Guidelines for Special Issue Proposal

AgroEnvironmental Sustainability welcomes proposals for special issues on topics within the journal's scope. A special issue brings together papers on a focused theme under the guidance of one or more guest editors. Proposals are assessed by the Editor-in-Chief on the relevance and timeliness of the topic, the expertise of the guest editors, and the likely quality of the contributions.

What to Include in a Proposal

Please send the following to the editorial office at info@sagens.org:

  1. Proposed title and a summary of the special issue (up to 250 words), explaining the scope, why the topic is timely, and why it will interest the journal's readers.
  2. Details of each guest editor: full name, affiliation, email address, ORCID iD, research areas, and a short list of recent publications on the topic.
  3. Keywords for the special issue (five to eight).
  4. A list of subtopics that submissions may cover.
  5. The expected number of papers.
  6. A list of potential contributors (names, affiliations, and email addresses).
  7. A proposed timeline, including the submission deadline.

Guest Editor Responsibilities

Guest editors invite contributions, check submissions for fit with the theme, and handle peer review in the journal's online system under the supervision of the Editor-in-Chief. They must follow the journal's Policies and the COPE Core Principles for editors.

  • All special issue papers go through the same peer review as regular submissions, with at least two independent reviewers. Acceptance is not guaranteed for invited papers.
  • Guest editors must not handle any manuscript where they have a conflict of interest, such as papers by recent collaborators or colleagues at their own institution.
  • Guest editors may submit their own papers to the special issue, but these are handled by the Editor-in-Chief or another editor. Papers authored by the guest editors should not make up more than a quarter of the papers in the issue.
  • Final acceptance of every paper rests with the Editor-in-Chief.

Special issue papers are subject to the same article processing charge, waivers, and open access licence as regular articles.

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