PART SEVEN: SPECIAL REPORTS - IN-DEPTH SPECIFIC STUDIES
Scientific advances about humus and soil practical procedures for a sustainable exploitation of the soil
TITLE (CAMBRIA, 24 FONT SIZE, ALL CAPS, RIGHT)
Author’s Name and Surname1*, Author’s Name and Surname2 (11 font size, left)
1Affiliation
2Affiliation
*E-mail corresponding Author
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Contributions might be written according to the below structure, taken as example, including the following headings: highlights, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions. There is flexibility as to the naming of the sections and even for their number. Sub-headings can be used when necessary. Contributions shall be written in font Cambria (it is easier to see the difference between italic and not italic texts), line spacing 1.15 (a question of elegance) and 11 font size. They can contain figures, tables and/or images. Page format should be A4 page size with margins 1 cm wide from the top (there is a heading title) and 2 cm from the right, left and bottom. Suggested number of pages including the references: 5. Be free to express your thought, the number of pages is secondary (but think that people have no time for long discussions, not people that asked for a field guide, better to use many “well-legended” tables and figures). Larger contributions have been requested for particularly difficult to resume series of data/figures. Pages should not be numbered.
Highlights (Cambria, 16 font size, Capital first letter)
Short abstract expressed in few sentences. For reader wanting to know in a blick the content of your paper
Introduction
The introduction section should (1) present the scientific contest and state the problem, (2) briefly review the pertinent literature, and (3) provide brief overview or list of the scopes and objectives of the paper.
Materials and Methods
The methodology must be clearly stated and described in sufficient detail or with sufficient references.
Results and Discussion
The findings and arguments of the work should be explicitly described and illustrated. Supporting figures, tables and images of the results (the larger the number, the best) may be included in the paper.
Conclusions
Conclusions should include (not mandatory, suggested voices) (1) the principles and generalisations inferred from the results, (2) any exceptions to, or problems with these principles and generalisations, (3) theoretical and/or practical implications of the work, and (5) conclusions drawn and recommendations. (6) links to internet sites (of your laboratory and teams, or materials rich sources pertinent to your research)
All tables, images and figures should be cantered. Figures and images should be numbered (see Figure 1 for an example) and figure headers should be placed under the figure or image; as for the tables, they should also be numbered (see Table 1 for an example) and the table header should be placed at the top. References (if any) of the tables, figures and images should be presented right under the tables, figures and images in the form of author surname and publication date.
Figure 1. Humus is straight ahead
Table 1. Header
REFERENCES
References should be listed in alphabetical order and presented in a format according to the Geoderma Guide for Authors: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/geoderma/0016-7061/guide-for-authors#77001.