Online Submissions
Already have a Username/Password for Natural Resources Conservation and Research?
Go to Login
Need a Username/Password?
Go to Registration
Registration and login are required to submit items online and to check the status of current submissions.
Author Guidelines
Author Guidelines
Please carefully check that your manuscript has been prepared in accordance to the step-by-step instructions provided before submitted to our online submission system. This following guide and new manuscript template is updated and prepared specifically for people who is going to contribute or edit the manuscripts that will be published in Natural Resources Conservation and Research since 2023 Volume 6 Issue 2. Those who have submitted a manuscript or articled being processed before 2023 Volume 6 Issue 1 (including 2023 Vol.6 No.1), should still refer to the previous author guidelines for further processing.
Manuscript Format
Your manuscript should be in MS Word. You are advised to download the document, EnPress Manuscript Submission Template, as a template for more details on preparing your submissions to Natural Resources Conservation and Research for consideration.
All manuscripts must be written in clear, comprehensible English. Both British and American English are accepted. Usage of non-English words should be kept to a minimum and all must be italicized with the exception of “e.g.”, “i.e.” and “etc.” If you have concerns about the level of English in your submission, please ensure that it is proofread before submission by a native English speaker or a scientific editing service.
Types of Submissions Accepted
Natural Resources Conservation and Research accepts original research article, review article, editorial, case report, letter, brief commentary, perspective, method, etc. Please read further for the definition of each type and select the appropriate option in the submission system. Submissions exceeding the suggested requirements such as ‘entire manuscript length’ will still be processed for consideration and peer review. However, article processing charges will differ in exceptional cases. The article processing charge will then be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Original research article: Scientific articles on original basic and applied research and/or analysis.
Review article: A summary highlighting recent developments and current/future trends of the field.
Letter: Containing new ideas, supporting data or data criticizing the article. Letter may be subjected to peer-review (determined on a case-by-case basis by the journal’s editorial team).
Editorial: Solicited concise commentary highlighting prominent topics in the Journal issue. These are the official opinions of the editors of the journal or special issue. Editorials will not undergo the peer review process.
Case report: It summarizes the execution of a collaborative research program that is directly related to the advancement of Natural Resources Conservation and Research.
Brief commentary: Unsolicited commentaries or analysis from reader(s) targeting specific published articles in the journal. Commentaries will be subjected to peer-review.
Perspective: These are author’s personal opinions on a subject/topic. Unlike Review article, Perspective articles may cover a more specific, narrow part of the field. However, these are still required to uphold the spirit of academia to be objective as well as aim to initiate or further discuss and novel experimental procedures in the field. Therefore, it will undergo peer review and be indexed if accepted. Accepted articles may be solicited or unsolicited.
Method: It presents new or improved version of experimental methods, tests or procedures pertaining to the field of Natural Resources Conservation and Research.
Erratum: An erratum is a notification of a significant error made by the editors that affects the scholarly record or the scientific integrity of a published article. An erratum is always accompanied by Publisher Correction of the error. The corrections will not be made directly in the already-published articles. Authors who notice an error in their published articles should contact editorial-nrcr@enpress-publisher.com.
Cover Letter
All submissions should include a cover letter as a separate file. A cover letter should contain a brief explanation of what was previously known, the conceptual advancement with the findings and its significance to broad readership. The cover letter is confidential and will be read only by the editors. It will not be seen by reviewers.
Manuscript Submission Template
Title
The title should capture the conceptual significance for a broad audience. The title should not be more than 50 words and should be able to give readers an overall view of the paper’s significance. Titles should avoid using uncommon jargons, abbreviations and punctuation.
List of Authors
Authors should be listed according to the extent of their contribution, with the major contributor listed first. All corresponding authors should be identified with an asterisk. Affiliations should contain the following core information: department, institution, and country. For contact, email address of at least one corresponding author must be included. Please note that all authors must see and approve the final version of the manuscript before submitting.
Abstract
The abstract is a brief description of the full text. The purpose of abstract is to provide sufficient information for a reader to determine whether or not to proceed to the full text of the article. It should briefly state the purpose, method and results of the paper. All manuscripts must be in English.
Keywords: Please use about 3 to 8 keywords; capitalize the first letter; separated by semi-colon.
1. Introduction
Please follow the steps outlined below when submitting your final draft to the EnPress Publisher.
2. Main title
2.1 Sub-heading
Capitalize the first letter. Please initially capitalize only the first word in other titles, including section titles and first, second, and third-order headings.
