Conflict of Interest statement
Authors must declare any possible competing interests
Change in Authorship
The names of the authors and the order of the authors must be considered carefully before submitting the manuscript. No change will be done after the manuscript has been submitted to the journal.
Instructions to Authors for the preparation of manuscript (English)
Format
Title page of the manuscript:
The first/title page should include an apt title, author name/s and their affiliation, email, phone number and complete address of the corresponding author. The title page should be submitted as a separate file and should include acknowledgement and information on source of funding.
(i) Title of paper: font 14, bold, Capitalize each word (noun)
(ii) Authors and affiliations: The affiliation should include address of the institute where the work was carried out (font 12). In case, any author has changed his/her place of work, the same may be indicated as a footnote on the title page (font 10)
(iii) Address, email and phone number of corresponding author: font 10
(iv) Acknowledgement: This section should include the acknowledgement to all those people who have contributed to the research work by providing infrastructure, space, suggestions etc., Font 12.
(vii) Funding: Wherever applicable, the source of funding should be mentioned; Font 12.
Research Articles: Main text
The main text should start from a new page after the title page and should include title of the paper, abstract, key words, a brief introduction, material and methods, results (should include figures and tables at appropriate place), discussion, conclusion, conflict of interest and references. Tables should be in the Microsoft word format (editable), not images.
(1) Abstract followed by 5-6 keywords
(2) Introduction: It should include a brief summary of existing literature and the reasons for the current investigation
(3) Materials and Methodology: Sufficient information must be included so that the experimental work may be reproduced. For special equipments and materials, the manufacturer, and if possible their location, should be stated.
(4) Results: The results should be presented in a concise manner with tables and
figures at appropriate places.
(5) Discussion: This section should discuss the outcome of the work without repeating the results as stated in the results section. The results and discussion section can also be merged to form a single section
(6) Conclusion: Authors should provide a brief conclusion of their study.
(7) Conflict of interest statement
(8) References
Note: for Social Sciences and Humanities
The research articles in social sciences and humanities should have the following:
(1) An abstract with 5-6 keywords,
(2) Introduction.
(3) Methodology/Methods.
(4) Any other suitable headings/sub-headings as per the requirements of the paper
(5) Conclusion.
(6) References.
Analytical/Review articles/Discussions / Perspectives
Title page: Same as mentioned for research articles.
Main Body of Article:
The main text of manuscript should start with the title of article, abstract, keywords, introduction/background, body of article (it can include figures, photographs, tables etc.), conclusion, declaration of conflict of interest and references.
Research Communications
Format for Research Communication would be same as Original Research Articles
References: The referencing is to be done in APA format
Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207-217.
https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185
• Parenthetical citation: (Grady et al., 2019)
• Narrative citation: Grady et al., (2019)
Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000
Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.
Iyengar, S. S., & DeVoe, S. E. (2003). Rethinking the value of choice: Considering cultural mediators of intrinsic motivation. In R. Dienstbier (ed.), Nebraska Symposium on
Motivation: Vol. 49. Cross-cultural differences in perspectives on the self (pp. 129-174).
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Shennan, S. (2008). Canoes and cultural evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105, 3416-3420. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800666105
Uri, J. (2019, June 14). Fifty years ago: Nearly one month to boots in lunar dust.
Retrieved from
https://roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov/pages.ashx/1184/Fifty%%20Month%20to%
20Boots%20in%20Lunar%20Dust.
The responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic references rests entirely with the author.
General Instructions for the manuscript:
The main text should be typed in A4 size paper, Times New Roman, font 12 and line spacing 1.5 with normal margins. Headings should be bold and in capital letters and should be numbered in Arabic numerals. The subheadings should be bold, italics and sub numbered (For example, if heading is 1, the first subheading will be 1.1, second subheading will be 1.2 and so on). If there are sub-subheadings, they can be sub numbered further (for example, for first subheading 1.1., the first sub-subheadings will be 1.1.1 and second sub- subheading will be 1.1.2 and so on).
The articles /research papers written in Hindi, Sanskrit and Modern Indian Languages would follow the same general guidelines. However, articles in Sanskrit and Hindi should be typed in Unicode Sanskrit-2003 with font size 14 for main text and font size 16 for the title of article. For other Indian languages, Unicode Nirmala-UI font and font size 14 should be used. The articles in languages other than English should be accompanied by an abstract and 5-6 keywords written in English.
Kindly ensure that your manuscripts are submitted in grammatically correct language for them to be peer reviewed. It is suggested that manuscripts are language edited by professionals before submission. The manuscripts can be rejected on the basis of extensive use of grammatically incorrect language.
Units and Abbreviations
Only SI units proposed in Units, Symbols and Abbreviations (1972) is acceptable for publication. The full forms of all other abbreviations when used for the first time in the manuscript must be included.
Figures and Illustrations
Figures should be numbered in Arabic numerals in order of their appearance in the text. The figures should be either pdf, jpg or tiff format. Each figure should be followed by a
figure legend. The figure specifications are as mentioned below:
Line art - Minimum 600 dpi
Figures containing colour artwork will be published in colour.
Tables
Tables should have suitable captions and should be numbered with Arabic numerals and should be placed in the results section. Tables should be provided in an editable format i.e. in Word and not as graphic files pasted into Word. Each table should have a suitable legend.
Front cover image
The cover image of the journal will change every month and will be generally taken from articles published in the journal. The journal also encourages cover page submissions on the relevant theme of each upcoming issue, for which credits would be given.
Revised Manuscripts
On receipt of manuscript for revision, authors are requested to provide a point-by-point response to the reviewers comments. The revised manuscript should be returned in the form of a text file with alterations made clearly visible for the reviewer. In addition, a clean revised version should also be provided.
Proofs
Proofs will be sent via e-mail. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. At this stage, only minor changes are permissible with prior approval of the editorial board. These may be returned through mail only.
Submitting your manuscripts
Authors should submit three files viz. Cover letter, Title page and Manuscript for each article separately.
The cover letter should specify the subject area to which the paper belongs, and the type of article (original research article, review article, research communication etc.). It must include the names, affiliation and email address of three reviewers with expertise on the topic covered in the manuscript. However, the Editorial Board may or may not use the suggestion provided by the authors.
All manuscripts must be submitted to the Editor-in-chief at vantage@maitreyi.du.ac.in