Instructions for authors
About the Journal
Italian Journal of Animal Science is an Open Access international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. Please see the journal's Aims & Scope for information about its focus and peer-review policy.
Open Access means you can publish your research so it is free to access online as soon as it is published, meaning anyone can read (and cite) your work. Please see our guide to Open Access for more information. Many funders mandate publishing your research open access; you can check open access funder policies and mandates here.
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Italian Journal of Animal Science accepts the following types of article:
Original Papers (Regular Papers)
Review Articles
Short Communications
The journal welcomes submissions on the following subjects:
• Animal derived food quality and safety
• Animal genetics and breeding
• Animal nutrition and feeding
• Livestock systems, management and environment
• Aquaculture, poultry, companion and wild game animals
• Production physiology and biology
Upon request to the Editor, announcements of congresses, presentations of universities, research institutes, books and proceedings may also be published, as well as news regarding the members of the Animal Science and Production Association (ASPA).
The Association will be glad to receive proposals for your admission as an ordinary or corresponding member; please read regulations and procedures in the statute of the ASPA.
Instructions for ASPA Congress Book of Abstracts Authors submitting an abstract from the ASPA Congress to be published in the Book of Abstracts must follow the submissions guidelines here:
https://tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/style/TJAS-Author-Guidelines.pdf.
Authors may find it useful to consult the following example Abstract:
https://tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/style/TJAS-Abstract-Example.pdf.
All authors submitting to medicine, biomedicine, health sciences, allied and public health journals should conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, prepared by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
Article Publishing Charge
The current charge to publish an article in Italian Journal of Animal Science is US$1,000 / £770 / €880 for original research and review articles and US$600 / £460 / €530 for short communications. For members of the Animal Science and Production Association, the publication fee for original research and review articles is US$500 / £385 / €440, and $300 / £230 / €265 for short communications. Depending on your location, these charges may be subject to local taxes.
Find out more about article publishing charges and funding options.
Peer Review and Ethics
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be single blind peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics.
Preparing Your Paper
Original Papers (Regular Papers)
Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; highlights; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; conclusions; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list)
Should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of tables, references, figure captions, footnotes, endnotes.
Should contain an unstructured abstract of 250 words.
Should contain between 3 and 5 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
Review Articles
Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; highlights (optional); main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; conclusions;acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list)
Should be no more than 10000 words, inclusive of tables, references, figure captions, footnotes, endnotes.
Should contain an unstructured abstract of 250 words.
Should contain between 3 and 5 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
As a general rule, only invited reviews are considered. However, authors can submit a proposal for a review article to the Editor in Chief. The proposal will be evaluated by the Editor in Chief and the Associate Editors. If the proposal is positively evaluated, authors will be invited to submit the review article for consideration.
Short Communications
Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; highlights; main text introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion (combined); acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list)
Should be no more than 4000 words, inclusive of tables, references, figure captions, footnotes, endnotes.
Should contain an unstructured abstract of 250 words.
Should contain between 3 and 5 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
Style Guidelines
Please refer to these quick style guidelines when preparing your paper, rather than any published articles or a sample copy.
Please use British (-ise) spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
Please use single quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a quotation’. Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
Manuscripts should be prepared double-spaced in Microsoft Word, with lines and pages numbered consecutively, using Times New Roman font at 12 points and no less than 2.5 cm margins all around.
Please note the following submission requirements:
• The Department and city name must be provided in the native language if located in a European country
• The Ethical Approval statement is mandatory (see Checklist, below)
• The corresponding author must be indicated
• A conclusions section must be included
• Names of funders, in the Funding or Acknowledgements section, should be provided in the English language version
• Abbreviations provided in the Tables should be expanded in Table footnotes, and abbreviations provided in Figures should be expanded in Figure captions
• Values after decimal points should be rounded up to 2 or 3 digits consistently within an article, excluding p-values
• Running heads and received dates are not required when submitting a manuscript for review; they will be added during the production process.
Formatting and Templates
Papers may be submitted in Word or LaTeX formats. Figures should be saved separately from the text. To assist you in preparing your paper, we provide formatting template(s).
Word templates are available for this journal. Please save the template to your hard drive, ready for use.
A LaTeX template is available for this journal. Please save the LaTeX template to your hard drive and open it, ready for use, by clicking on the icon in Windows Explorer.
If you are not able to use the template via the links (or if you have any other template queries) please contact us here.
If using the Word or LaTeX template, please modify the template according to the style guidelines of the present journal.
Title:
Use bold for your article title, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
Author details:
Please ensure everyone meeting the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) requirements for authorship is included as an author of your paper. Please include all authors’ full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page. The names and affiliations of the authors should be presented as follows:
John Smith a*, Mario Bianchi b, Juan Vicente Rodriguez c
a Department, University, City, Country; b Dipartimento, University, Città, Country; c Departamento, University, Ciudad, Country.
Department and city should be in the native language for European countries.
Bulleted Highlights:
Please provide no more than 3 bulleted highlights (maximum 150 characters including spaces).
Highlights should provide economic, social or environmental implications of the results of the study. Highlights should be written in simple English suitable for non-specialists or even non-science readers.
Headings:
Please indicate the level of the section headings in your article:
First level headings (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, or combined Results and Discussion, Conclusions, References) should be in bold, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
Second level headings should be in bold italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
Third level headings should be in bold italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns, and should run on into the text.
Introduction:
This section should properly introduce the background, the rationale and the objective of the study by citing the related literature.
Material and Methods:
This section should report all the information and details about material and methods needed to repeat the experiment. Statistical analysis section must be included as second level heading and it should report the experimental unit (e.g. individual animal, group/pen of animals), the whole statistical model adopted (defining fixed and random variables), post-hoc test and level of significance adopted. When analysis of variance is adopted, a residual error term, such as the pooled standard error of means (SEM), the residual standard deviation (RSD), or the root mean square error (RMSE) is given for each criteria/item/variable/trait in a separate column (or line).
Results and Discussion:
The two sections can be reported separately or combined. In both cases, all the results should be listed and discussed, according to the related literature.
Conclusions:
In this section, some conclusive sentences about the main results obtained and their relevance in the field should be reported.
Nomenclature:
Genes and Proteins. Please find symbols for specific genes and proteins at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed; gene nomenclature is available at http://www.genenames.org. Gene symbols should be shown in italics (e.g., SCD1) and proteins in roman text (e.g., SCD1).
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms. RefSNP (rs) or submitted SNP (ss) number (if rs number is not yet available) should be used for unequivocal and correct SNP identification. RefSNP and submitted SNP are available at the public domain NCBI dbSNP database ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp).
Enzyme. Nomenclature of enzymes should conform to the recommendations of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ( http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb/enzyme). Include the Enzyme Commission (EC) number, when the enzyme is cited for the first time in the text.
Fatty acid. The systematic name of fatty acid is strongly recommended. The use of trivial name should be always used together the systematic name, when the fatty acid is cited for the first tie in the text. Cis and trans configuration should be abbreviated as “c” and “t”. For instance 18:1c9; 18:2 c9,t11.
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