**Hybrid machine learning–geostatistical modelling of soil quality in saline, sodic and alkaline soils under arid agroecosystems
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Sebastian Casas-Niño, Gerson La Rosa Lama, Sharon Mejia, Ruth Mercado, Kenyi Quispe*


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## Manuscript

> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xxui_VaceJ9X0oalHeBWUVFAcDywvMgN3iT3YPylqf8/edit?tab=t.0

## Database

> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzq2s11NCiQRjGjA-21VjZGS6zXJsBE8dYtj1QnAFEo/edit?gid=843618649#gid=843618649

## Presentation

> Google Slides link

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⇒ SciHub: research pipeline repository

project-root/
  ├── analysis.qmd          # Script with data analysis (R/Python)
  ├── article.qmd           # Script for formatting the article
  ├── design/               # Experimental design and setup
  │   ├── design.qmd            # Document with experimental setup and planning
  │   └── labels.pdf            # Labels for experimental units or field trials
  ├── files/                # Supporting files for the project
  │   ├── images/               # Raw and processed images
  │   ├── zotero/               # Zotero library (.rds)
  │   └── template.docx         # Journal article template  
  ├── manuscript/           # Core outputs of the article
  │   ├── Figures               # Figures for the manuscript (.jpg & .eps)
  │   ├── ESM                   # Electronic Supplementary Material (ESM)
  │   └── draft.docx            # Manuscript text versions
  └── README.qmd            # Article title with authors:
                                # Manuscript link (Google Docs)
                                # Database link (Google Sheets)

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⇒ Manuscript structure

> Title Page / Cover page

**TITLE**
List of Authors
Affiliations 
Corresponding author
Authors information

| Author | ORCID | email |
|--------|-------|-------|
|        |       |       |
|        |       |       |
|        |       |       |

STATEMENTS AND DECLARATIONS

Acknowledgments
Funding
Conflict of interest
Data availability
Author contributions
- CRediT

> Article

**TITLE**

ABSTRACT

Keywords: (alphabetical order)

INTRODUCTION

- Topic paragraphs (funnel approach)
- State of the art
- Objectives or hypothesis
- Research/knowledge gaps

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

- Title by research stages or objectives
  - Motivation sentence (method justification: what/why/how)
  - Result description

DISCUSSION

- Research summary
- Title based on the objectives (*)
- Description of the main results with cross references
- Comparison with other research
- Limitations and relevance
- Perspectives and future steps (*)

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES