapter in an edited book: Mettam, G.R., Adams, L.B., 2009. How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones, B.S., Smith, R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281–304. 

 

Proceedings:  Krewitt, W., Trukenmueller, A., Mayerhofer, P.  Freidrich, R.  1995.  An integrated tool for environmental impact analysis. In: Kremers, H.; Pillmann, W., eds. Space and time in environmental information systems, 90-97.  

 

Web references: At minimum, the full URL should be given Any further information should also be given, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.),

 

Tables. Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. The table and its legend/footnotes should be understandable without reference to the text. 

 

Figures. Only scientifically necessary illustrations should be included. All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Graphics should be supplied as high-resolution (at least 300 dpi.) electronic files, saved as .eps or .tif format. Authors have to bear the cost of colour printing. 

 

Review, Charges and Reprints. Reviewer’s comments will be sent via e-mail and should be returned within seven days of receipt. The Executive Editor keeps the right to cancel any delayed submitted manuscript. Tk. 2000.00 for ten Journal`s printed pages would be charged as a printing/processing fee. After publication, a hard copy of the journal will be provided to the corresponding author. 

 

Corresponding Address. Please   send a soft copy of the manuscript in Microsoft Word document format to the Executive Editor (envsci@juniv.edu).

Submission of Articles: Papers can be submitted any time around the year.

 

Editor in Chief

Jahangirnagar University Environmental Bulletin

Department of Environmental Sciences

Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342

Email: envsci@juniv.edu