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Author Guidelines

Aim and Scope:

It is open access, peer-reviewed journal focusing on international development. it has a well-established reputation for intellectually rigorous articles developed through learning partnerships on emerging and evolving development challenges presented in an accessible manner in themed issues that bridge academic and practice.

Manuscript Categories

Journal accepts four types of manuscripts (i) Full-length research articles, (ii) Short communications, (iii) Review articles, (iv) Case studies, and (v) Letters to editor etc.

• Full-length research articles should not generally exceed 25 double-spaced pages of text (not including the references) and should not contain more than 15 figures and/or tables.
• Short communications should not exceed 10 double-spaced pages of text (not including the references) and no more than 5 figures and/or tables. 
• Reviews should not generally exceed 20 double-spaced pages of text (not including the references) and should not contain more than 10 figures and/or tables.
• Case studies should not exceed 10 double-spaced pages of text (not including the references) and no more than 5 figures and/or tables.
• Letter to the Editor discussing papers recently published in the journal or matters of general interest to the readership will be considered for publication.  Letters may not exceed double-spaced 2-3 pages of text and 10 references.

Manuscript Preparation for Full-Length Research Articles

Manuscript format

The manuscript should be typed, and double-spaced on A4 size paper with 1" margins on all sides in MS word format. All lines should be numbered automatically after restarting each page. All pages should be automatically numbered at the right side of the bottom. Times New Roman font (12 pt) and justify alignment should be used throughout the manuscript. The first page of the manuscript is a title page which should contain: Title of the manuscript, the Author's full names, affiliations of all authors, and information for correspondence. The second page of the manuscript should contain Abstract and Keywords. The subsequent pages should include Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements (if any) References, and Each Author (s) Short Profile with Photo(s).

Title section

The first section of the manuscript is a title page which should contain: Title of the manuscript, Author's full names, affiliations of all authors, and information for correspondence.

• The title of the manuscript should be clear, concise and informative. The title should be typed in sentence case and should have maximum of 150 characters
• Provide the name(s) of authors as First Name (Given name)-Middle Name- Last name (Family name/Surname) for each author and check that all names are accurately spelled.
• Present the author's affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names of the authors. Indicate all affiliations with a superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate affiliation address. Provide the full details of each affiliation including the country name.
• Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. The corresponding author of the manuscript must be marked with an asterisk. The Corresponding Author must indicate his or her complete mailing address including office/cellular phone number/fax number, and email address. 
• Provide the e-mail address of each author.​

Abstract: 

The second section of the manuscript should contain Abstract and Keywords. The abstract should be informative, self-explanatory, and easy to understand.

• The abstract should not be more than 250 words in length.
• The abstract should briefly present the purpose of the research, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant results, and summarizes major findings and conclusions.
• An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. Therefore avoid references/citations in the abstract.
• Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
• Graphical abstract: Although not mandatory, we encourage manuscripts with a Graphical abstract because it helps to capture the attention of a wide readership. It should summarize the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form. A graphical abstract should be submitted as a separate file by e-mail or in the online submission system. Image size: Please provide an image with a minimum of 500 × 1250 pixels (h × w) or proportionally more. The image should be readable at a size of 5 × 13 cm using a regular screen resolution of 96 dpi. Preferred file types: jpg, png, tiff, eps, or MS Office files.​

Keywords:

Immediately after the abstract provide four-six keywords. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

Introduction:

This should be brief and state the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. The introduction should clearly state the hypothesis or purpose statement, how and why the purpose or hypothesis was developed and why the author thinks it is important.

Material and methods:

This section must contain specific details about the materials studied, instruments used, specialized chemicals source, and related experimental details which allows another research worker to reproduce the results. Obtain permission for all fully borrowed, adapted, and modified tables and provide a credit line in the footnote. If any animal study was carried out, then the necessary institutional animal ethical committee approval should be taken and should be mentioned in the manuscript. If any human study was carried out, then necessary human ethical committee or appropriate approval should be taken and should be mentioned in the manuscript. Written consent should be taken from the human subjects or patients involved in the study ensuring their acceptance in the study and publication of relevant data/photos/images in the journal and should be mentioned in the manuscript. The journal will not be responsible if any of the above if not followed and the editor’s decision would be final if any litigation arises during processing or after publishing.

Result and Discussion

The results should be concisely presented. Results and discussion may be separate or combined based on the author’s requirement. Tables and figures should be designed to maximize the comprehension of the experimental data. The interpreted results should be explained clearly in discussions and should relate to the existing knowledge in the field as clearly as possible. Tables, Graphs, and figures (Illustrations) should be inserted into the main text at the respective place they should appear when published and should have appropriate numbers and titles with an explanatory heading. Labels of the table, graph, and figures must be in text form and should not form part of the image.

Conclusion: 

This should clearly explain the main conclusions of the work highlighting its importance and relevance. It should be short and concise but should not repeat the abstract. Generally the conclusion does not cite references.

Acknowledgment:

All acknowledgments (if any) should be included at the very end of the paper before the references and may include supporting grants, presentations, and so forth.

Conflict of interest:

All the authors must disclose the possible conflicts of interest/ Competing Interests they may have with the publication of the manuscript or an institution or product that is mentioned in the manuscript and/or is important to the outcome of the study presented. Authors should also disclose conflicts of interest with products that compete with those mentioned in their manuscript. The Conflict of Interest statement should list each author separately by name.

