Guide for Authors

General information
Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science publishes original and new fundamental and
applied researches, review articles and brief communications from all areas of Agricultural
Economics, Ecology, Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Plant Science, Plant Genetics, Plant
Pathology and Protection, Animal Science, Animal Genetics, Veterinary Medicine, Food
Science and Technologies, Agricultural Technologies and other topics, connected with
agriculture. The manuscript, written in English, should be submitted online.

Preparations of the manuscript for publication

Paper. Its length should not exceed the minimum length required for precision in describing
the experiments and clarity in interpreting them. Manuscripts should be written in English.
Paginate the entire manuscript in the top right-hand section of the pages.
Format of the paper. Contributions should be organized in the sequence: title, authors,
abstract, key words, list of abbreviations, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results,
Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements (if there are any), References, short title (used
as running head). The font should be ‘standard’, preferably 12-point Times New Roman.
Title. Please, try to avoid long title. It should accurately, clearly, and concisely identify the
subject and emphasis of the reported work. The wording of the title is important for current
awareness alerts and for information retrieval. Words should be chosen carefully to reflect the
content and to function as indexing terms.
Authors. The names of the authors are listed below the title. The name of the corresponding
author(s) should be marked with asterisk (*). The names and affiliations of author(s),
including post code(s) and E-mail(s) should be listed immediately below the
author/coauthor(s) name(s). If the coauthors are not all at the same institution or department,
the institutional affiliation of each author should be indicated by labeling the institution
names, using numbers.
Abstract and key words. Abstract should be no longer than 300 words or 10% of the total
paper. It should briefly and specifically state the purpose of the research, the principal results,
summarize the conclusions. It has to point out the new information and indicate the relevance
of the work. A well written abstract can attract the attention of potential readers and increase
the likelihood that the published paper will get cited by other researchers. The key words
must be properly selected to present the essence of the study.
Illustrations. They should be sent as jpg (with quality no less than 9), png, tif, xls, eps files
for figures, graphs, diagrams, photos, etc. and as doc and docx files for tables. Graphical
materials should be preferred. Tables, figures, graphs and other illustrations should be
numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and with adequate title and legend. Tables and
other illustrations should be submitted on separate sheets, and must be cited in the text. The
position of each table, graph, figure, etc. in the text must be indicated as a comment.
Photographs/pictures should be made with high contrast. Each illustration should be
accompanied by a caption. Put the captions on a separate list at the end of the manuscript.
Explanations should be typewritten under the illustration and given in this list, too.
+Figures. Graphs/diagrams should be prepared preferably in Excel. Provide figures with
good contrast; drawings with dark, heavy lines, letters – large enough, as to be appropriate for
printing.
+Tables. They should be as simple and as few as feasible for the presentation of the essential
data, prepared in MS Office Word. They should be furnished with titles of phrase or sentence.
Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers, each column in the table
with heading. Authors should take notice of page size A4. The tables should preferably be
located along the page, without turning it horizontally. Large tables should be avoided. If
many data are to be presented, an attempt should be made to divide these over two or more
tables. Explanations essential to the understanding of the table should be given at the bottom
of the table marked in appropriate way.

References
1. All references to publications made in the text should be presented in a list with their
full bibliographical description.
2. In the text - refer to the author's name (without initial) and year of publication.
Example: Kirda (2004) also reported… Three species of aphids have been reported on
triticale (Krasteva., 2013).
3. If reference is made in the text to publications written by more than two authors the
name of the first author should be used, followed by "et al.". Example:

Therefore the necessity arises to… enhancing its tolerance to stress (Boyadjieva et al., 2009;
Mohammadi et al., 2010; Arani et al., 2011; Bennett et al., 2012).
The "et al." indication, however, should not be used in the list of references. In this list names
of authors and co-authors, should be mentioned instead.

1. References in the text should be arranged chronologically (see the example in item 3).
The list of references should be arranged alphabetically on author's names, and
chronologically per author. The following order should be used: a) publications of the
single author, arranged according to publication dates – b) publications of the same
author with one co-author – c) publications of the author with more than one co-
author. Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be listed as 1992a,
l992b, etc.
2. Names of authors and title of journals, published in non-latin alphabets should be
transliterated in English.
3. Use the following system of transliteration of Cyrilic: А = A, Б = В, В = V, Г = G, Д
= D, Е = Е, Ж = Zh, 3 = Z, И = I, Й = Y, K = К, Л = L, М = М, Н = N, О = О, П = Р,
Р = R, С = S, Т = Т, У = U, Ф = F, X = H, Ц = Тs, Ч = Сh, Ш = Sh, Щ = Sht, Ъ = А,
Ь = Y, Ю = Yu, Я = Ya.
4. A notation such as "Bg" for Bulgarian, "Ru" for Russian, "Sb" for Serbian (in case of
titles in Cyrillic), "Mo" for Mongolian, "Gr" for Greek, "Geor" for Georgian, "Ja" for
Japanese, "Ch" for Chinese etc. should be added after the bibliographical entry in
brackets, showing the original language, when the original alphabet is other than
Latin.
5. Use the following system for arranging your references:

