Author Guidelines
- English is the acceptable language for submission of manuscript. (British English may be used).
- Double proofread the manuscript before submission and make sure that there are no grammatical errors, typos and that your manuscript doesn’t have sentence composition and structure issues.
- Length of your manuscript should ideally be between 3000-6000 words. (08 to 12 pages).
- Avoid using colors except for black and white in your manuscript.
Instructions about Title Page
Title of the research should be concise, meaningful and may not have any formula, abbreviations etc. It would appear before the text of the manuscript.
Names of Authors
Full name of all the authors and their affiliation must be provided right below their names. Moreover, the following information may be provided in the footer section of that page:
- Full postal address of each author,
- City name, email address and telephone number.
- The name of the “Corresponding Author” may be highlighted in parenthesis. (His/her telephone number and email is mandatory to be provided).
Guidelines for Text in Manuscript(s)
The following format for the text may be observed throughout the manuscript:
Typeface 12 pt Times New Roman
Double spaced
Margins are 1 inch on all sides
Page number is upper right-hand corner, starting on title page
Paragraph Spacing: Above paragraph- 0 pt; below paragraph – 4 pt
Heading 1: Times New Roman; Size – 12; Bold;
Heading 2: Times New Roman; Size – 10; Bold;
Heading 3: Times New Roman; Size - 10 Italic;
Preparation of Text in the Manuscript
Abstract
Your research work should be accompanied by an abstract which should not exceed 150 words. The abstract should include briefly about the purpose of the study, methodology used and findings of the study. It must be written in a way that it is able to stand alone.
Keywords
After the abstract, key words used in the study may be written. Write maximum of 7 keywords.
Subdivision of the manuscript
It is mandatory to divide your article/paper to define and number sections and sub-sections. There must be some comparative balance with respect to the length of the section/sub-sections throughout the manuscript.
Figures
Authors should include these, in this sequence, at the end of their articles/manuscripts. The files having high-resolutions graphics must be provides separate from the main body of the article/manuscript.
Tables/graphs
Tables in the manuscript must be numbered in a proper sequence and a meaningful self-explanatory title may be given to all the tales right below the body of table. Avoid duplication of information in the table anywhere else on the body of the manuscript. If necessary, graphs may be added with the clear definition of vertical and horizontal axis.
Citation in the text
Authors are advised to make sure that every in text citation may be available in the reference list and vice versa. Citation may not be added in the abstract of the paper. ‘In Press’ articles, citation of a reference means that the work has been accepted for publication somewhere.
Text
The referencing style throughout the text must be in line with style used by American Psychological Association (APA). Please refer the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), Sixth Edition, on http://www.apastyle.org/manual/index.aspx
List of reference must be
- Double spaced
- In alphabetical order
- And formatted with a “hanging indention”
- Web reference should include complete URL address and other information as per APA guidelines.
- The authors are fully responsible for accuracy of the bibliographic citations.