Author Guidelines
Template File
Template (Word) Copyright transfer agreement (Word) Endnote style (ens)1. General Requirements
1) Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced (in Microsoft Word) with lines and pages consecutively using Times New Roman font at 10 points.
2) Arabic numbers are used. Weights and measures should be in System International (SI) units and temperature in the Celsius (centigrade scale)
3) The “p” for statistical significance should be italicized and in lower case letters.
4) Provide the manufacturer’s name, city, and country in parentheses followed by drugs, chemicals, or instruments.
5) Tables and figures should be placed in separate sections at the end of the manuscript (not placed within the text).
6) Author must prepare photographs carefully so that clear image can be printed.
7) Authors are strongly encouraged to have the manuscript proofread by a native speaker of English or a language professional prior to submission.
8) The following word processor file formats are acceptable for the main manuscript document: Microsoft word (DOC, DOCX)
2. Submission Guidlines
The submission and review process of FAS is handled electronically on the website (http://submission.e-fas.org). The manuscript should be submitted in an MS Word file format (DOC or DOCX). The recommended font is 10-point Times New Roman. Send any questions concerning manuscript submission to: The office of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science kosfas@kosfas.or.kr.
1) Before you submit
Now you’ve identified a journal to submit to, there are a few things you should be familiar with before you submit.
① Make sure you are submitting to the most suitable journal - Aims and scope
② Understand the costs and funding options - Fees and funding
③ Make sure your manuscript is accurate and readable - Language editing services
④ Understand the copyright agreement
2) Ready to submit
To give your manuscript the best chance of publication, follow these policies and formatting guidelines.
General formatting rules for all article types - Preparing your manuscript
Make sure your submission is complete - Prepare supporting information
Copyright and license agreement - Conditions of publication
Read and agree to our Editorial Policies - Editorial policies
3) Submit and promote
After acceptance, we provide support so your article gains maximum impact in the scientific community and beyond.
Please note that manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party.
3. Preparing your Manuscript
The original article should contain an abstract, key words, main text, acknowledgements, and references.
1) Title page
(1) The title should be limited to 20 words and there should be no abbreviations.
(2) The running title should be limited to 10 words.
(3) Full names, institutional addresses and email addresses of all authors should be provided
(4) The description of the corresponding author should include name, institution, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address.
(5) Indicate the corresponding author.
2) Abstract
(1) The Abstract should not exceed 350 words.
(2) Please minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references in the abstract.
(3) The abstract should contain important objectives, materials and methods, results, conclusion, and applications. Use complete sentences and standard terms. Use of abbreviations in the abstract should be avoided.
3) Keywords
Three to five keywords are listed.
4) Introduction
The introduction section should explain the rationale for performing the study, background, objectives, and hypothesis.
5) Materials and Methods
The methods section should:
• Use subheadings to separate different methodologies.
• Obtain approval from their Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), as appropriate, prior to manuscript submission.
• Describe established methods briefly, and simply cite a reference where readers can find more detail
• State all statistical tests and parameters
6) Results (with subheadings)
This should include the findings of the study including, if appropriate, results of statistical analysis which must be included either in the text or as tables and figures.
7) Discussion
(1) This section should discuss the implications of the findings in context of existing research and highlight limitations of the study.
(2) For study protocols and methodology manuscripts this section should include a discussion of any practical or operational issues involved in performing the study and any issues not covered in other sections. The Results and Discussion section may be combined.
8) Competing Interests
The Journal of Animal Science and Technology requires authors to declare all competing interests including financial or non-financial support related to their work. Where authors have no competing interests, the statement should read “No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported”. The editor may ask for further information relating to competing interests.
9) Acknowledgements
(1) Please acknowledge anyone who contributed towards the article who does not meet the criteria for authorship including anyone who provided professional writing services or materials.
(2) Authors should obtain permission to acknowledge from all those mentioned in the Acknowledgements section.
10) Ethics approval and consent to participate
A written statement must be described in the original articles indicating whether or not Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval was obtained or equivalent guidelines followed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 on human experimentation; if not, an explanation must be provided. In addition, a statement of IRB status (approved, waived, or other) must be included in the Methods section of your manuscript. Similarly, a written statement confirming approval by appropriate the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) must be included for research involving animals. Any manuscript submitted without appropriate IRB or IACUC approval will not be reviewed and will be returned to the authors.
11) References
Citations in the text should indicate the author's surname with the year of publication in parentheses—(Cheon, 2013), (Choi & Lee, 2012), (Choi et al., 2013; Kim 2003, 2010b). If there are more than two authors, only the first should be named, followed by "et al." References at the end of the paper should be listed in alphabetical order by the first author's name. If there is more than one work by the same author or team of authors in the same year, a, b, etc. is added to the year both in the text and in the list of references. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text.
Examples of the Vancouver reference style are shown below. If a DOI (digital object identifier) is available for an article, always include it.
Example reference style:
Article within a journal
Nejad JG, Ataallahi M, Park KH. Methodological validation of measuring Hanwoo hair cortisol concentration using bead beater and surgical scissors. J Anim Sci Technol. 2019;61:41-6.
Article within a journal (no page numbers)
Rohrmann S, Overvad K, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Jakobsen MU, Egeberg R, Tjønneland A, et al. Meat consumption and mortality - results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. BMC Med. 2013;11:63.
