Editorial Policies

Licensing Terms

All articles published in SAGU: Agricultural Science and Technology Journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Under this license, users are free to:

  • Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial uses.

Under the following conditions:

  • Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
  • ShareAlike: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Authors retain full copyright of their published work without restrictions while granting SAGU the right of first publication.

 

Post-Publication Discussions and Commentary

SAGU encourages academic dialogue and scientific discourse on published articles within the agricultural technology community.

  • Letters to the Editor: Readers and researchers can submit constructive critiques or comments regarding published papers. Submissions must be evidence-based and relevant to the original findings.
  • Right of Reply: The original authors will be invited to provide a formal response or rebuttal.
  • Publication: If deemed scientifically valuable by the Editorial Board, both the critique and the author's reply will be peer-reviewed and published together in a subsequent issue, linked to the original paper.

 

Correction and Retraction Policy

SAGU follows COPE guidelines to maintain the integrity of the published scientific record:

  • Corrigendum: Issued when authors correct a significant error or oversight that affects the accuracy of their results without invalidating the overall conclusions.
  • Erratum: Issued when an administrative or production error is introduced by the journal during publishing.
  • Expressions of Concern: Published by the Editor-in-Chief if an investigation into alleged misconduct is complex or inconclusive, but significant doubts remain regarding the validity of the data.
  • Retractions: Published if an article contains critical errors that invalidate the conclusions, or if research misconduct (e.g., severe plagiarism, fabricated data, duplicate publication) is confirmed. Retracted articles remain accessible on the journal website but are clearly marked as "RETRACTED" across all PDF and HTML versions.