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Author Guidelines

This journal is not accepting any submission now. Authors should submit their articles to 'Journal of Integrated Science and Technology' on the link

 

http://pubs.iscience.in/journal/index.php/jist

 

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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)

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The Authors need to submit a single file containing all the details as described below. The supplementary data files should be submitted as a separate file. A cover letter and graphical abstract should be submitted along with manuscript as details 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.

The article submitted need to be supported by anti-plagiarism verfication by senior faculty teacher/scientist. Download the form (click to download), get signed by senior faculty/scientist and submit it along with manuscript.

Graphical Abstract

Authors need to submit a graphical abstract highlighting the contents of manuscript. The guidelines for graphical abstract preparation and submission are available on this link.

Manuscript

Manuscript should include  Title, Author (s), Affiliation (complete name of institutions), Abstract, 5 Keywords, (other sections like Introduction, Results and discussion, conclusion, experimental procedures in the main body text of manuscript could be used for full paper article), acknowledgment and references in the listed order. Short communications need not to be arranged in different sections. References should be formatted 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 book 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.; Integrated science: New York, 2002; Vol. 2, pp 1–95.

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

Citation Manager style files: Authors are highly encouraged to use the citation manager programs for citing and formatting the references. Authors may use free Mendelay, Zotero, Paper 2 or Endnote program. If you are using any of these citation manager program for Bibliography (References and Notes), then you can download citation style file for journal (common for ISP journals):

Mendelay, Zotero, Paper 2 style file: ISP Journals CSL style file

Endnote style file: ISP Journals Endnote style file Or ChemBiolLett style file (click and download from google drive ... and copy the file to Endnote style folder or open in EndNote).

click to download and then open in respective program (the user can see the respective program user guide on how to use the style file).

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.


However, Authors are advised to prepare their manuscript according to journal article template (provided below) as it progress towards acceptance. On acceptance of manuscript, authors must need to supply their manuscript in Article template (if they have not already submitted in template).


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). Author may select any one of the below color template (depending upon their interest) and use for preparation of manuscript.

IRA Word2007-2010_template_Default Blue Color

IRA Word2007-2010_template_Art sandy Color

IRA Word2007-2010_template_Dark Brown Color

IRA Word2007-2010_template_Green teal Color

 

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.

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

 

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).
  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. The text has been written afresh for the contents and no part of manuscript (text, figures) has been taken from any other source. (IRA takes plagiarism seriously and any manuscript violating the scientific ethics would be rejected immediately along with further ban on future submission by aurthors).
  4. The manuscript has been prepared according the 'Guidlines for Authors' and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. A cover letter having name of at least three reviewers is provided (in 'Comments to Editor' box below).
 

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