Guidelines for Authors

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

General: Current Agronomy covers topics connected to broad-sense crop production and agriculture-related envi
ronmental issues. It accepts original research papers and review articles.
● Manuscript Structure

Original research paper
(up to 2500 words without figures)*
Title,
Name(s) of the author(s),
Affiliation + postal address of the author(s)
e-mail address and phone number of the corresponding author,
Abstract,
Keywords,
Introduction,
Materials and methods,
Results,
Discussion,
Conclusions,
References.
* longer papers require the editor’s consent
• Tables, graphs, photographs and drawings should be self-explanatory.
Review paper
(up to 2500 words without figures)*
Title,
Name(s) of the author(s),
Affiliation + postal address of the author(s),
e-mail address and phone number of the corresponding author,
Abstract,
Keywords,
Introduction,
Materials and methods (sources of data and methods of data
selection)
Chapters titled by author(s)
Conclusions,
References.
• All figures (photographs, drawings, graphs) and tables should be numbered consecutively throughout the paper.
• References: use APA style or prepare bibliography according to guidelines listed below.
References should be in alphabetical order, each in right sequence acc. to examples below, with DOI if it is given.
– articles from science journals
Madej A., 2019. Biodiversity of the cropping system in Poland’s family farms with various production strategies in terms of the requirements of the Common Agricultural Policy. Polish Journal of Agronomy, 38: 46-51, doi:  10.26114/pja. iung.397.2019.38.06.
– books or articles from books
Doroszewska T., Berbeć A., Czarnecka D., Kawka M., 2013. Diseases and pests of tobacco. Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute, Puławy, Poland, ISBN 978-83-7562-154-9, 222 pp.
Warant W., 2018. Avoiding lodging in overfertilized wheat. pp. 12-18. In: Wheat (Triticum aestivum) – future challenges; Romala H. (ed.), NewAgrix EO, Wrocław, Poland.
– articles from conference proceedings
Debaene G., Niedźwiecki J., Pecio A., 2013. Reducing cost of soil mapping using VIS-NIRS technology. pp. 21-23. Conference materials of the International Conference „Protection of soil functions – challenges for the future”, 15-18 October 2013, Puławy, Poland.
– articles from Internet
Gonje W.P., 2016. How to promote new solutions: a case study of „Appleene” organic farm. http://www.veryorganicfarm. casestudies/Appleene.pdf (accessed 12.08.2019).
References should be cited in text acc. to “author’s name + year” standard
• Technical guidelines

Text and tables: MS Word, Times New Roman fonts.
Graphs: MS Excel, size up to 23 cm × 17 cm.
Photographs and drawings: size up to 23 cm × 17 cm, no less than 300 dpi resolution, TIFF or JPEG format.