Submissions

Author Guidelines

GUIDE TO AUTHORS

Aims and Scope

Established in 1980, the South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture (SAJEV) is an open-access journal which publishes full-length original Research papers, Research Notes, and Review Papers on the following topics:

• Viticulture and Vineyard Systems
  (vine, berry, soil physiology; plant–environment interactions; climate change impacts; sustainable vineyard management)
• Plant Genetics, Protection, and Health
  (grapevine and berry genetics; fungal diseases, pests, and integrated plant protection)
• Precision Viticulture and Smart Farming
  (viticultural techniques, environmental sustainability, AI and digital tools in farming)
• Oenology and Winemaking Sciences
  (winemaking practices, process engineering, distillation, novel and alternative production concepts)
• Grape and Wine Chemistry & Biosciences
  (chemistry, microbiology, biotechnology, and biochemistry of grapes, musts, and wines)
• Analytical, Sensory, and Consumer Sciences
  (analytical methods, sensory analysis, marketing, and wine economics)

The South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture is the official publication of the South African Society for Enology and Viticulture. The Society is not responsible for statements and opinions printed in its publication; they represent the views of the authors or persons to whom they are credited and are not binding on the Society as a whole. The mention of products or services in the JOURNAL does not necessarily imply endorsement of these over others.

Article types

Full-length research manuscripts report original research and follow the formatting style of the manuscript template. They are not limited in length but should typically not exceed 9000 words. Supplementary materials are accepted and should be uploaded as separate files. Submitted manuscripts must not be under consideration for submission or have been previously published elsewhere. 

Research notes are classified as brief reports on preliminary, provisional, or interim results of new research or brief reports on new technology or methods, which can be used in research on oenology and/or viticulture. They should not exceed 4500 words and a combined total of 6 figures and tables.

A review paper is an authoritative, well-interpreted, and critical account of recent and current research or technology in a specialized field. They are not limited in length but should typically not exceed 9000 words. These aspects will be critically judged by the Editorial Board to determine the suitability for publication. Authors are encouraged to submit review papers.

Peer Review Process

Each manuscript will be initially assessed by the Editor-in-Chief who will determine its suitability for publication in the South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture. If deemed suitable, it will be assigned to an associate editor for further evaluation. Each manuscript will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Authors are encouraged to list three to five reviewers in their cover letter to the Editor when they submit their manuscript. Corrections proposed by the reviewers will be forwarded to the author(s), but the Editor reserves the right to edit any manuscript for style. Revised manuscripts must be uploaded directly onto the journal’s submission platform (http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajev) within two or three weeks. Authors must highlight all changes made in the revised document and answer queries received from the reviewers in a separate letter to the Editor. The rebuttal letter must be uploaded together with the revised manuscript onto the journal’s submission platform.

Upon acceptance, each manuscript is handed over to the copy editor for style and language review. Thereafter, it is forwarded to the layout editor. Page proofs will be sent as a PDF file to the corresponding author. Queries or comments are highlighted on the page proofs, which need to be answered and e-mailed directly to the Chief Editor (divol@sun.ac.za) within 48 hours. Authors are not allowed to make changes to the text of the page proofs. All changes required must be made by inserting a note using the “new comment” option in MS Word. Failure to do so may delay the publication process. Once all corrections have been made on the page proofs to the satisfaction of the Editor, and the page fees have been paid, the manuscript receives a DOI (digital object identifier) number.

As of 2024, manuscripts are only available online in electronic format and can be downloaded (free of charge) from the journal’s website (http:// www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajev).

Open Access Policy

South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture is a Gold open-access journal. Manuscript are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. This license deed may be checked at the following address: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

Author Fees

PAGE CHARGES: As of 2026, page fees are ZAR8000 (Eight thousand South African Rand) per manuscript for authors that are not members of the South African Society for Enology and Viticulture (SASEV) and ZAR5000 (Five thousand South African Rand) per manuscript for SASEV members, irrespective of the type of research manuscript (full length or research note). To apply for membership, authors are requested to e-mail their application to SASEV (admin@sasev.org). Review papers are encouraged and page charges are set at a fixed ZAR5000 (Five thousand South African Rand) per manuscript, irrespective of SASEV membership status. Page charges are due as soon as the manuscript has been accepted for publication. An invoice will be sent to the corresponding author. Page fees must be paid before a DOI number is allocated. Papers that have been accepted for publication, but with outstanding payment of page charges will not be published online.

