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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Instructions for Authors:

  1. Author Details: Complete names without titles, such as Dr. or Professor, should be given. Current affiliations of author(s) should be mentioned with designation and email address in the footnote. Corresponding author (if other than principal author) should clearly be mentioned.
  2. Number of Authors: Maximum of three co-authors is allowed with the principal author.
  3. Abstract and Key words: Length of abstract should be 150 to 250 words. Five keywords should be given.
  4. Formatting: Manuscripts must be typed in Times New Roman font size 11, Line spacing single, Paper size A4, and at least one inch (2.54 cm) margin on all sides of paper. Heading styles should be as follows: Title: 14 Bold, Heading Level 1=13 Bold, Heading Level 2=12 Bold, Heading Level 3=11, and must be Bold. Font size in footnotes will be 10. Page Numbers should be given in the right bottom corner of the page. All text should be justified.  
  5. Length: The Manuscripts may comprise of 4000 to 7000 words.
  6. Notes and References: should follow APA style preferably latest edition.
  7. Illustrations: Tables, graphs, and photographs should be clear with good picture quality. Proper captions should be given to all illustrations.
  8. Acknowledgments: Any funding agency or a person supporting/supported the research in any form should be duly acknowledged (at the end of the paper, before bibliography).
  9. Originality of Work: All papers will be checked for plagiarism.
  10. Paper Submission: Soft copy of the article, composed in MS word format only must be submitted on journal website:  or can be emailed at 
  11. Deadline for Submission: Research articles can be submitted anytime for publication in the forthcoming issues.

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