Types of Contributions Suitable for Farm and Business

1. REGULAR PAPERS 

Original research papers reporting the results of original or innovative research (basic and applied). The material should not have been previously published elsewhere.

Authors are expected to maintain high standards of scientific ethics and integrity. When a paper is submitted to Farm and Business, it is assumed that the work is that of the authors and has not been published elsewhere, nor has it being submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Lead authors should obtain the concurrence of all authors and the institution that sponsored the research programme for publication in Farm and Business.

Defining originality or the original contribution of any one study to a discipline is difficult. However, it is possible to gain some insight into this definition by asking the following questions:

• Has the author successfully established the existence of a new variable (or variables), trend, problem or solution not previously recognized by the literature?

• Is the author testing the interactions of a different set of variables or events?

• Is the author presenting a new technique to cope with a problem or test an idea or hypothesis that has not previously presented in the literature?

• Is the author using a sample or population with different characteristics than previously presented in the literature?

2. REVIEW ARTICLES

• Review articles should be topical and not just an overview of the literature.

• Reviews will usually favor topics covering current research efforts.

• Reviews differ from research papers in that most or all of the work reported is not new. Such a paper, however, might include a variety of minor original research results that would not stand on their own in separate papers.

• Reviews may constitute critical comments on a recently published article or other topical themes, which may be of interest to our readership.