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In the text, the references should be cited as numbers with brackets at the end of the sentence or after the first author's name before the full stop. For example; similar results were reported earlier [1]. or [1, 2]. or [1-3]. The results reported by Raza et al. [12] indicate that ...... The typescript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of the author's name is exactly the same as mentioned in the reference list. All the references cited in the text should be written at the end of manuscript as cited in the text, not alphabetically.

At the end, references should be written as follow:

[1] Van der Geer J, Hanraads JAJ, Lupton RA. The art of writing a scientific article. J Sci Commun 2010; 163:51-9.

[2] Strunk Jr W, White EB. The elements of style. 4th ed. New York: Longman; 2000.

[3] Mettam GR, Adams LB. How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In: Jones BS, Smith RZ, editors. Introduction to the electronic age, New York: E-Publishing Inc; 2009, p. 281-304.

Reference for proceedings

[4] Lowe KF, Hamilton BA. Dairy pastures in the Australian tropics and subtropics. In: Murtagh GT, Jones RM, editors. Proceedings of the 3rd Australian conference on tropical pastures, Rockhampton, 1986, p. 68-79.

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