About the Journal

Publisher contact person:

Director General

Email: dgnaro@naro.go.ug  

Phone: +256 -41- 320512

Fax: +256 -41- 321070

Mailing address: NARO Secretariat

            Plot 11-13, Lugard Avenue, Entebbe
            P.O.Box 295, 
            Entebbe, 
            Uganda

Sources of Support:

This journal is supported by institutional funds.

Editorial Procedures and Peer-Review:

Pre-check

Immediately after submission, the journal’s manager will perform the technical pre-check to assess:

  • Overall suitability of the manuscript to the journal.
  • Manuscript adherence to high-quality research and ethical standards.
  • Plagiarism percentage not exceeding 30%.
 

Once a manuscript passes the initial checks, it will be assigned to at least two independent experts for peer-review.

Editorial decision and revision

All the articles, reviews, and communications published in UJAS go through the peer-review process and receive at least two reviews. The in-house editor will communicate the decision of the academic editor, which will be one of the following:

  • Accept after minor revisions:
    The paper is in principle accepted after revision based on the reviewer’s comments. Authors are given 10 days for minor revisions.

 

  • Reconsider after major revisions.
    The acceptance of the manuscript would depend on the revisions. The author needs to provide a point-by-point response or provide a rebuttal if some of the reviewer’s comments cannot be revised. A maximum of two rounds of major revision per manuscript is normally provided. Authors will be asked to resubmit the revised paper within a suitable time frame, and the revised version will be returned to the reviewer for further comments.

 

  • Reject
    The article has serious flaws and/or makes no original significant contribution. No offer of resubmission to the journal is provided.

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.

Publication Scheduling:

This journal publishes biannually, one volume with two issues per year.

General:

Focus and Scope

The Journal publishes  peer reviewed papers  with the aim of sharing new developments in the agricultural and environmental sciences  which include forestry, fisheries, livestock, crops, environment, biotechnology, agricultural economics, and agricultural engineering.

The readership of the Journal include students, researchers, extension workers, policy makers, academia, investors and entrepreneurs.

Production and Publication

Once accepted, your article will undergo typesetting. Once this is completed, your article will be processed, and corresponding authors will receive an e-mail with a link to our online proofing system, allowing annotation and correction of proofs. The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs.

Publishing timeline

From submission to first decision: The average number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. This will take a maximum of 14 days.

From submission to first post-review decision: The average number of weeks for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. This will take 10 weeks.

From acceptance to online publication: The average number of days it takes to reach from manuscript acceptance to the first appearance of the article online. This will take 10 days.

 

Publication Frequency

This journal publishes biannually, one volume with two issues per year.

 

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.

 

Sources of Support

This journal is supported by institutional funds.