Journal Profile: Journal of Fisheries

Journal of Fisheries is a double blind peer reviewed open access journal published by BdFISH, a non-profit voluntary organization for sharing fisheries information worldwide. Journal of Fisheries was launched with a view to publishing quality articles on the house. All issues (full) of the Journal of Fisheries are also available on BdFISH Document.

Journal of Fisheries at a glance

ISSN: 2311-3111 (Online) and 2311-729X (Print)
Year of launching: December, 2013
Editor-in-Chief: Professor Dr. MN Islam
Journal policy: Open Access, Peer Reviewed, Online First!
Article publishing cost: Free of cost
Journal issues: 3 issues in a year (April, August, and December), accepted article is published online as Online First! and will be included in the contents of the upcoming issue
Journal operation financed by: BdFISH
Web: journal.bdfish.org

Information For Authors
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Author Guidelines
The Journal of Fisheries is an open access peer reviewed journal published by BdFISH that provides rapid publication of articles in all areas of fisheries science. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published shortly after acceptance.

Article Types
Three types of manuscripts may be submitted: Regular articles, short communications, and reviews.

Regular Articles: These should describe new and carefully confirmed findings, and experimental procedures should be given in sufficient detail for others to verify the work. The length of a full paper should be the minimum required to describe and interpret the work clearly.
Short Communications: A Short Communication is suitable for recording the results of complete small investigations or giving details of new models or hypotheses, innovative methods, techniques, or apparatus. Short communications are 2 to 4 printed pages in length.
Reviews: Submissions of reviews and perspectives covering topics of current interest are welcome and encouraged. Reviews should be concise, but there is no page limitation. Reviews are also peer-reviewed.

Review Process

After submission, editorial board of the journal will perform a preliminary review of the manuscript. If the manuscript is accepted at this level, it would be sent to two reviewers for in depth review. Based on their reports, final decision will be made. Four types of decisions can be yielded this after in depth review-

Accepted (with no change of manuscript)
Accepted after minor correction
Accepted after major correction
Rejected

Decisions on the submitted manuscript will be made as rapidly as possible, and the journal strives to return reviewers’ comments to authors promptly. If the manuscript is accepted with minor/major correction, it would be returned to corresponding author to perform necessary correction according to the reviewer’s comment. Author will get 7 days to resubmit the manuscript. The Editorial board will re-review manuscripts that are accepted pending revision. Finally the manuscript will be reviewed by the Chief Editor at the last stage of publishing. It is the goal of the Journal of Fisheries to publish manuscripts shortly after submission.

Publishing paper

Accepted paper will be published online first.

A. Regular articles

Basic formatting style of the manuscript

File type: MS Word document (.doc or .docx)
Language: English (US or International)
Paper size: A4 (8.27×11.69 inches or 210×297 mm)
Page border: At least one (1) inch on all sides
Font face: Verdana
Font size: 10 for body text and 9 for table text
Page number: Should start from the title page

Title page

Tile page should contain following information-

Title (Should be a brief phrase describing the contents of the paper)
Author name/s and affiliation/s (Full name/s of the author/s with their affiliation/s must be given with an asterisk* after the name of corresponding author)
Corresponding information (Fax, Phone, and Email address of the corresponding author must be included)

Abstract

The abstract should be placed on a separate page after the title page. It should be informative and self explanatory. It should briefly present the topic with major findings and conclusion. It should be 100-200 words in length. Abstract should be written in past tense; complete sentences, active verbs, and the third person should be used. Any citation of literature and abbreviations should be avoided. Standard nomenclature should be used.

Key words

Following the abstract, 3-7 key words should be listed.

Introduction

It should start from a new page. It should provide a clear statement of the problem, the relevant literature on the subject and the proposed approach. It should be understandable to wide range of academicians and researchers around the world.

Methodology

The methodology should be complete enough to allow experiments to be reproduced. Previously published procedure should be cited and any modification of the published produce should describe briefly. Only truly new procedure should be described in detail. Subheading should be used.

Results

The results should be presented with clarity and precision. It should be written in the past tense. Results should be explanted, but largely without referring to the literature. Discussion, speculation and detailed interpretation of data should not be placed here, put those into the discussion section. Subheadings can be used.