Article within a journal by DOI (without a volume designation but with a DOI)
Slifka MK, Whitton JL. Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. Dig J Mol Med. 2000. https://doi.org/10.1007/s01090000086
Article within a journal supplement
Frumin AM, Nussbaum J, Esposito M. Functional asplenia: demonstration of splenic activity by bone marrow scan. Blood. 1979;59 Suppl 1:26-32.
Book chapter, or an article within a book
Wyllie AH, Kerr JFR, Currie AR. Cell death: the significance of apoptosis. In: Bourne GH, Danielli JF, Jeon KW, editors. International review of cytology. London: Academic; 1980. p. 251-306.
Complete book, authored
Blenkinsopp A, Paxton P. Symptoms in the pharmacy: a guide to the management of common illness. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science; 1998.
Online document
Doe J. Title of subordinate document [Internet]. Royal Society of Chemistry. 1999 [cited 2019 Aug 4]. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document
Conference paper
Kim HW. Challenges and future directions on journal “perspectives in nursing science” in Korea. Poster session presented at: Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors Convention 2013; 2013 Aug 2-4; Tokyo, Japan.
Proceeding paper
Brody AL. Meat packaging: past, present and future. In: Proceedings of the 55th Reciprocal Meat Conference; 2002; Michigan, MI.
Dissertation
Kim K. Quantum critical phenomena in superfluids and superconductors [Ph.D. dissertation]. Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology; 1991.
Scientific and technical report
Kim SN, Park JR, Bae HS, et al. A study on the meta evaluation of Korean university evaluation. Seoul: Korean Educational Development Institute; 2004. Report No.: CR 2004-45.
12) Tables
When preparing tables, please follow the formatting instructions below.
• Tables should be numbered and cited in the text in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Table 1, Table 2 etc.).
• Tables less than one A4 or Letter page in length can be placed in the appropriate location within the manuscript.
• Tables larger than one A4 or Letter page in length can be placed at the end of the document text file. Please cite and indicate where the table should appear at the relevant location in the text file so that the table can be added in the correct place during production.
• Tabular data provided as additional files can be uploaded as an Excel spreadsheet (.xls) or comma separated values (.csv). Please use the standard file extensions.
• Tables should not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files, but should be formatted using ‘Table object’ function in your word processing program.
• Color and shading may not be used. Parts of the table can be highlighted using superscript, numbering, lettering, symbols or bold text, the meaning of which should be explained in a table legend.
• Commas should not be used to indicate numerical values.
13) Figures
When preparing figures, please follow the formatting instructions below.
• Figures should be provided as separate files, not embedded in the main manuscript file.
• Each figure of a manuscript should be submitted as a single file that fits on a single page in portrait format.
• Tables should NOT be submitted as figures but should be included in the main manuscript file.
• Multi-panel figures (those with parts a, b, c, d etc.) should be submitted as a single composite file that contains all parts of the figure.
• Figures should be numbered in the order they are first mentioned in the text, and uploaded in this order.
• Figures should be uploaded in the correct orientation.
• Figure keys should be incorporated into the graphic, not into the legend of the figure.
• Each figure should be closely cropped to minimize the amount of white space surrounding the illustration. Cropping figures improves accuracy when placing the figure in combination with other elements when the accepted manuscript is prepared for publication on our site.
• Individual figure files should not exceed 10 MB. If a suitable format is chosen, this file size is adequate for extremely high quality figures.
14) Figure file types
We accept the following file formats for figures:
• PDF (suitable for diagrams and/or images)
• Microsoft Word (suitable for diagrams and/or images, figures must be a single page)
• PowerPoint (suitable for diagrams and/or images, figures must be a single page)
• TIFF (suitable for images)
• JPEG (suitable for photographic images, less suitable for graphical images)
15) Figure size and resolution
Figures on the web:
• width of 600 pixels (standard), 1200 pixels (high resolution).
Figures in the final PDF version:
• width of 85 mm for half page width figure
• width of 170 mm for full page width figure
• maximum height of 225 mm for figure and legend
• image resolution of approximately 300 dpi (dots per inch) at the final size
Figures should be designed such that all information, including text, is legible at these dimensions. All lines should be wider than 0.25 pt when constrained to standard figure widths. All fonts must be embedded.
4. Editorial Policy
1) Copyright
The corresponding author is responsible for signing a copyright transfer agreement on behalf of all authors. This agreement form is sent to the corresponding author when the manuscript is submitted.
Copyright on any open access article in a journal published by The Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science is retained by the The Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science.
This is and Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licens which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
2) Publication charges
The current charge for publication is 500,000 Korean Won per article for members of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, and 600,000 Korean Won per article for non-members. Waiver policy is temporarily applied to articles submitted outside Korea based on corresponding authors.
3) Fast-track Publication
A fast-track process is available for authors who desire quick publication of their papers. Authors should contact the Editorial Office (e-mail: kosfas@kosfas.or.kr) for fast-track submission. The review process will be conducted as rapidly as possible, the first decision will be made within 1 month. The acceptance of fast-track manuscripts will be decided solely based on scientific merits of manuscripts.
For fast-track publication, the charge for publication is 700,000 Korean Won per article for members of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, and 800,000 Korean Won per article for non-members. Authors applied to waiver policy is also required to pay for 200 US dollars for fast-track. There is no review fee, and the authors must pay the publication fee after acceptance.
4) Advertising Policy
FAS does not accept any commercial product advertisements until policy changes otherwise.
5) Feedback after Publication
If the authors or readers find any errors, or contents that should be revised, it can be requested from the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board may consider erratum or a retraction.