| Livestock Research for Rural Development | 2005, Volume 17, Number 11 |
The mission of LRRD is to:
To this end the journal publishes both full-length papers and short communications (posters) describing the results of research that relate to the theme of sustainable rural development. Guidelines for the preparation of papers and posters are given in the section on Notes for Authors.
Papers and posters should be sent by E-mail to the Senior Editor trpreston@mekarn.org. If acknowledgement is not received within two weeks then authors should send a reminder to the Senior Editor with details of the file names and dates sent.
The papers can be written with the aid of any of the principal word processing software programs and should be sent by e-mail as an attachment and with "LRRD" in the subject line. Email messages with attachments and unknown subject lines are not opened in view of virus risks.
The procedure is as follows:
Papers are coded (date of receipt [month/date/year] and first 4 letters of senior author surname) by the Senior Editor and sent immediately to the associate-editors (or in some cases directly to two reviewers). The associate-editors are responsible for selecting reviewers and following the progress of the paper, to and from reviewers and authors. Associate-editors on the basis of advice from reviewers, and their own assessment, will recommend:
The responsibility of the reviewers is:
Reviewers' comments are received by the associate-editors who communicate with authors regarding any proposed changes. The associate-editors return the accepted papers to the Chief Editor who, together with the assistant editor, finalize the editing, and format the paper in "html".
The edited versions of the papers are then posted on the UTA Web Page so that authors can revise the formatted papers (a restricted URL is sent to the author for this purpose)
The final versions of the papers are sent to the publisher (CIPAV in Colombia) where they are posted on the CIPAV Web Page (http://www.cipav.org.co/lrrd/lrrdhome.html).
Issues of LRRD now appear on a monthly basis.
The members of the Editorial Committee are:
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The present list of reviewers is:
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E-mail address |
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Anderson, Simon |
sa |
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Arango, Jésus A |
ja |
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Bernet, Thomas |
tb |
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Botero, Raul |
rb |
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Chirgwin, Juan Carlos |
jcc |
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Combellas, Jorge |
jc |
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Dalibard, Christophe |
cd |
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Dolberg, Frands |
fd |
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Ferraz, Jose Bento S |
jf |
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Finzi, Alessandro |
af |
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Guèye, Fallou |
efg |
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Hansen, Hanne |
hh |
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Jensen, Hans |
hj |
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Kayouli, Chedly |
ck |
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Ku Vera, Juan |
jkv |
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Kyvsgaard, Niels |
nk |
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Liu Jian-Xin |
liu |
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Lukefahr, Stephen |
sl |
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Ly, Julio |
jl |
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Murgueitio, Enrique |
em |
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Nguyen Xuan Trach |
nxt |
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Perez, Rena |
rp |
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Plasse, Dieter |
dp |
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Quezado, Javier |
jq |
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Rosales, Mauricio |
mr |
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Sansoucy, René |
rs |
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Santos Flores, Jorge |
js |
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Tadelle Dessie |
td |
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Speedy, Andrew |
as |
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Thorpe, Bill |
wt |
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Wang Jiaqi |
jw |
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Wilson, Trevor |
tw |
Responsibility for posting the papers on the Home Page of LRRD is with CIPAV (Hector Osorio)
The principle tools for publishing the journal are now: Corel Office 2000 (Word Perfect), Lotus 123, Microsoft Office XP or 2000 (MS Word and Excel) and Star Office 5.2. These are the preferred formats for receiving papers and posters.
Authors should examine carefully recent papers and posters in the journal and follow the style currently in use.
Body of Text
- Use the font "Times
New Roman" 12 pt.
- Do not use full word capitals for titles nor for names of authors.
- Include your e-mail address below your postal address in the Title
- Indicate the Keywords after the Abstract in alphabetical order
- Separate the Titles and associate-titles from the previous and next lines by an
empty line, using the ‘return’ or ‘enter’ key
- Separate each paragraph by an empty line, using the ‘return’ or ‘enter’ key
- Make sure the paragraphs are aligned to the left not “justified”
- Avoid to use an indent in the beginning of each paragraph
In text and tables:
Ensure that numbers contain only three
digits after or before “000... ”
Eg: 234.214 becomes 234
1.2367 becomes 1.24
0.00032176 becomes 0.000322
for R2 only two digits after or before “00... ”
eg: R2 = 0.677 becomes R2 =
0.68
Graphics:
Where possible, please always supply the original spreadsheets and data which were used to produce graphics in the papers, since this allows us to produce a uniform look and maintain the quality of the finished journal.
Tables:
Please format using the Table menu, and not Tabs and
Spaces
- when using the tabular format please allot a new cell to each piece of
data.
- include the title of the table as well as the notes at the bottom of table inside
the Table itself not in the body of the text.
References:
They should be set up with minimum punctuation but maximum detail of the actual citation. Abbreviations of journal titles should not be used. In the list of references, citations to "Livestock Research for Rural Development" should include the appropriate "URL" for the article. For example, for papers published prior to 2004, the citations are of the following format.
Guèye E F, Ndiaye A and Branckaert R D S 1998 Prediction of body weight on the basis of body measurements in mature indigenous chickens in Senegal; Livestock Research for Rural Development. (10) 3: http://www.cipav.org.co/lrrd/lrrd10/3/sene103.htm
Beginning in 2004, the format is changed to:
Cerón-Muñoz M F, Tonhati H, Costa C N, Rojas-Sarmiento D and Solarte Portilla C 2004: Variance heterogeneity for milk yield in Brazilian and Colombian Holstein herds. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Vol. 16, Art. #20 Retrieved June 1, 2004, from http://www.cipav.org.co/lrrd/lrrd16/4/cero16020.htm
Check that this URL is correct and functioning by clicking on it: it should lead you to the Web site.!
PLEASE:
- Use the Spell-Check tool in order to correct any spelling mistake, and
- Ensure that references in the text are in the
reference list and vice versa.
An easy way to check this latter point is to print the reference list and then
from the beginning of the text to use the "FIND" command and type "19"
and then "20". This will locate all the references assuming
you have cited correctly the source including the date.