Discussion

Discussion, speculation and detailed interpretation of findings should be written here in a view of the results obtained in the present study and in past studies on the topic. At the end of the paper, a state of the conclusions should be given in a few sentences. However, Results and Discussion section can be used instead of separating these two sections.

Acknowledgement

If necessary, it should be mentioned briefly.

Tables

The tables should minimum in number and it should be designed as simple as possible. Each table should be placed on a separate page. Table should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and with a heading and a legend. Same data should not be presented in both table and graph forms or in the text. Table must be prepared in MS Word.

Figures

The figures should be typed in numerical order on a separate sheet. Graphics should be prepared using application software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop) capable of generating high quality image files (JPEG or TIFF) before pasting in the manuscript file. Title and labeling of the figure should be indicated in such a way that the figure is understandable without reading the text of the manuscript. Information given in the legend should not be repeated in the text.

References

In the text of the manuscript, a reference should be cited by means of author’s name following date of the reference. Where there are more than two authors, only the first author’s name should be mentioned, followed by “et al.” In the event that an author cited has had two or more works published during the same year, the reference, both in the text and in the reference list, should be identified by a lower case letter like ’a‘ and ’b‘ after the date to distinguish the works. Digital object identifier (DOI) number must be mentioned where available.

Examples

Single author: (Galib 2009) or Galib (2009)
Two authors: (Galib and Mohsin 2010) or Galib and Mohsin (2010)
Two+ authors: (Galib et al. 2009) or Galib et al. (2009)
One+ references: (Galib 2009, Galib et al. 2010) or Galib (2009), Galib et al. (2009)

In the reference section, the elaborate reference should be written as follows-

Journal articleMohsin ABM (2000) Present status of post-stocking management and maintenance of improved traditional carp culture at Rajshahi and Natore areas. University Journal of Zoology Rajshahi University 19: 17-20.Mohsin ABM and Haque ME (2009) Diversity of Fishes of Mahananda River at Chapai Nawabganj District. Research Journal of Biological Sciences 4(7): 828-831.Galib SM, Samad MA, Flowra FA and Alam MT (2009) Present Status of Fishes in the Chalan Beel- the Largest Beel (Wetland) of Bangladesh. International Journal of Animal and Fisheries Science 2(3): 214-218.Samad MA, Galib SM and Flowra FA (2009) Fish Drying in Chalan Beel Region. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 44(4): 461-466. DOI: 10.3329/bjsir.v44i4.4599

BooksGalib SM and Mohsin ABM (2011) Cultured and Ornamental Exotic Fishes of Bangladesh. LAP-Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.

Proceedings paperGalib SM and Mohsin ABM (2012) Cultured and ornamental exotic fish diversity in Bangladesh. In: Book of Abstract. 5th Fisheries Conference and Research Fair 2012. BFRF, Dhaka, Bangladesh. p. 54.

Online articleGalib SM (2012) Brood banks in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home (BdFISH). www.bdfish.org, accessed on 25 January 2012.

B. Short Communications

Short Communications are limited to a maximum of two figures and one table. They should present a complete study that is more limited in scope than is found in full-length papers. The items of manuscript preparation listed above apply to Short Communications with the following differences: (1) Abstracts are limited to 100 words; (2) very short Methodology; (3) Results and Discussion should be combined into a single section.

Proof and reprints

Proof copy of the manuscript will be sent to corresponding author’s email address as a PDF file as an attachment. Page proofs are considered to be the final version of the manuscript. With the exception of typographical or minor clerical errors, no changes will be made in the manuscript at the proof stage.

As an open access journal, Journal of Fisheries will be published article freely online to attract a wide audience. Authors will have free electronic access to the full text (in PDF) of the article. Authors can freely download the PDF file from which they can print unlimited copies of their articles.

Suggesting reviewers

Corresponding author must submit names of at least three (3) potential reviewers with their affiliations and email addresses on the last page of the manuscript. However, Editorial Board will select the reviewers finally and they may be selected outside suggested reviewers by the corresponding author.

Fees and Charges

Journal of Fisheries publishes paper on the house, i.e. no charge is required for publishing article.

Submitting the manuscript

Manuscript prepared according to the Author Guidelines of the journal should be submitted online. A free registration is needed for submitting your article online. However, author who will fail to submit online should contact for technical support.

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