Guidelines For Authors
Vivechan International journal of Research, ISSN-0976-8211 is an interdisciplinary and refereed journal, which covers the scientific research in a broader sense and facilitates researchers all around the world from all engineering disciplines, all scientific disciplines and management research to publish their scholarly applied and/or fundamental research works. The major emphasis is laid on inter-disciplinary nature of the work. The main criteria for acceptance of the articles are novelty, clarity, and significance as relevant to a better understanding. All the articles published in IJR are peer-reviewed by eminent international experts in their respective fields. After review process, the Editor-in-Chief will inform the authors of the acceptance, rejection or necessity of revision of the manuscript. Manuscripts are accepted for review only when they report unpublished work that is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
2. FORMAT OF MANUSCRIPTS
Papers beyond the scope or that do not follow the format of the Journal will be returned to the authors without being reviewed.
Preparing Manuscripts
Text
Font: Times New Roman
Font Size: 10
Line spacing: 1.5
Single Columns
Manuscript should be written in clear, concise and grammatically correct English. New paragraphs shold be started from new line. The manuscript should be presented in the following order:
Title Page: Type on a separate page. At the top provide a running head indicating the topic of the paper. Then list the full title of the paper; the names of all authors; and name and address of the institution(s) or organization(s) where the work was done. When authors are affiliated with more than one department or unit within an institution or with more than one institution, superscript numbers are used to indicate each author’s address. An asterisk (*) must be placed after the name of the author to whom correspondence about the paper and proofs are to be sent. The telephone, fax, and E-mail numbers should be mentioned for correspondence. No manuscript text appears on the title page.
Abstract: An abstract of no more than 400 words, must be placed on the second page of the paper to summarize the principal points of the study. The abstract should not contain references, figures, or tables.
Key Words: Four to six key words should be mentioned below Abstract.
Headings: Capitalize each word and bold. Sub-headings should be in Sentance case and italics.
Figures: All illustrations, whether diagrams or photographs, are referred to as Figures. They should be black and white, not colour, and numbered sequentially. All figures should be supplied with legend.
Please prepare all figures, especially line diagrams, to the highest possible standards. Bear in mind that lettering may be reduced in size by a factor of 2 or 3, and that fine lines may disappear.
Tables: Number in order of mention in the text and Table should be in text form not shown as an image.
Equations: All mathematical equations should be clearly printed/typed using well accepted explanation. Superscripts and subscripts should be typed clearly above or below the base line. Equation numbers should be given in Arabic numerals enclosed in parentheses on the right-hand margin. They should be cited in the text as, for example, Eq. (1), or Eqs. (1)-(3).
Units: Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other units are mentioned, please give their equivalent in SI.
References
References in the text should be in full if they have one or two authors (e.g.: Fang, 2002; Budeker and Kronenberg, 2002); in the case of multiple authors they should be cited as Yeun et al., 2007. Full References should be provided in the References section.
Journal Articles: Amanullah, A., Tuttiett, B., Nienow, A.W. 1998. Agitation speed and dissolved oxygen effects in xanthan fermentations. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 57, 198–210.
A Book: Durbin, R., Eddy, S.R., Krogh, A., Mitchison, G. 1999. Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids. