📘 Author Guidelines v.2025

Biannual Journal — Arts, Commerce, Humanities & Science
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Publication & review policy

single blind

scope New research in Arts, Commerce, Humanities, Science. Comprehensive reviews also welcome.

Peer review: Two independent experts; editor holds final decision. Manuscripts may be declined without review if: outside scope, lacking technical merit, fragmentary, or poorly written.

⚬ single blind review · editor initial assessment · two reviewers
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Submission & originality

Submission implies: work not previously published (except abstract/thesis); not under consideration elsewhere; approved by all authors; if accepted, not published elsewhere (including electronically) without copyright holder’s consent. Plagiarism detection may be used.

  • Online submission system creates a single PDF for peer review
  • Editable files (MS Word) required for final typesetting
  • Correspondence by email — use a unique author email
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    ✸ Ten rules for prompt handling

    • Manuscript fits Aims & Scope
    • In accordance with article type guidelines
    • Written in good English, Hindi or Sanskrit
    • Numbered sections; line & page numbers; double spaced
    • Ethical statement (if humans/animals involved)
    • Conflict of interest statement at the end
    • Figures + tables combined ≤ 6 (extra as supplementary)
    • All relevant references provided
    • Cover letter: introduce article + explain novelty
    • Highlights: 3–5 points · 85 characters each
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    Article categories & length

    📄 Research paper

    ≤ 5000 words (incl. up to 6 tables/illustrations) · ≤ 30 references · original full‑length.

    📚 Review article

    ≤ 7000 words · ≤ 50 references · focus on last 5 years · topical interest.

    Also: rapid communications, short communications, viewpoints, letters to the Editor, book reviews.

    ⚖️ Conflict of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial/personal relationships that could influence the work (past 3 years).
    📝 Upon acceptance: Journal Publishing Agreement (copyright form) sent to corresponding author.
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    Formatting & structure

    • Double‑spaced, wide margins, white paper, numbered pages and consecutively numbered lines.
    • Font 10 or 12 pt; corresponding author identified (fax, email, full postal addresses for all).
    • Keep a copy; original discarded after 1 month if not returned.

    📑 Order of manuscript:

    Title → Authors → Affiliations → Abstract → Keywords → Main text → Acknowledgements → References → Vitae → Figure captions → Tables (figures/tables imported in text). Corresponding author marked with asterisk.

    Abstract ≤ 150 words, factual, self‑contained; avoid references/uncommon abbreviations.

    Introduction: short, concise, problem/hypothesis, mention previous work (Indian context preferred if relevant).

    Methods: self‑explanatory, enough detail to repeat.

    Results & Discussion: interpret, not recapitulate; relate to hypothesis; scientific speculation allowed.

    Conclusion: crystallize results & implications.

    page 6–7

    Figures & tables

    🖼️ Electronic artwork

    • Uniform lettering, embed fonts, use Arial/Times etc.
    • Number figures in sequence, logical naming
    • Captions separate, not attached
    TIFF/JPEG colour: min 300 dpi bitmap line: 1000 dpi combination: 500 dpi

    📊 Tables

    Number consecutively, footnotes with superscript lowercase, avoid vertical rules. Data should not duplicate figures/results.

    Figure captions: brief title + description, explain all symbols.

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    Reference style

    🔢 Citation in text: superscript numbers in square brackets, e.g. [1]. Every reference must appear in the list. Unpublished results / personal communications may be mentioned in text (not in reference list, unless with ‘Unpublished results’ tag).

    🌐 Web reference: full URL + last accessed date + DOI/author if known.

    Example journal: Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., & Lupton, R. A. (2010). The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communications, 163, 51-59.
    Example book: Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (2000). The elements of style (4th ed.). New York: Longman, (Chapter 4).
    Example chapter: Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (2009). How to prepare an electronic version. In B. S. Jones, & R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the electronic age (pp. 281-304). New York: E-Publishing Inc.

    References are listed in numerical order (superscript numbers) at the end.

    ✉️ Submission online: system converts files to PDF; editable Word needed for final. All correspondence by email. Ensure email is unique to author.