PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The authors can avail the facility to submit their manuscript through email at editor@ijdus.org or from this website itself. After submission, the peer review process will take fifteen days. If any error is rectified, it will be emailed to the author and only after author’s consent, error will be corrected. If the research paper is accepted for publication then author will receive online acceptance letter. Authors are requested to strictly follow the below mentioned author’s guidelines. The Journal reserves the right to reject submissions in the event of irregularities against these mentioned author guidelines:

Author Guidelines

1. The research paper or manuscript must be plagiarism free and original.

2. The research paper sent for publication should be hitherto un-published. It should not have been published elsewhere, or be under review for any other journal.

3. There should be a Title Page mentioning the following particulars of the author(s): name of first/ corresponding author, name, designation, affiliation, mobile no. e-mail, brief bio-note and URL/ ORCID id etc. where applicable of all authors, along with an abstract not exceeding 150-200 words and maximum five keywords.

4. Please do not mention author(s) names and particulars in the Paper for facilitation of blind peer review.

3. The Paper needs to be submitted strictly in the format given below.

4. The research paper should ideally range between 1500 – 5000 words including references.

6. All figures, images, tables of the manuscript should be embedded into the original text. Separate files will not be accepted.

7. Along with the Paper, Author(s) need to submit an

Undertaking

and a Copyright Transfer Agreement Form

without which the submission will be deemed incomplete. Please download the forms, fill and sign in hard copy, scan the original and then submit.

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Paper Format

Paper Title (12 Normal, bold, Sentence Case, centre aligned)

I. Introduction (Heading with serial no. Roman I, 12 TNR, bold, Sentence Case)

II. Literature Review (Heading with serial no. II, rest as above)

III. Methodology (Heading with serial no. III, rest as above)

IV. Discussion (Heading with serial no. IV, rest as above)

V. Conclusion (Heading with serial no. V, rest as above)

VI. Recommendation (Heading with serial no. 5, rest as above)

VII. Acknowledgements (Heading with serial no. 5, rest as above)

Quotations

Indentations and equations

Figures and Tables

Notes (12 Normal, bold, Sentence Case, centre aligned)

References (12 TNR, bold)

A reference list must be included using APA style of citation. All in-text citations to be included in reference list. Entries should be arranged alphabetically. Hanging indent format should be followed (first line of each entry flush left, rest of the lines one tab indent). Content in TNR 12, 1. 5 line spacing)

The introduction of the paper should explain the nature of the problem, previous work, purpose, and the contribution of the paper. The contents of each section may be provided to understand easily about the paper. (Content: 12 TNR, 1.5 line spacing, in-text citations in APA style, end-note entries marked it superscript number). A subsection must be further divided using headings or numbers1.1.1, 1.1.2 (12 TNR bold) etc. Do not underline any of the headings, or add dashes, colons, etc.

Direct quotations of less than 40 words should be within double inverted commas running on in the line with citation at the end. Place direct quotations that are 40 words, or longer, in a free-standing block of typewritten lines, without quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, indented one tab. Type the entire quotation on the new margin, and indent the first line of any subsequent paragraph within the quotation 1/2 inch from the new margin. Maintain 1.5 spacing throughout. The parenthetical citation should come after the closing punctuation mark. If paraphrasing an idea from a work, quotation marks or quotation block is not required but in-text reference must be provided according to APA guidelines.

To ensure a high-quality product, diagrams and lettering MUST be computer-drafted. Figure captions appear below the figure, are flush left, and are in lower case letters. When referring to a figure in the body of the text, the abbreviation "Fig." is used. Figures should be numbered in the order they appear in the text. Table captions appear centered above the table in upper and lower case letters. When referring to a table in the text, no abbreviation is used and "Table" is capitalized.

A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations, and possible applications of the paper. Although a conclusion may review the main points of the paper, do not replicate the abstract as the conclusion. A conclusion might elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest applications and extensions.

First line of paragraph under any heading should not be indented. First lines of all paragraphs thereafter should be indented left with single tab. A colon is inserted before an equation is presented, but there is no punctuation following the equation. All equations are numbered and referred to in the text solely by a number enclosed in a round bracket (i.e., (3) reads as "equation 3"). Ensure that any miscellaneous numbering system you use in your paper cannot be confused with a reference or an equation designation.

Footnotes are not allowed. Endnotes beginning with superscript number corresponding to the superscript number in-text may be used at the end of the paper. 1 ……………………