Author Guidelines

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING MANUSCRIPT

  1. Language: English
  2. Length of paper: The length of the paper typed in double-space, must not exceed 15 pages, preferably A4, with substantial side margins. Research papers must be approximately 5,000 to 6,000 words long, including references and footnotes. Book review must not exceed 1000 to 1500 words
  3. Title Page: Title page is a separated page before the text. It must include the following information:

Title: Concise and informative title, avoiding abbreviations.

Author(s) name and affiliation: Indicate clearly the:

  • First name and family name
  • Author's institutional affiliation, and address
  • Full postal address, including the e-mail address, and telephone number of each author
  • If available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)

Corresponding Author: Clearly indicate the name, telephone numbers, e-mail address and complete postal address of the corresponding author.

  1. Abstract: The abstract not more than 250-300 words with brief details of the theme, objective, research method, main findings and conclusion to be attached with the paper. It must be a single paragraph without any sub-headings and citation/ reference.
  2. Keywords: A minimum of six keywords that highly represents the research content of the manuscript
  3. Subdivision of the article: Divide the article into sections/ subsections with proper numbering, 1, 2, 3.
  • Abbreviations: Abbreviations must be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
  • Endnotes: Endnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list.
  • Acknowledgments / Sponsoring information (if any): Please indicate, if the research is sponsored or supported by any organization. Acknowledgments of individuals, grants, funds, etc. must be mentioned in a separate section on the title page; however, the relevant details of the funding agencies must be complete.
  1. Table and Figures (if any): Tables and figures (if any) may be placed at the end of the manuscript. Please note that the journal is published in black and white.
  • Tables: All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals and must be cited in text in consecutive numerical order. For each table, a table caption elucidating the context of the table, must be provided. Footnotes to tables must be specified by superscript lower-case letters and included below the table.
  • Figure/photograph Numbering: All figures/ photographs must be numbered using Arabic numerals. Figures must be cited in text in successive numerical order. Figure/ photograph parts must be indicated by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
  • Figure/photograph Captions: Each Figure/ photograph must have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure/ photographs depicts. Good quality/ high resolution figure/ photographs must be submitted within the text.
  1. References: Author(s) must follow the latest edition of APA style in referencing.
  • Citations in the text: Kindly ensure that each reference cited in the text is also placed in the reference list (and vice-versa). Citation in the abstract must be avoided. Unpublished results and personal communications must not be included in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text.
  • Reference List: References must be listed alphabetically and if required, may be organized chronologically. More than one reference of the same author(s) in the same year must be pinpointed by using letters ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, etc., placed after the year of publication.
  1. Submission Checklist: Before submitting the manuscript, author(s) must ensure that the:
  • Manuscript has not been published earlier, nor is it under consideration with any other journal
  • Manuscript is submitted in MS Word file only
  • Manuscript has been prepared in accordance to author’s guidelines
  • Author(s) did not mention his or her name and affiliation in the main text
  • Author(s) has gone through the terms and conditions of the journal and the same are acceptable to them
  • A report of plagiarism check
  1. Permissions: Authors who want to include figures/ tables/ text passages that have already been published somewhere else are required to get permission from the copyright owner(s) and while submitting their manuscripts, and must provide proof that such permission has been obtained.