2.1.1 Sub-subheading
Sub-subheadings should be typeset in Positive, with only the first word capitalized (see example above).
3. Tables
Place tables as close as possible to the text they refer to and aligned center. A table is labeled Table and given a number (e.g., Table 1. Sample Datasheet). It should be numbered consecutively, and shall be displayed above the table, aligned center and bold face, no additional blank line.
In cases where the caption needs to be extended over to the second line, the title should be aligned left.
In cases where the tables need to be extended over to the second page, the continuation of the table should be preceded by a caption, e.g., “Table 1. (Continued)”. Footnotes in tables should be placed below the table.
Table 1. Table label
4. Figures
Place figures as close as possible to the text they refer to and aligned center. Photos, graphs, charts or diagram should be labeled Figure (do not abbreviate), and assigned a number consecutively (Figure 1). The title should appear underneath the figure, aligned center, no additional blank line. In cases where the title needs to be extended over to the second line, the title should be aligned left.
For example:
Figure 1. Figure label. 
5. Equations
Include symbols and equatations in the text. The variable name and style must be consistent with those in the equations. Equations should be aligned center and numbered at the right margin of the next line; equation number is enclosed with open and close parenthesis (). Do not put the equations inside the inserted table.
For example:
Acknowledgments
The acknowledgements section is not required. This is the section where the authors can credit others for their guidance or help in writing the manuscript. Funding sources or sponsorship information may be included here if possible.
Conflict of Interest
Declaration of conflict of interest. If no conflict of interest, please state that, e.g.: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interst.
Appendix A. This is the Appendix
Supplementary materials that are excluded in the main body of the paper may be included in the appendices. These include derivations of equations and details of algorithms. Appendices should be used only when advanced technical details are essential to the paper. This part should be placed at the end of the whole paper, after References.
Journal Article
Format as the following: numerical order, point, family name, blank, initial letter(s) of names (use et al. if more than three authors), point, Title of the cited article. Journal Title, blank, year of publication, semicolon, volume number, issue number with brackets, published year, volume(issue number), semicolon, page numbers.
For example:
1. Tom C, John EF, Matt GH, et al. Study on persistent organic pollutants in Southern Town. Journal of Smart Construction 2013; 1(2): 5–8.
Article in a language other than English
For example：
1. Massone L, Borghi S, Pestarino A. Localisations palmairespurpuriques de la dermatite herpetiforme (French) [Purpuric palmarsites of dermatitis herpetiformis]. Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie 1987; 114(12): 1545–1547.
2. Koplatadze AM, Bondarev IuA. Lechenie ostrykh anal'nykhtreshchin (Russian) [Treatment of acute renal fissures]. Vestn Khir 1990; 144(1): 110–112.
Book
Format as the following: numerical order, point, the author’s name, point, book title, point, edition (if not the first edition), point, city of publication, colon, publisher, semi-colon, year of publication, point, p. initial and last page numbers.
For example:
1. Carr I, Kidner R. Statutes and conventions on international trade law. 4th ed. London: Cavendish; 2009. p. 11–14.
2. Rojko JL, Hardy WD JR. Feline leukemia virus and otherretroviruses. 3rd ed. In: Sherding RG (editor). The cat: Diseasesand clinical management. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1989. p. 229–332.
Patent
1. Blanco EE, Meade JC, Richards WD (inventors). Ophthalmic V (assignee). Surgical stapling system. US patent. 4,969,591. 1990 Nov 13.
Legislation
Digital Economy Act 2017 [Internet]. 2017 Apr 27 [cited 2021 Jan 13] (Great Britain). Available from: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/30/introduction/enacted.
Conference publication
1. Vivian VL (editor). Child abuse and neglect: A medical community response. 1st AMA National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect; 1984 Mar 30–31; Chicago. Chicago: American Medical Association; 1985. p. 256.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under the consideration of another journal (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Copyright Notice
Author(s) warrant that permission to publish the article has not been previously assigned elsewhere.
Author(s) shall retain the copyright of their work and grant the Journal/Publisher right for the first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under:
OA - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license allows for the copying, distribution and transmission of the work, provided the correct attribution of the original creator is stated. Adaptation and remixing are also permitted.
The license restricts the use of the content for commercial purpose. This broad license intends to facilitate free access to, as well as the unrestricted reuse of, original works of all types for non-commercial purposes.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
This site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.