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Author Guidelines

If you don't see 'New Submission' link in your panel (user Home) after login, then you need to update your profile (select Author option). See detailed instructions at http://pubs.iscience.in/authors/manuscript-article-submission/ (link opens in new window/tab). The ORCID field need not be filled by authors during registration and submission if they encounter 'page not found problem'.

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The Authors need to submit a single file containing all the details (the supplementary file need to be prepared and submitted as separate file). Authors are advised to prepare their manuscript according to journal article template provided below.

Cover letter

Authors should supply a cover letter indicating rational of their work. Cover letter should also have details of at least three reviewers (with email). Cover letter should be provided on the first step of submission in "Comments for Editor' box.

Gaphical Abstract

Authors may submit a graphical abstract (if possible to create a artistic image for the content of articles) highlighting the contents of manuscript. Instructions about graphical abstract preparation and submission can be found on this link (click to follow).

Manuscript

Manuscript should be containing Title, Authors, Affiliation, Abstract, Keywords, (other sections like Introduction, Result and discussion, conclusion, experimental in the main body text of manuscript should be used for full paper article), acknowledment and references in the listed order. Short communications need not to be arranged in different sections. The main text of manuscript should have Introduction (not more than two pages), Experimental (Methodologies adopted), Result and Discussion (should be elaborated and detailed) and Conclusion (summary of results).

Word limit: There is no specific word limitation for publishing in IJSS. Authors should include as details as possible to cover the concept.

Articles of Hindi Language: Any manuscript prepared/containing contents in Hindi langauge must also have the English translation of title, abstract, keywords and references (references must be cited using mendeley, see below).

Citation/References

Citations must be insterted using Mendeley program, see the video on http://pubs.iscience.in/authors/article-template-conversion-guidelines/ to learn how to use Mendeley for instering references in manuscript.

Number of references: There should be around 35-40 references for a research aritcle, and any review article should have more than 60 references.

The Journal uses APA format for bibliography and references. Authors need to format all references as per APA format.

Alternatively, authors may use the previously used style for references as:

References should be as shown for articles,1 theses,2 books,3,4 and patents,5

1. R. Ping, M. Laura, P.S. Mario. Title of the journal article should be included here. Int. Lett.Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 4439–4449.

2. B.K. Sharma. Ph.D. Dissertation, Thesis Title, Cornell University, 1995.

3. R. Hussain, D. Shinkoi. Title of bool like Synthesis and application of ionic liquid, John Wiley & Sons: New York, 2010.

4. R.S. Buchanod, D.K. Reddy. In Selective Organic Transformations; T.R. Thyagarajan, Ed.; Integratedscience: New York, 2002; Vol. 2, pp 1–95.

5. G.L. Loyale, U.S. Patent 5 934 456, 1998; Chem. Abstr. 1998, 65, 2870.

The editors of IJSS recommend Mendeley for citing references in manuscript, however, Authors may insert references using Endnote program (if they have paid and recent version of this program). Endnote style file: If you are using Endnote program for Bibliography (References and Notes), then you can download ISP Journals Endnote style file (common style file for all ISP journals) (right click and save as... then open in endnote program

On acceptance of manuscript, authors must need to supply their manuscript in Article template (if they have not already submitted in template).

Submission

Authors need to submit all manuscripts through journal website. Register by following link 'Register' above (make sure to mark checked the options Author and reviewer while registering for journal). On login, you will find 'new submission' link in your panel page.

Templates

On acceptance of manuscript, Authors are required to submit revised manuscript in journal articles template (If authors wish, they are free to submit their manuscript in journal article template while submitting first time).

Word2007-2010_template (download from google drive and open..)

download the template (as per the MS Word version that you have on your computer), double click the file to open and then prepare your article and save it with your own name. See video on http://pubs.iscience.in/authors/article-template-conversion-guidelines/ to learn how to format your article in journal template format.

Login and submit the manuscript online (submission by email are not accepted). Only online submissions are accepted now.

 

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JISS InSight

 

JISS publishes one or two page writeups on any specific topic (any event related to social sciences or having relevance to society) as Insights. Anyone can submit Insight articles irrespective of their position or field.

Prepare the Insight article in template and submit it as per instructions provided above for general articles. While submitting, select 'Insight' in article types.

 

Insight template (word 2007-2010) .. click to download from google drive

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

    The authors confirms the trasfer of copyright for the article and work included in the article (including any graphics etc.) and submitting author conform the submission being made with the consent of all authors.

  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. The manuscript is prepared according to the template (download from Authors Guidlines section); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  5. A cover letter indicating rationale of work and containing details of three reviewers is provided in 'Comments to Editor' box below. (It is must to provide cover latter and potential reviewers).
 

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