Acta Veterinaria Hungarica publishes original research papers, review articles and short communications on veterinary science and medicine. Submissions are accepted on the understanding that they have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere and that they are subject to peer review. The covering letter of submitted manuscripts should be signed by all co-authors, or a declaration of consent from the co-authors should be enclosed. Papers accepted for publication by the Editorial Board are subject to editorial revision. A copy of the Publishing Agreement will be sent to the authors of papers accepted for publication. Manuscripts will be published only after receiving the signed copy of the agreement. Manuscripts not accepted for publication will not be returned to the authors.
Format. Manuscripts must be in English and clearly and concisely written. They should be typed double spaced with a 40-mm left-hand margin. Three copies of the manuscript should be submitted with two sets of any illustrations. For general papers, the whole length should not exceed 4000 words (that is, about 10–11 printed pages of Acta Veterinaria Hungarica). Short communications should not exceed 1500 words and should include only one or two figures or tables. Concise papers will be given priority during the publication process.
Manuscripts on disk. Manuscripts including all illustrations should also be submitted in electronic version (Word for Windows), on a 3.5˝ disk, on a CD or as an e-mail attachment.
Title. The title should be a clear and concise statement of the contents in not more than 15 words (about 100 characters). A short running title of not more than 50 characters should also be supplied. This is followed by the authors’ initials (full first name of women) and surname, and the name of the institution where the work was done. The mailing address, e-mail address and fax number of the corresponding author must also be given in a footnote to the first page.
Abstract. This should not exceed 200 words and should outline briefly the purpose of the study and detail important findings and the authors’ principal conclusions.
Key words (4–6) should also be supplied.
Introduction. This part should state briefly the nature and purpose of the work and cite recent important work by others.
Materials and methods. Describe materials, methods, apparatus, experimental procedure and statistical methods in sufficient detail to allow other authors to reproduce the results. This part may have subheadings. The experimental methods and treatments applied shall conform to the most recent guidelines on the humane treatment and care of animals.
Results. Experimental data should be presented clearly and concisely, in a non-repetitive way.
Discussion should be focused on the interpretation of experimental findings.
Acknowledgement of grants and technical help.
References. The number of references should preferably not exceed 20. Only internationally accessible recent works should be cited. In the text references should be given as follows: Hinton (1995) described.... / was reported earlier (Starr et al., 1978; Manson and Starr, 1979). List of references should be given in date order in the text but alphabetically in the reference list. Different publications having the same author(s) and year will be distinguished by, e.g., 1992a, 1992b. The reference list at the end of the paper, arranged in alphabetical order of the authors’ surnames, without serial numbers, should be drawn up according to the following models:
– For journals: names and initials of all authors, year of publication (in parentheses), colon, English title of the paper (if the original title is not English, indicate in parentheses, e.g. [in French]), abbreviated journal title, volume number, issue number in parentheses, first and last pages.
– For books: names and initials of authors/editors, year (in parentheses), title, publisher, place of publication, page number.
– For book chapters: names and initials of authors, year (in parentheses), title of chapter, In:, names and initials of editor(s), title of book, publisher, place of publication, first and last page numbers of chapter.
Tables. They should be typed on separate sheets and have a concise heading each. Tables are to be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals.
Illustrations. These should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals. The author’s name, title of the paper and number of the figure should be pencilled lightly on the back of each illustration. High-quality half tones (photographs) should be prepared on glossy paper at their expected final size. Statements on magnification are not acceptable, and bars should be used instead. Histograms should be kept simple, be two-dimensional, have no background grid, and tones and colours should be avoided. Figures prepared by computer shall also be sent in electronic version. Photographs should be submitted electronically in TIFF or JPG format in separate files. Colour photographs will be accepted but the extra cost of reproduction in colour must be borne by the authors. Figure captions should be provided on a separate sheet. All figures should be referred to in the text and their approximate place indicated on the margin.
Abbreviations and symbols. Measurements should be expressed in the metric system or in SI units. All abbreviations should be spelt out in full the first time they are used in the text. Please identify unusual symbols on the margin.
Proofs, page charge and reprints. Proofs will be sent to the first author or corresponding author by e-mail in PDF format. Authors are requested to return the proof corrections within 72 hours by e-mail, indicating the necessary changes and their place in the text (page and line numbers, context). Any queries should be answered in full. It is important to ensure that all corrections are returned in one all-inclusive e-mail. A copy of the bank certificate documenting the transfer of a page charge of EUR 20 per printed page shall be sent to the editor at the time when the proof corrections are returned. Twenty-five reprints of each paper are supplied free of charge. Additional reprints can be ordered at the time when the proof corrections are returned.
Authors can use the OOpenArt (optional open article) publication model for a specific publishing fee. Full-text of an OOpenArt paper is freely accessible through the official website of the journal. These papers are published in the printed journals also as well as all the traditional ones. Peer-review process and quality requirements are the same in case of both traditional and OOpenArt manuscripts. All accepted new manuscripts and papers published earlier can be OOpenArt.
Price of an OOpenArt article is 900 EUR (1125 USD) + VAT, where applicable, but can be even less. Akadémiai Kiadó offers 50% discount for corresponding authors of a) subscribing institutions b) Hungarian institutions c) institution of low- and middle-income countries. Discounts may not be combined, all these authors should pay 450 EUR (562 USD). The above OOpenArt fee does not include any normal (excess) page fees and colour charges.
By signing the OOpenArt Agreement the author as the holder of the copyrights related to the Articles ensure the wide accessibility of the Article in the written an electronic media controlled by Akadémia Kiadó Zrt. by granting license to the publishing of the Article and against paying the fee while retaining the ownership and further rights related to the Article.
Should you have any question, please contact editors of the journals.
