Author guidelines for formatting manuscripts

After peer review is done, authors are requested to format the revised version of a manuscript in accordance with the article style of Plant Science Today.

PST MS details file

PST MS template file

• Manuscript title is to be given as lower case, except for the first letter or Scientific names where the first letter can be given in upper case.
• While mentioning scientific names such as Centella asiatica - its first occurrence in any section (like methods, results, etc) can be given as Centella asiatica and subsequently, it should be given as C. asiatica. Scientific names should be given in italics.
• Figure numbers are to be denoted in the text (mark the locations in the manuscript where to insert the figures) and in the figure captions as Fig. 1. Caption goes here...., etc
• Table numbers are to be denoted in the text (mark the locations in the manuscript where to insert the tables) and in the table captions as Table 1. Caption goes here...., etc
• References within the text should start from 1. They should be cited under the References section in the order you have cited them in the text (ie. no need to sort the reference list alphabetically). See detailed Reference Style Guide.
• Number of references: Limited to maximum of 100 for review articles and 50 for other types of articles.
• Make sure that the references cited in the text are given in brackets, eg. (1). When multiple references are to be given, it should be like (1, 3, 9). If the references are to be mentioned continuously, like 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, it can be denoted in the text as (1-5).
• The reference list should be numbered through Numbering option of your word processing application. Manual numbering will cause issues during the layout process.
• DOI numbers should be added to the references. Copy and paste your references to the webpage at https://doi.crossref.org/simpleTextQuery and find out the DOI numbers. You need to add these DOI numbers to your reference list at respective places.
• Figures (if any) are to be submitted as separate files along with the formatted manuscript.
• Very important: Obtain permission and provide the agreement given by the copyright holder if a figure is being reproduced from another source.

Manuscripts NOT formatted following the above guidelines will be returned to authors. Provide minimum of 4 files as indicated below after revision:

1. MS details file (the same file submitted initially, but if there are any changes, make such changes and provide. If there are no changes also you need to provide this file again).
2. Please incorporate the corrections made by the reviewers into the manuscript (the changes should be highlighted or use track changes) and send back the edited MS Word file as soon as possible (login to view reviewer edited files if any).
3. You need to provide another file after necessory changes incorporating the corrections as mentioned above, but without any highlighting or track changes.
4. Besides the revised manuscripts mentioned above, you need to upload another file with detailed action taken on the reviewers' comments. It can be in a table format, for example, wherein in the first column you may list the comments received from the reviewers, in the second column, you may write the action taken for the comments and in the third column, you must mention whether you have incorpoarted the changes in the revised manuscript, one by one. 

The revisions not submitted following the above guideline WILL NOT be accepted.