Ethical approval:

The author should provide the below approvals or consents (wherever necessary)

• Statement of ethical approval: If studies involve the use of animal/human subjects, authors must give an appropriate statement of ethical approval. If not applicable then mention ‘The present research work does not contain any studies performed on animals/humans subjects by any of the authors’.
• Statement of informed consent:If studies involve information about any individual e.g. case studies, surveys, interviews, etc., the author must write a statement of informed consent as “Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.”

Reference:

The author should provide a complete list of references at the end of the manuscript. all tbhe references should follow the Vancouver style of referencing.

Referencing style

References in text:

• Reference should be cited at the appropriate point in the text by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. e.g.: '..... was reported earlier [3, 6].'
• The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given. e.g.: 'Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different....' 

Reference in list:

 A list of references should appear at the end of the paper. References should be numbered (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text (not in alphabetic order). All references should be written in the following style.

Reference to a Journal article:

Author(s) of the article. Title of article. Abbreviated Title of Journal. Date of publication;vol(issue):page number(s).

[1] Prasad R, Kamal S, Sharma PK, Oelmüller R, Varma A. Root endophyte Piriformospora indica DSM 11827 alters plant morphology, enhances biomass and antioxidant activity of medicinal plant Bacopa Monnier. Journal of basic microbiology. 2013 Dec;53(12):1016-24.

Reference to a book: 

Author(s) of book.  Title of book.  Edition (if other than first).  Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication.

[2] Briggs GG, Freeman RK, Yaffe SJ. Drugs in pregnancy and lactation: a reference guide to fetal and neonatal risk. 9^th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 2011.

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

Author(s) of the chapter.  Title of chapter.  In:  Ed(s) name, ed(s).  Title of book.  Edition. Place of publication:  Publisher; Year of publication.  Inclusive pagination.

[3] MacDougall C, Chambers HF. Aminoglycosides. In: Brunton LL, Chabner BA, Knollman BJ, eds. Goodman & Gilman’s the pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 12^th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2011. p. 1505-20.

Reference to a Patent:

Inventors(s) of patent, inventors; Organization(s), assignee. Title of patent. Patent number. Issue date.

[4] Puritch GS, Bradbury R, Mason W, inventors; Safer Inc, assignee. Fatty acid-based emulsifiable concentrate has herbicidal activity. United States patent US 5,035,741. 1991 Jul 30.

Reference to a Thesis:

Author - family name followed by initials. Thesis title [type of thesis]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year.

[5] Kay JG. Intracellular cytokine trafficking and phagocytosis in macrophages [Ph.D. dissertation]. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland; 2007.

Reference to Data from the Website:

Author.  Title [Internet].  Place of publication: Publisher; Date of Publication [Date of Update/Revision; Date of citation].  Available from: URL

[6] Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute [Internet].  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University; © 2009 [cited 2009 Sep 23]. 

Abbreviations:

Standard abbreviations should be used throughout the manuscript. All nonstandard abbreviations should be kept to a minimum and must be defined in the text following their first use.

Nomenclature and Units: 

The SI system should be used for all scientific and laboratory data: if in certain instances, it is necessary to quote other units, these should be added in parentheses. Temperatures should be given in degrees Celsius.

Tables and figures:

Tables and figures should be placed next to the relevant text in the manuscript wherever they are expected to be in the final version of the manuscript. Tables should be created with a word processor and cited consecutively in the text. Please avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells. Be careful in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. To ensure the highest print quality, figures submitted must be with a minimum of 300 dpi or higher resolutions. Captions/legends will be placed below figures and adjusted to 10 font sizes. We do not charge for color figure reproduction, rather we promote authors to submit color figures.

Review process:

All manuscripts are reviewed by the editorial board and assigned reviewers. Decisions will be made as rapidly as possible, and the journal strives to return the reviewer’s comments to authors within 3-4 weeks. The editorial board will review manuscripts that are pending revision. It is the goal of the  Journal to publish accepted manuscripts within 1 week after acceptance.

Proofs and Reprints:

After acceptance of the manuscript for publication electronic proofs will be sent (e-mail attachment) to the corresponding author as a PDF file. Page proofs are considered to be the final version of the manuscript. With the exception of typographical or minor clerical errors, no major changes will be made in the manuscript at the proof stage. Because, Journal will be published online, authors will have free electronic access to the full text (PDF) of the article. Authors can freely download the PDF file from which they can print unlimited copies of their articles.

Article Processing Charges and Payment Method:

The Journal offers a hybrid model for publication. The current scientific era’s demanding need for hybridizing Subscription and Open access options Hybrid Journal grants various advantages to its authors as well as the subscribers. The preference of researchers/authors for their articles’ high visibility and usage, more citations, more readers, and more feedback, has contributed significantly to the transition of Journal subscription into the Hybrid model. The open option thus sustains to be the mode of publication when scientific productivity and impact form one of the loci of interest to the researchers.

Open Access option has to pay the open access fees of 1100 EURO for the accepted paper.

Subscription Option: in this option have to pay 200 EURO for processing charges

Authors have to inform the editor-in-chief when they would like to choose this option in the cover letter accompanying the submission of their papers

We would like to inform our dear authors that the open access option and agreement to pay the fees did not affect the review process which will be the same for both modes of publishing. The author’s choice is highly respected.

A total of (100%) waive of APCs could be made for authors from low-income countries and  50% for authors from middle-income countries according to the Classification of the World Bank, however, requests for waiving should be submitted to the editor-in-Chief and each case is evaluated separately by the editorial board.

Fast Track Publishing: Authors can request a fast track processing and review for their papers when urgent processing is required, in this case, the Fast Track processing cost will be 500 EURO

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