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Guide for Authors
The Journal of the International Hemp Association
publishes original research, literature reviews and news items on Cannabis. Contributions concern fiber, seed and
resin, and can come from a wide range of disciplines such as agronomy, chemistry, ecology, economy and markets,
genetic resources and breeding, history, medicine, physiology,
phytopathology, products and applications, and technology. Since the readership of the Journal of the
International Hemp Association
is much broader than for a single-discipline journal, highly specialized terminology
should be defined or avoided. The significance of a statement, or the reasoning behind a conclusion, may have to
be more fully explained than in a more specialized journal.
Contributions should be written in English and not
exceed 10 double-spaced typed pages (ca. 4000 words), longer contributions may be accepted if they can be
serialized in two consecutive issues. Authors not fluent in English should have their paper reviewed and checked by a
colleague who is fluent.
Manuscripts can be submitted to: IHA Journal, Editorial
Office, Postbus 75007, 1070 AA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The preferred medium of submission is on
disk with accompanying manuscript in triplicate.
Units
Research papers and literature reviews should use the International (SI, or metric) system throughout.
Title page
The title page should give the following information: 1) title of the paper; 2) names and addresses of
the authors.
Abstract
The abstract should be 100 to 250 words suitable for readers from a broad range of disciplines. The
abstract should summarize the aim of the work, the methods used, and give the main results and conclusions.
Structure
Research papers should be subdivided into four main sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods,
Results and Discussion. The last three sections may be subdivided to improve clarity; a Conclusions section may be
added if appropriate. The section on Materials and Methods should be succinct, but should contain sufficient detail to
enable the reader to deduce what exactly was done. All
abreviations and acronyms must be fully defined when first
used. Numerical results should be shown in tables or figures.
References
Publications are cited in the text by
author(s) and date e.g. (Smith 1980). For publications by more than two authors use (first author et al. date). Under
references, papers should be cited as follows:
Journal articles:
Pate D. W. 1983 Possible role of ultraviolet radiation in
evolution of Cannabis chemotypes. Economic Botany
37: 396-405.
Bedetti R., R. Ciarrocca and N. Ciaralli 1979 Caratteristiche
chimiche di sette cultivar di canapa. [Chemical
characteristics of seven hemp cultivars.] Cellulosa e Carta
29: 25-34.
Book:
Clarke R. C. 1980 Marijuana Botany And/Or Press, Inc.,
Berkeley, California.
Part of a book:
Adler M. W. and E. B. Geller 1986 Ocular effects of
cannabinoids in R. Mechoulam (ed.) Cannabinoids as
therapeutic agents
CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton,
Florida: 51-70.
Manuscript preparation
The entire manuscript, including abstract and references, should be typed on one side of standard-size paper,
double spaced with all margins 2.5 cm. Starting with the title page, label all pages in the upper righthand corner with
the first author's last name and the page number. Do not use hyphens unless the hyphen is part of the word. Tables
should fit on one page, be numbered consecutively, and each table should be on a separate sheet. Every figure and table
should have an explanatory title, so that it can be understood without reference to the text. For both tables and figures,
authors should indicate on the manuscript the preferred position of insertion in the text of the paper. Every table and
figure should be mentioned at least once in the text.
Manuscript submission
Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate to:
Editorial Office, IHA Journal, Postbus 75007, 1070 AA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. All research papers and
literature reviews will be carefully refereed for international relevance and quality. Submission of an article is understood
to imply that the article is an original contribution that has not been published elsewhere in substantially the same
form, and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
Electronic manuscripts
Once a paper is accepted, the preferred medium of
submission is on 3.5 inch disk (Macintosh or MS-DOS format), preferably MS Word 5.0 or later, with accompanying
manuscript. Please use Word or Excel for tables. It is important that the file on disk and the printout are identical. Do not
allow the word processor to introduce word splits and do not use a 'justified' layout. It is very important that files are
saved in the word processor format. If the word processor features the option to save files "in flat ASCII", please do
not use it. Please ensure that only the relevant file (one complete article) is on the disk. Also, specify the type of
computer and word processing package used and label the disk with the first author's name and the name of the file on the
disk.