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Author Resources

Forms and Resources for All Journals

Preparing Your Manuscript

ASA, CSSA, SSSA Editorial Policies

Publications Handbook and Style Manual

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Publications Guide (English, pdf)

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Publications Guide (Chinese, pdf)

Video series: Preparing Your Research Paper for Journal Submission (English)

Video series: Preparing your research Paper for Journal Submission (Chinese)

Submitting Your Manuscript

Sample abstract (pdf)

Plain language summary guidelines

Submission process

Preprint servers

Dryad data repository

LaTeX submissions

After Acceptance

Reuse and permissions

Video summaries

Individual Journal Resources

Agricultural & Environmental Letters (Open Access)

Agronomy Journal

Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment (Open Access)

Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management

Crop Science

Journal of Environmental Quality

Journal of Plant Registrations

Natural Sciences Education

The Plant Genome (Open Access)

The Plant Phenome Journal (Open Access)

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Urban Agricultural & Regional Food Systems (Open Access)

Vadose Zone Journal (Open Access)

Peer Review

The work of volunteer peer reviewers for the thirteen journals published by the ASA, CSSA and SSSA directly impacts the high editorial standards set by our scientific journals. Authors submitting to our journals directly benefit from the volunteer reviewer’s expertise and experience. As an author, please extend your participation in our journals through peer review to support your research community. To register and for more information, please visit our Peer Review page.

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