Author Guidelines:


How to Submit:

Author(s) can submit their manuscript(s) throughout the year in soft copy through the journal's e-mail Id. All Manuscripts must be submitted in editable format preferably in MS Word.

Manuscript format and preparation:

All manuscripts should include,
  1. Title of Manuscript (should be short, fewer than 60 characters with spaces)
  2. Title of Author (s) (names of authors, the affiliations, addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers of author and co-authors)
  3. Abstract (should be between 150-300 words)
  4. Keywords ( please provide 4-6 keywords)
  5. Introductory note
  6. Identification of the problem
  7. Rationale behind selection of the Problem.
  8. Definitions of terms used
  9. Review of related literature or historical background or supporting theories
  10. Aims and Objectives
  11. Research questions or Hypotheses, if any.
  12. Methodology and Procedure
  13. Data Collection or gathering relevant information
  14. Data Analysis, findings and interpretation
  15. Discussion, significant contributions and recommendations
  16. Conclusion
  17. Acknowledgements, if any.
  18. References (in APA format, MLA in case of Literature)
  19. Tables (must be editable)
  20. Figures

Each Manuscript may contain 2500 to 5000 words. All pages must be typed in 12-point Times New Roman font using 1.15 Line spacing. Headings should be in Bold Capital Letters and Sub-Headings in Italic Running Letters. Abbreviations and Acronyms may be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Reference Style :

For referring e-contents or online article/ paper, the corresponding DOI or URL must be cited at the end of the corresponding reference in the reference section. For referencing purposes, Author (s) except linguistics, may go through the APA Publication Manual (7th Edition). The authors of linguistics may consult MLA Handbook (8th & 9th Edition). For the sake of convenience, the following examples including a few similar examples cited by both the Associations are furnished below, -

A. For Books and Reference Works

1. Whole authored book

APA : Gikandi, S. (2000). Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Cambridge UP. hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.07588.0001.0001. (APA Style) MLA 8 : Gikandi, Simon. Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Cambridge UP, 2000. ACLS Humanities E-book, hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.07588.0001.001.  

2. Whole Edited Book

APA : Numberg, G. (Ed.). (1996). The Future of the Book. University of California Press. MLA 8 : Numbers, Geoffrey, editor. The Future of the Book. University of California Press, 1996.

B. Chapter in an Edited Book/Ebook References

APA: O'Brien, T. (2007). The things they carried. In R.D. Yanni (Ed.), Literature: Reading fiction, poetry and drama (6th ed., pp. 684-697). McGraw Hill. MLA 8: O'Brien, Tim. "The Things They Carried." Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, edited by Robert DiYanni, 6th ed., McGraw Hill, 2007, pp. 684-97.

C. Periodicals

1. Journal article APA : Goldman, A. (2010). Questions of Transport: Reading Primo Levi Reading Dante. The Georgia Review, 64(1), 69-88. www.jstor.org/stable/41403188 MLA 8 : Goldman, Anne. "Questions of Transport: Reading Primo Levi Reading Dante." The Georgia Review, vol. 64, no. 1, 2010, pp. 69-88. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41403188.

2. Journal article with an article number APA : Guillen, J. (2016). Does financial openness matter in the relationship between financial development and income distribution in Latin America?. Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, 52(5), 1145-1155, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2015.1046337. MLA 8 : Guillen, Jorge. "Does Financial Openness Matter in the Relationship Between Financial Development and Income Distribution in Latin America?" Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, vol. 52, no. 5, 2016, pp. 1145-1155. Business Source Complete, doi:10.1080/1540496X.2015.1046337.

3. Magazine Article References APA: Abramsky, S. (2012, May 14). The other America 2012: Confronting the poverty epidemic. Nation, 294(20), 11-18.  MLA 8 : Abramsky, Sasha. "The Other Other America 2012: Confronting the poverty epidemic." Nation, vol. 294, no. 20, 14 May. 2012, pp. 11-18.

D. Report by a Government Agency References

APA: National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf MLA 8 : United States, National Cancer Institute. Taking time: Support for people with cancer. Department of Health, National Institutes of Health, 2019.

E. Conference Proceeding References

1. Conference proceedings published in a journal Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116

2. Conference proceedings published as a whole book Kushilevitz, E., & Malkin, T. (Eds.). (2016). Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 9562. Theory of cryptography. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49096-9

3. Conference proceedings published as a book chapter Bedenel, A.-L., Jourdan, L., & Biernacki, C. (2019). Probability estimation by an adapted genetic algorithm in web insurance. In R. Battiti, M. Brunato, I. Kotsireas, & P. Pardalos (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 11353. Learning and intelligent optimization (pp. 225–240). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_21

F. Published Dissertation or Thesis References

Kabir, J. M. (2016). Factors influencing customer satisfaction at a fast food hamburger chain: The relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty (Publication No. 10169573) [Doctoral dissertation, Wilmington University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Zambrano-Vazquez, L. (2016). The interaction of state and trait worry on response monitoring in those with worry and obsessive-compulsive symptoms [Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona]. UA Campus Repository. https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/620615

G. Unpublished Dissertation or Thesis References

Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practices of elementary school leaders [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia

Author (s) must have to submit manuscripts along with the duly signed
‘COMMON DECLARATION’ for consideration and further publication of the manuscript.

Duties and Responsibilities of Author(s):

Author names to be listed in each paper or manuscript are those who have made significant contributions to the final outcome of the report submitted for publication. Author(s) will have the full responsibility to ensure that the manuscript submitted for publishing in this journal is new and original one. The manuscript submitted for this journal is not submitted to any other journal or not being considered elsewhere for publication. All manuscripts must have significant contributions and its publications have been approved by all co-authors. Author(s) must inform the Editor or the publisher if any inaccuracy related to contents or data of the published work noticed for necessary rectification. 

Publication Fee:

All accepted articles/ papers are published without charging any fee from the author (s).

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