Author Guidelines

Global Agricultural Innovations (GAI) welcomes original, clearly written and ethically conducted work that advances agricultural science, technology or practice.

Article Types

  • Original Research Article: A complete report of experimental, observational, modelling, field or laboratory research.
  • Review Article: A critical synthesis of established and emerging evidence. Systematic reviews must describe reproducible search and selection methods.
  • Short Communication: A concise report of a focused and significant finding supported by appropriate evidence.
  • Methods or Technical Article: A validated method, protocol, instrument, dataset or engineering approach with clear agricultural value.
  • Perspective or Policy Analysis: An evidence-based examination of an important agricultural challenge, limited to work with a clear scholarly contribution.

Before Submission

The manuscript must be original, must not be under consideration elsewhere and must be approved by every listed author. Authors are responsible for permissions covering third-party figures, tables, datasets or substantial text.

Double-Blind Review Files

Upload a separate title page containing author details and an anonymized main manuscript without names, affiliations, acknowledgements or identifying file properties.

Title Page

  • Article title and running title
  • Full author names and affiliations
  • Corresponding-author contact details
  • ORCID iDs where available
  • Author contributions, funding and competing-interest declarations

Main Manuscript

The main file should normally contain the title, abstract, 4–8 keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions, declarations, references, tables and figure legends. Use the structure most appropriate to the article type.

Methods and Reporting

  • State the study design, location, dates, treatments, controls, replication and sampling methods.
  • Identify crops, cultivars, soils, microorganisms, chemicals, equipment, software and datasets precisely.
  • Report statistical models, assumptions, uncertainty and multiple-comparison procedures where relevant.
  • Use SI units and define non-standard abbreviations.
  • Provide geographic coordinates only when doing so does not create conservation, privacy or biosecurity risk.
  • Follow relevant reporting guidance, including PRISMA, CONSORT, STROBE, ROSES or discipline-specific standards where applicable.

Ethics, Permits and Biosecurity

Authors must report all institutional approvals, field-access permissions, collection permits, biosafety authorizations and regulatory permissions relevant to the work. Research involving people, personal information or traditional knowledge requires appropriate ethics review and consent. Studies involving genetically modified organisms, regulated pests, pathogens, pesticides or protected species must comply with applicable law and containment requirements.

Data and Reproducibility

Include a Data Availability Statement. Deposit data, code and protocols in a suitable repository when legal, ethical, commercial and biosecurity conditions permit. Restrictions must be explained.

Authorship and Disclosure

Authorship is limited to substantial contributors who approve the final work and accept accountability. Use of generative AI must be disclosed when material; AI tools cannot be authors. State all funding and competing interests.

Figures, Tables and References

Number figures and tables in citation order, supply clear legends and units, and avoid image manipulation that changes interpretation. References must be accurate and consistently formatted, with DOI or stable URL where available.

Editorial Process

Editors screen submissions for scope, completeness, originality, ethics and reporting. Suitable manuscripts are normally reviewed by at least two independent experts. Revision requests must be answered point by point. Acceptance is not guaranteed and is independent of fees or commercial interests.

Submission status

Submissions are temporarily closed while GAI completes its editorial setup. No manuscripts are currently being accepted.

Questions may be sent to info@shodhpublishing.com. Email is not a substitute for OJS submission.