Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts to WALABI: Animal Reproduction, Genetics and Breeding. Before submission, authors must ensure that the manuscript is relevant to the journal's Focus and Scope and has been prepared in accordance with the following guidelines.

1. General Requirements

• Manuscripts must represent original scholarly work and must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
• Manuscripts should fall within the fields of animal reproduction, genetics, breeding, reproductive biotechnology, animal genetic resources, or related areas covered by WALABI.
• The manuscript should be written in clear academic English.
• Authors are responsible for the accuracy of all data, references, names, affiliations, and other information contained in the manuscript.
• All authors listed in the manuscript must have made an appropriate scholarly contribution to the work and approved the final version submitted to the journal.

2. Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts should be prepared using the journal's current manuscript template and formatting requirements. Authors should ensure consistency in terminology, scientific names, abbreviations, units of measurement, tables, figures, citations, and references.

Research articles should generally contain the following sections:

• Title
• Author names and affiliations
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments, where applicable
• Funding information, where applicable
• Conflict of Interest statement
• References

The structure of review articles or other scholarly article types may be adapted according to the nature of the manuscript while maintaining a clear and coherent scientific organization.

3. Tables and Figures

• Tables and figures must be relevant to the manuscript and should present information clearly and efficiently.
• Each table and figure must be numbered consecutively and cited in the text.
• Table titles and figure captions should provide sufficient information for readers to understand the material presented.
• Figures should be of sufficient resolution and quality for scholarly publication.
• Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted figures, tables, or other material from previously published sources when required.

4. References

• References should be relevant, accurate, and sufficiently current to support the scientific background, methods, results, and discussion of the manuscript.
• Authors should prioritize original scientific literature and reliable scholarly sources.
• All references cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and all references included in the reference list must be cited in the text.
• References must be prepared consistently according to the reference style specified by WALABI.
• Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) should be provided whenever available.

5. Research and Publication Ethics

• Authors must comply with accepted standards of research integrity and publication ethics.
• Plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, and other forms of research or publication misconduct are not acceptable.
• Research involving animals must comply with applicable institutional, national, and/or internationally recognized animal welfare and research ethics requirements.
• Where ethical approval is required, authors should provide the name of the approving institution or committee and relevant approval information in the manuscript.
• Authors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the research or its interpretation.
• Funding sources and relevant financial support should be disclosed where applicable.

6. Submission Process

• Manuscripts must be submitted through the WALABI online submission system.
• The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors have approved the manuscript and consented to its submission.
• Authors must provide complete and accurate metadata during submission, including author names, affiliations, email addresses, manuscript title, abstract, keywords, and other information requested by the journal.
• Submitted manuscripts will undergo editorial screening before being considered for peer review.

7. Revision and Editorial Decision

Authors may be requested to revise their manuscript in response to comments from editors and reviewers. Revised manuscripts should be accompanied by a clear response explaining how each comment has been addressed. The final decision on acceptance, revision, or rejection rests with the journal's editorial team in accordance with WALABI's editorial policies.