- A Research paper should contain sufficient detail and references to the work.
- The authors should ensure that they have submitted their original works, and if the authors have used the work of other’s then that has been appropriately cited.
- All those who have made significant contributions should be reported as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research should be acknowledged as contributors.
- When an author notices inaccuracy in his own published work, it is the author’s duty to promptly notify the editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
Guidelines
- Subjects: Authors are requested to send only original and unpublished articles.
- Plagiarism: Authors are requested to send their original work with a conclusive result. We normally permit not more than 25% plagiarism.
- General Format, Page Layout and Margins: Standard A4 (210mm x 297mm) portrait page set-up should be used. Margins should be 1.78cm at left and right with top and bottom margin set to 2.54cm. Do not use any headers, footers or footnotes. No page numbers. All main text paragraphs, including the abstract, must be fully (left and right) justified. All text, including title, authors, headings, captions and body, will be in Times New Roman Font, in case of English or Kurtidev010, in case of Hindi. Paper text must be in two columns of 89 cm width each, with 0.51 cm spacing between the columns, font Size: 12 Line spacing 1.5.
- Title: Time New Roman Font, in case of English or kurtidev010, in case of Hindi, 14, bold, centre, first alphabet capital.
- Author: Author name are to be written in 12 pt. Bold & centre in font followed by designation, organization, address including state & country name.
- Abstract: First page, top left column, title bold-left aligned, text from next line, 10 font, Italics and 150-200 words. The text must be fully left justified.
- Key words: The keywords section begins with the world, “keyword” in 10pt, bold italics. There may be up to few keywords separated by commas.
- Section & Sub Section Heading: 12 fonts, bold, centre, roman numbered in block capital letters, text after double space (eg. SECTION III) Sub heading: number small alphabetic within bracket 10font, text single spacing (eg. (a)Classification). Sub Heading ; should be left aligned number small new roman within bracket 10 font, text single spacing (eg. (iii) characteristics ). Introduction and conclusion must be included as separate sections ensure that introduction and literature survey is not more than 15% of total article size.
- Figures and Tables: All inserts, figures, diagrams, photographs and tables must be centre- aligned, clear and appropriate for black/white or gray scale reproduction. Figures (eg.Fig No.1) must be numbered consecutively, 1, 2, etc, from start to finish of the paper, ignoring sections and subsections. Tables (eg. Table No.1)are also numbered consecutively,1,2 etc. (Close to text where mentioned).Figure number should appear below the figure. Table no. should appear above the table.
- Reference: The Reference section begins with the world, “Reference” in 12 pt., bold, first letter bold and remain in small & should be numbered. Name of Author starting with surname with year of publication in bracket, then Topic, Name of Journal/Book in Italics, Volume Number, issue number in bracket, separated by Name of Journal in italics with colons, Name of publisher and page number.
Samples of Complete References
Printed Book
Author's name, name of the book (italicized), publisher, place of the publication, year of the publication, page number.
e.g. Satish Chandra Mittal, Rashtriya Chaitanya Ke Prakash Mein Rashtriyata Ka Swaroop, ABISY, New Delhi, 2013, page 25.
Manuscript
Name of the manuscript, Chapter-Sukta/Shloka, Edition, Tikakar/Bhashyakar and Volume, Publisher Place of publication, year of the publication and Page number.
e.g. Rigveda, 3.1.1, Rigveda, Govind Chandra Pande, Vol 3-4-5, Lokbharati, Allahabad, 2008, page-3.
Journal Article
Author's name, title of the article, journal's name (italicized), Volume, editors, publisher, place of the publication, year of the publication and page number.
e.g. Satish Chandra Mittal, Bhatkav ke 67 varsh, Itihas Darpan,Vol 1, S.C Mittal, Ratnesh Tripathi, Narendra Shukla, 2016, ABISY, New Delhi, 2016, pg-1-11.
Archive
Name of the archive, Place, Department and sub-department, File number, year and Page number.
e.g. National Archives,New Delhi, Home , Political, F.No- 33/1, 1925, P-33.
Plate, Figure, Map
Plates with colour or black and white photographs should include captions and plate numbers must be cited in the text for example: Plate 1.
Maps and Figures must be cited accordingly in text as “Fig 1” & “Map 1” and should include a caption.
Plates with colour or black and white photographs should include captions and plate numbers must be cited in the text for example: Plate 1.
Maps and Figures must be cited accordingly in text as “Fig 1” & “Map 1” and should include a caption.
News Paper & Magazine
Name of the library, name of the Newspaper and Magazine, month & year and page number.
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), Abhyuday, May, 1916, page- 4.
Interview
Prof. Susmita Pande, Former Chairman, National Monuments Authority, (GOI) New Delhi (1996, January 10)
World Wide Web Address
Burke, J. Children's research and methods: What media researchers are doing, Journal of Advertising Research, 32, RC2-RC3. [CDROM]. Available: UMI File: Business Periodicals Ondisk Item: 92-11501.(1992, January/February).
FTP
Watson, L, and Dallwitz, M.J. Grass genera of the world-interactive identification and information retrieval. Flora Online: An Electronic Publication of TAXACOM (22). [Online]. Available FTP: huh.harvard.edu, Directory: pub/newsletters/flora.online/issue22, File:022gra11.txt.(1990, December).
