PMN Submission Procedure

Submission Procedure

New Electronic Submission Procedure

All peer-reviewed manuscripts are now required to be submitted electronically via PMN's new Manuscript Central site in order to be considered for publication.

Non-peer-reviewed items (Variety Trials, Perspectives, Turfgrass Science and Industry Trends, News Items, and Letters) should continue to be submitted using the previous procedure.

PMN's new procedure for peer-reviewed manuscripts will speed the handling of your manuscript and allow you to monitor its status at any time during the review process.

Before submitting your manscript, please see the Manuscript Preparation section for instructions on file formatting, naming, etc. Also, please complete the Author Checklist to assist you in preparing your mansuscript.

Peer-reviewed manuscripts:

Follow the URL mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pmn to log-in to PMN's Manuscript Central system. To submit your manuscript, follow the on-screen instructons in your "Corresponding Author Center."

First-time users of PMN's system must create an account by clicking "Create Account" and following the on-screen directions.

Technical problems:

Assistance with technical difficulties in submission is available from ScholarOne, Inc., the parent company of Manuscript Central. First, however, click the “Get Help Now” button on your screen and consult “FAQs” (frequently asked questions), or contact ScholarOne Customer Support:

telephone: (+1.434.817.2040 ext. 167)

fax: (+1.434.817.2020); or

e-mail: (Support@ScholarOne.com).

PMN's Editorial Office also looks forward to your concerns and questions:

Plant Management Network

Editorial Office

3340 Pilot Knob Road

Saint Paul, MN 55121-2097 USA

telephone: +1.651.454.7250

kgegenhuber@scisoc.org

Non-peer-reviewed manuscripts:

The following manuscript categories are not usually subject to formal peer-review:

Variety Trials

Perspectives

News Items

Letters

Turfgrass Science and Industry Trends

Authors of such manuscripts should follow a separate procedure. Submissions should be e-mailed as text, image file, and/or spreadsheet attachments to kgegenhuber@scisoc.org.

Alternately, submissions may be mailed on 1.4 MB diskettes, 100 MB zip, or CD-ROM to:

Plant Management Network

Editorial Office

3340 Pilot Knob Road

Saint Paul, MN 55121-2097 USA

Whether emailed or surface-mailed, submissions should be accompanied by an e-mail message or cover letter containing the following information:

• Title of article;

• Journal (Applied Turfgrass Science, Crop Management, Forage and Grazinglands, or Plant Health Progress);

• Type of article (Variety Trials, Perspectives, News Items, etc.);

• Name, title, affiliation, e-mail and mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers of corresponding author;

• List of attached documents by filename, title, and format (e.g., Word 6.0 for Windows, Excel);

• List of attached image files by figure number and format (e.g., jpeg);

• A statement that all authors have reviewed the manuscript and approved its submission to the Plant Management Network.

Page charges:

The Plant Management Network has no page charges, except for manuscripts submitted as part of the proceedings of a symposium. For each such manuscript, a processing fee is imposed, due upon submission. For details, inquire at kgegenhuber@scisoc.org.