a) periodicals:
Mikulová, M., 2011. Content of free fatty acids lipolytic bacteria and somatic cells in
relation to milking technology. J. Agrobiol., 28 (1): 49-54.
Toušová, R., L. Stádník and J. Ducháček, 2013. Effects of season and time of milking on
spontaneous and induced lipolysis in bovine milk fat. Czech J. Food Sci., 31 (1): 20-26 (Cz).
b) symposia reports and abstracts:
Voermans, J. A. M., 1993. Waste management practices in Europe. In: J. Shurson, G.
Wagner and J. Rhoads (Eds.), Proceeding Livestock and Waste Management, Proceeding of
conference, 19-20 January, 1993, St. Paul, MN, USA, pp. 8-13.
Blajan, L. and V. Kouba, 1991. The role, possible evaluation and future of animal health
service in Eastern Europe. In: Y. Boyazoglu and Y. Renaud (Eds.), Livestock Production
Sector in Eastern Europe as Affected by Current Changes, Proceedings of the round-table
organized by EAAP and FAO, Budapest, 14-17 April, 1991. EAAP Publication no. 57,
1991), Pudoc Wageningen, pp. 172-178.
c) edited symposia, special issues, etc., published in a periodical:
Korevaar, H., 1992. The nitrogen balance on intensive Dutch dairy farms: a review. In: A.
A. Jongebreur et al. (Eds.), Effects of Cattle and Pig Production Systems on the
Environment: Livestock Production Science, 31: 17-27.
d) books:
Berova, M., N. Stoeva, A. Vasilev and D. Zlatev, 2007. Manual of Plant
Physiology, Acdemic Press, AU Plovdiv, 65 pp.
e) books, containing sections written by different authors:
Kunev, M., 1979. Pig fattening. In: A. Alexiev (Ed.), Farm Animal Feeding. Vol. III.
Feeding of Different Animal Species, Zemizdat, Sofia, pp. 233-243 (Bg).
f) dissertations and theses:
Chandio, F. A., 2013. Interaction of straw-soil-disc tillage tool under controlled conditions.
Doctoral dissertation, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanking, China.

1. In referring to a personal communication (Brown, J. M., personal communication,

1982). In this case initials are given in the text

Formulae, numbers and other symbols

1. SI units should be used.
2. Decimal point should be used instead of a decimal comma.
3. There should be no used comma when writing thousands.
4. Formulae should be typewritten, if possible. Subscripts and superscripts should be set
off clearly. Take special care to show clearly the difference between zero (0) and the
letter 0, and between one (1) and the letter I.
5. Give the meaning of all symbols immediately after the equation in which they are first
used.
6. For simple fractions, use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line, e.g. 11 /25.
7. Equations should be numbered serially on the right-hand side and in parentheses if
they are more than one and there are explicitly referred to.
8. Levels of statistical significance which can be used without further explanations are
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P<0.001.
9. In chemical formulae, valence of ions should be given as, e.g. Ca2+ and CO32-, not
as Ca++ or CO3.
10. Numbers up to 10 should be written in the text by words. Numbers above 1000 are
recommended to be given as 10 powered x.
11. Greek letters should be explained in the margins with their names as follows: Αα -
alpha, Ββ - beta, Γγ - gamma, Δδ - delta, Εε - epsilon, Ζζ - zeta, Ηη - eta, Θθ - theta, Ιι
- iota, Κκ - kappa, Λλ - lambda, Μμ - mu, Νν - nu, Ξξ - xi, Οο - omicron, Ππ - pi, Ρρ
- rho, Σσ - sigma, Ττ - tau, Υυ - ipsilon, Φφ - phi, Χχ - chi, Ψψ - psi, Ωω - omega.
Others
1. Authors and editors are, by general agreement, obliged to accept the rules governing
biological nomenclature, as laid down in the relevant international codes. It should be
given in italics.
2. Although in general an author may quote from other published works, he should
obtain permission from the holder of the copyright if he wishes to make substantial
extracts or to reproduce tables, plates, or other illustrations.
3. The staffs of Publisher perform copy-editing of manuscripts. The author is asked to
check the galley proof for typographical errors and to answer queries from the copy
editor.
4. Charge for publication is 10 EURO per standard typescripted page.
5. PDF files of the articles are supplied to the authors.
6. After the reception of the article, the manuscript is given to referees for anonymous
peer review. Authors will be notified about the acceptance or rejection of the
manuscripts. The corrected manuscript should be submitted to the website of the
journal.
7. The Editorial Staff is not responsible for inaccurate citations, including the content of
websites and copyright infringement.