ORCID iD

ORCID iD is a persistent, unique, numeric identifier for individual researchers and creators. It distinguishes you from researchers and creators with the same or similar names.  ORCID iD is similar to ResearcherID, Scopus Author ID, ISNI, and other systems for identifying and distinguishing researchers and creators.

Authors are welcome to specify their ORCID identifier on the first page of their manuscript. A link to their ORCiD profile will be inserted after the authors' names on published articles.

Submission

A cover letter supplying the name of the corresponding author with address, phone number, fax number (if available), and e-mail address must be submitted alongside each manuscript. A statement that all authors have reviewed the manuscript and approved its submission to the journal, must be provided. If illustrations (figures or tables) previously published in another journal have been included as such (and not modified or altered) in the manuscript submitted to the South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture , the authors must confirm in the relevant illustration caption that permission has been granted, either by the journal or the authors of the original article (whichever applies). Written proof of permission, in the form of a letter from the copyright owner, to use the material must be submitted together with submission of the manuscript to the journal. A graphical abstract must be submitted as a jpg file (with a resolution of 600 dpi minimum) alongside the manuscript as a separate image file.

All manuscripts must be written in English and grammatically edited to accepted standards of English style and usage before submission. Spelling should be that of South African (similar to British English) according to the Oxford dictionary.

All manuscripts must be submitted in MS Word format. Authors are requested to use the provided Manuscript Template.

Where applicable, Tables should be provided at the end of the same MS Word document as the text, one table per page. A list of Figure captions must also be provided on the last page of the document. Figures must be uploaded separately as jpeg files with a minimum resolution of 600 dpi.

Articles written with the assistance of artificial intelligence are not suitable for publication in the South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture .

Numerals, units, abbreviations and symbols

Authors are requested to spell out all numbers or fractions which begin a sentence. Write out numerals one through nine, except with units of measure. If simple fractions are used they must be written out and hyphenated (e.g. three-quarters). It is preferable to use decimals instead of fractions. Between numerals the preposition “to” must be used instead of a hyphen (e.g. 15°C to 18°C). When reporting time, the 24-hour system with four digits must be used; the first two for hours followed by a colon and the last two digits for minutes (e.g. 09:00 for nine o’clock a.m., 21:30 for half past nine p.m.). Dates must be reported as year, month and then day of the month (e.g. 1992-12-14). Units must follow the International System of Units (SI) or modern metric system. For convenience, certain chemical names may be abbreviated so long as the first usage of such abbreviation is defined in parentheses. Universal SI unit abbreviations, common Latin abbreviations (e.g., i.e., etc.), and widely accepted scientific abbreviations (HPLC, DNA, etc.) as well as chemical symbols may be used without definition. Latin words, such as names of microbial species, must be written in italics.

Copyright

Upon publication of their articles online, the authors tacitly agree to the following copyright agreement:

“We hereby assign to the SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY FOR ENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE (SASEV) the copyright of the text, tables, figures, supplementary material, illustrations and other information (the Material) submitted with the manuscript to be published in SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE (SAJEV) (the "Article"). The copyright becomes effective from the date the Article has been accepted for publication in SAJEV.”

The South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture is an open access journal, and the authors and journal should be properly acknowledged, when works are cited. Authors may use the publisher’s version for teaching purposes, in books, theses, dissertations, conferences and conference papers. A copy of the authors' publisher’s version may also be hosted on the following websites: non-commercial personal webpage or blog, institutional webpage, authors’ institutional repository. The following notice should accompany such a posting on the website: This is an electronic version of an article published in SAJEV, Volume XXX, number XXX, pages XXX - XXX, DOI.  Authors should also supply a hyperlink to the original paper or indicate where the original paper (www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajev/) may be found. Authors publisher’s version, affiliated with the Stellenbosch University will be automatically deposited in the University's Institutional Repository SUNScholar.