Manuscript Submission Guidelines
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
General Guidelines to be followed while making the submission:
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Manuscript should be submitted in word format |
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Please ensure that the correct manuscript is submitted, as the incorrect manuscript may delay the review process. |
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Only papers that are registered and presented at the conference will be included for the publication. (Registration fee is non-refundable.) |
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Please note that if your manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors need to provide the plagiarism as well. Similarity index should not be more than 10%. |
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Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form without the written consent of the copyright holder. |
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Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a ‘copyright clearance document’. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. |
Guidelines for full paper Submission
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Manuscript should not exceed 6000 words (including tables, figures, notes and references). |
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Final Manuscript must cover- Title Page, Introduction, Literature review, Methodology, Results & discussions (with implications, limitations and future implications) |
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For the title, Times New Roman, 12 points should be used, it should be concise and informative. |
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Author names and affiliations will require the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and the e-mail address of each author. |
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For corresponding author(s), kindly ensure that email/contact details such as telephone number (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. |
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For the body of the manuscript, Times New Roman, 12 points and 1.5 line spacing should be used. |
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All body text is Times New Roman, 12 pt., justified and single spaced. One line between paragraphs, no paragraph indents. |
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Use italics for emphasis. |
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For the body of manuscript, following format needs to be followed: |
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Level 1 heading (Centered, Bold, Title Case Heading) |
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Level 2 heading (Left, Bold, Title Case Heading) |
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Level 3 Heading (Left, Bold Italic, Title Case Heading) |
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Level 4 heading (Indented, Bold, Title Case Heading, Ending With a Period) |
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Level 5 heading (Indented, Bold Italic, Title Case Heading, Ending With a Period) |
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Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter. |
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Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section at the end of the manuscript. |
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Authors are encouraged to follow official APA version 7 guidelines for both in-text citations and references. |
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For tables in the manuscript, following format needs to be followed: |
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All tables should be numbered using Arabic numerals. |
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For each table, a title explaining the components of the table should be mentioned. |
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Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters and included beneath the body. |
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For figures in the manuscript, following format needs to be followed: |
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All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals. |
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Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. |
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Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type. |