Authors’ Declaration

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUTHORS

Reporting Standards

Authors of original research articles should present the results and discuss with them in a proper way. Since the methodological contents of the articles should be reproducible, the authors should be clear in their statements and should not purposely report wrong or missing data. Authors of review type articles are not recommended to write such articles if they are not an expert in the field of their review topics or when they do not have enough background information or related former studies.

Data Accessing and Retainment

Authors may be asked to present their raw data when needed (ethical cases etc.). Therefore, raw data of the manuscripts should be kept in safety to present if needed. The storage period of raw data following publications should be at least 10 years.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors of submitted manuscripts should be sure that their manuscripts are original or include cited references for quotations.

Multiple, Repeated, Unnecessary or Simultaneous Submissions

It is not an approved way to produce more than one publication reporting on the same research. The authors should pay attention to such cases and they should not submit the same manuscript to different journals simultaneously.

Authorship of Manuscripts

Only the following persons should be included in the manuscripts as responsible authors:

• Researchers providing major contribution to concept, design, performing, data collection and/or analysis in a study.
• Researchers involved in preparation or critical revision of manuscripts.
• Researchers approved the latest version of the manuscripts and accepted its submission.

Contributors other than the above list (technical assistance, helpers in writing and editing, general contributions, etc.) should not be involved in the authors list but can be listed in acknowledgments section. The corresponding authors of manuscripts should provide the separate listing of contributors as authors and those to be involved in acknowledgments section.

Conflict of interests

Authors should clearly declare any kind of conflict of interests in their manuscripts. Absence of conflict of interests about the topic of the manuscripts should also be declared. The most common types of conflict of interests are financial supports, education or other types of funds, personal or institutional relations and affiliations. All sources of financial supports (with their grant or other reference numbers) of the studies should be declared.

Acknowledgement of References

Authors should not use personally obtained information (conversations, correspondences or discussions with bystanders) unless they have the permission of their sources. Information about private documents or refereeing of grant applications should not be used without the permission of the authorities providing the related service.

Peer-Review

Authors are obliged to be involved in the peer review process and should cooperate by responding raw data, evidence for ethical approvals, patient approvals and copyright release form requests of editors and their explanations. Authors should respond either in a positive or a negative way to revision suggestions generated by the peer review process. They should be sure to include their counter views in their negative responses.Submitting authors must confirm the following:

• Manuscripts must be the original work of the submitting author.
• Submitted manuscripts must be unpublished.
• There should be no conflict of interest. If it exists, it must be clearly stated.
• Authors should cite all data sources used in the preparation of the manuscript.

Please note: It is unethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal concurrently.

Reviewers must confirm the following:

• Manuscripts are reviewed fairly based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship or political view of the author(s).
• Any observed conflict of interest during the review process must be sent to the editor.
• Information pertaining to the manuscript is kept confidential.
• Information that may be a cause for rejection of publication must be sent to the editor

Editors must confirm the following:

• Manuscripts are reviewed fairly based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship or political view of the author(s).
• Information pertaining to manuscripts is kept confidential.
• Any observed conflict of interest pertaining manuscripts must be disclosed.

Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research

Alınteri Journal of Agricultural Sciences endorses the ARRIVE guidelines (www.nc3rs.org.uk/ARRIVE) for reporting experiments using live animals. Authors and reviewers can use the ARRIVE guidelines as a checklist, which can be found at www.nc3rs.org.uk/ARRIVEchecklist.Manuscripts containing original research on animal subjects must have been approved by an ethical review committee. The project identification code, date of approval and name of the ethics committee or institutional review board must be cited in the Methods Section. For research involving animals, any potentially derived benefits must be significant in relation to harm suffered by participating animals. Authors should particularly ensure that their research complies with the commonly accepted “3Rs”:

• Replacement of animals by alternatives wherever possible
• Reduction in number of animals used, and
• Refinement of experimental conditions and procedures to minimize the harm to animals.

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Review Policy
All the submitted manuscripts are double-blind peer-review processed.

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Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Contact
Assoc. Prof. Dr.sc Bojan Simovski
Editor-in-Chief
phone: + 389 75 258 118
e-mail: bsimovski@sf.ukim.edu.mk

Publisher Adress
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Hans Em Faculty of Forest Sciences, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering
Editorial Board of the Forest Review
Ul. 16 Makedonska brigada br. 1
(P.O. Box 235)
MK-1000 Skopje
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