AUTHOR’S DESK

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts should be submitted by one of the corresponding author of the manuscript by the online manuscript submission system. Submissions by anyone other than one of author(s) will not be accepted. Authors are invited to provide the names of three well qualified reviewers. Correct e-mail addresses must be provided for all suggested reviewers.
Regardless of the source of the word-processing tool, only electronic MS-Word or PDF files can be submitted through online submission system. If due to some technical reason online submission is not successful, the author can submit the manuscript to editor@ijirg.com and/or ijirg.india@gmail.com.

The manuscript should be written according to the guidelines below.

Manuscript Type

One Column

Preparation of Manuscript

Manuscript should normally consist of the following sections:

  1. Title page
  2. Abstract
  3. Introduction
  4. Methods section
  5. Results section
  6. Discussion section
  7. Conclusion section
  8. Acknowledgment section
  9. Conflict of Interest
  10. References

Your abstract must be written using Times or Times New Roman 12pt font. Abstract title must be centered, 1 spacing and 12pt bold with initial letters capitalized. Authors, affiliations and body text must be 12pt font.

  1. Title page

Title of the manuscript

The title should be concise, informative and meaningful to the whole readership of the journal.
Author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s)

A list of all authors as well as corresponding addresses, should be provided. Each address should be preceded by a numerical superscript corresponding to the same superscript after the name of the author concerned. E-mail should also be provided to speed up communication between readers and authors.

  1. Abstract

Your abstract should give readers concise information about the content of your manuscript. It should be informative, accessible and state the main results obtained and conclusions drawn. The abstract should be complete in itself – no table numbers, figure numbers, references or equations should be referred to. It should be suitable for direct inclusion in abstracting services and should not normally be more than 300 words.

Keywords
3-6 keywords should be given which identify your study.

Main body of the paper

The body of the paper could be divided into sections. Sections should be numbered with Arabi numerals. Subsections should be numbered1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc., and sub-subsections (third level) 1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc. Appendices should be numbered A, B, etc. Equations, tables, figures, and references should follow a sequential numerical scheme in order to ensure logical development of the subject matter. It is helpful for readers if your article is concise, but clarity is essential. Short sentences and paragraphs make reading easier. You should aim for consistency within your article in matters such as hyphenation and spelling. All acronyms and abbreviations should be clearly explained when they first appear in the text, and all units used should be consistent throughout the article.

  1. Introduction

This should be concise and describe the nature of the problem under investigation and its background. It should also set your work in the context of previous research, citing relevant references. Introductions should expand on highly specialized terms and abbreviations used in the article to make it accessible for readers.

  1. Methods

This section should provide sufficient details of the experiment, simulation, statistical test or analysis carried out.

  1. Results

The results section should detail the main findings and outcomes of your study. You should use tables only to improve conciseness or where the information cannot be given satisfactorily in other ways such as histograms or graphs. Tables should be numbered serially and referred to in the text by number (table 1, etc.). Each table should have an explanatory caption which should be as concise as possible.

  1. Discussion

In this section discuss the significance of the results and compare them with previous work using relevant references.

  1. Conclusion

This section should be used to highlight the novelty and significance of the work, and any plans for future relevant work.

  1. Acknowledgment

All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed in the acknowledgment section. The name of the funding agency and the grant number should be given.

  1. Conflict of Interest

All authors and co-authors are required to disclose any potential conflict of interest when submitting their article (e.g. employment, consulting fees, research contracts, stock ownership, patent licenses, honoraria, advisory affiliations, etc).

  1. References

Write your references in APA style only. Some example for your ready reference are given below:

Journal Articles

Author surname first name initial(s). (year). Title of the article.Title of the journal (in italic), volume (issue), page interval. DOI.

Inel, M., Ozmen, H. B. (2006). Effects of plastic hinge properties in nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete buildings. Engineering structures, 28(11), 1494-502.

Books

Author surname first name initial(s). (year). Title of the subject. Title of the book, edition number, place of print, publisher, page interval, ISBN number.

Crawford, R. J. (2002).Analysis of polymer melts. Plastics Engineering, 3rd edition, London Butterworth Heinemann, 343 – 346, ISBN 0 – 7506 – 3764 – 1.

Edited Book Chapters

Author surname first name initial(s). (year). Title of the chapter. Editors initial(s), Surname(Eds.).Title of the book (Eds, page number), location, publisher.

Prasad, A.S. (1982). Clinical and Biochemical Spectrum of Zinc Deficiency in Human Subjects. In A. S., Prasad (4th eds, 5-15), Clinical, Biochemical and Nutritional Aspects of Trace Elements, New York, Alan R. Liss, Inc.

Proceedings

Author surname first name initial(s). (year). Title of the presentation. Name of the congress, seminar or conference, place, volume (issue), page interval.

Toppare, L. (1985). 4-bromstrien and a-metilstirencopolimerization with electrochemical process. Proceedings of II. National Macromolecule Symposium, İzmir, 20(18), 85 – 96.

Thesis

Author surname first name initial(s). (year).Title of the thesis, thesis type (MSc. or Ph.D), institute submitted, place, country, page interval.

Özmen, H. B. (2005).Evaluation of factors that affects seismic performance of low and mid-rise reinforced concrete buildings, PhD Thesis, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey, 20-40.

Labeling References in Text

  1. In the Vancouver numerical system, references are numbered sequentially through the text. The numbers should be given in square brackets, e.g. [1], [4-7] etc., and one number can be used to refer to several instances of the same reference. The reference list at the end of the article then lists the references in numerical order, not alphabetically.

  2. In the Harvard alphabetical system

  • The name of the author appears in the text together with the year of publication, e.g. (Smith 2001) or Smith (2001) (as appropriate).

  • Where there are only two authors both names should be given in the text, e.g. (Smith and Jones 2001) or Smith and Jones (2001);

  • However, if there are more than two authors only the first name should appear followed by et al: (Smith et al2001) or Smith et al (2001).

  • Different works by one author or group of authors in the same year they should be differentiated by including a, b, etc after the date (e.g. 2001a). If you refer to different pages of the same article, the page number may be given in the text, e.g. Smith (2001, p 39).

  • The reference list at the end of your article using this system should be in alphabetical order.

Note: –journal names should be abbreviated according to the list of serial title word abbreviation of the ISDS (International Serial Data System) if available, otherwise full journal names are preferable.

Publication Process

The publication process consists ofthe following steps.

  1. After receiving the manuscript we will send a confirmation e-mail to the author.
    2. Manuscripts will be checked by Plagiarism checker software.
    3. Primary quality will be checked by the Editor.
    4. The manuscript will be sent for double blinded review.
    5. Based on the double blinded review editor will a take decision and the decision will be communicated to the author. Decisions can be three types like accepted without revision, resubmit with major/minor revisions, rejected.
    6. After the final review process if the paper is accepted, we will send a payment request to the author.
    7. Author needs to deposit a publication fee within 3 days after the payment request.
    8. Payment will be confirmed.
    9. Author Declaration Form’ needs to be submitted by the author.

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