Submissions

Author Guidelines

All submitted research articles should contain the following sections:

• Title
• Authors names and affiliations
• Corresponding author complete name , institutional affiliation/address along with phone, fax and email address
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Materials and methods
• Results
• discussion
• Conclusion
• List of Abbreviations (if any)
• Funding(if any)
• Conflict of Interest
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Appendices
• Figures/Illustrations (if any)
• Tables (if any)
• Supportive/Supplementary Material (if any)

Title

The title should be specific and concise and must not be more than 130 words.

Abstract

An article’s abstract should be its clear, concise, and precise summary. The abstract must state the purpose of the study, short details of the methods and final conclusion.

Keywords

The author must provide 6 to 8 keywords. Keep important and relevant keywords that researchers in your field will attempt so that your article will emerge in a database search. The keywords should be contained in the title or text of the manuscript.

Text of the manuscript

For Research Articles, the main text should begin on a separate page and split into the title, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusion sections. The text may, however, be subdivided according to the fields to be discussed, backed by the List of Abbreviations (if any), Conflict of Interest, Acknowledgements, and Reference sections. For Review Articles, the manuscript should be prepared into title page, abstract, and the main text. The text may be partitioned further according to the fields of science, and accompanied by the Acknowledgements and Reference sections. The Review Article should discuss any previous notable current and old reviews in the area and contain a broad discussion starting with the general background of the field. It should then move on to discuss the remarkable features of recent developments. The authors should bypass presenting material that has already been declared in a former review. The authors are advised to show and discuss their observations in summary. The reference numbers should be given in square brackets in the text.

Introduction

The Introduction section should include the background and aims of the research comprehensively.

Materials and Methods

This section provides details of the methodology used along with information on any previous efforts with corresponding references. The author should include any details for further modifications and research. Sufficient information should be provided to the reader about the original data source to enable the analysis, appropriateness, and verification of the results reported in the study.

The Method Section needs to be sufficiently detailed regarding the data presented and the results produced from it. This section should include all the information and protocol gathered for the study when it was being communicated. If the assignment is funded or financially supported by an organization to conduct the research, it should be considered in the Method Section. Methods must be result-oriented. The statement regarding the approval by an independent local, regional or national review committee (e.g., the ethics committee and institutional review board) should be part of the Methods Section.

The author should not report repeated information in the text of an article. A calculation section must include experimental data, facts, and practical development from a theoretical perspective.

Results

The essential and main findings of the study should come first in the Results Section. The tables, figures, and references should be given in sequence to emphasize the vital information or observations related to the research. The author should avoid the repetition of data in tables and figures. Results should be precise.

Discussion

The author should explore the significance of the results of the work and present a reproducible procedure. The author should avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

The Results and discussions may be presented separately or combined in a single section with short and informational headings.

Conclusion

The author may give a small paragraph summarising the article’s contents, presenting the research outcome, or proposing further study on the subject at the end of the article under the Conclusion section.

Funding

The authors need to declare the funding sources of their manuscripts clearly by providing the name of the funding agency or financial support along with allotted grant/award number in round brackets (if applied), for instance,

“This work was financially supported by [name of the funding agency] (Grant number XXX).

Similarly, if a paper does not have any particular funding source, and is part of the profession of the authors, then the name of the employer will be expected. Authors will have to state that the funder was involved in writing, editing, approval, or decision to publish the article.

Measuring units

SI units should be used throughout the document. In case there is need to use the non-standard unit then you would need to include the conversion and add the non-standard unit in parenthesis.

Greek Symbols and Special Characters

Greek symbols and special characters often undergo formatting changes and get corrupted or lost while preparing a manuscript for publication. Symbols can be defined in the text. If there is an extensive list, they can be listed in the appendix.

List of Abbreviations (if any)

If abbreviations are used in the text either, they should be specified in the text where first used, or the author should provide a list of abbreviations.

Appendixes

If there is a need to present lengthy but essential methodological details, use appendices, which can be a part of the article. An individual appendix should be titled APPENDIX, while more extra than one can be titled APPENDIX A, APPENDIX B, and so on.

Endnotes

Endnotes can be used instead of footnotes, as footnotes disrupt the flow of text. However if necessary, footnotes can be used. They need to be numbered properly and footnotes to tables should be marked with lowercase letters.

Supportive/Supplementary Material (if any)

Supportive/Supplementary material intended for publication must be numbered and referred to in the manuscript but should not be a part of the submitted paper. The author should provide In-text citations and a section with the heading “Supportive/Supplementary Material” before the “References” section.

References

The author should submit preferably in the Vancouver style. All references must be quoted completely and accurately; should be relevant to the study and referring to the original research sources. The authors, editors, and peer-reviewers should avoid Self-citation and self-interest during writing or review of the article.

Below are a few examples of references listed in the Vancouver Style:

Vancouver Style

All references should be numbered sequentially [in square brackets] in the text and listed in the same numerical order in the reference section in Vancouver style. Punctuation should be appropriately applied, as mentioned in the examples given above.

Reference Lists:

Different reference formats have different citation rules. See below for some basic format standards.

Journal Article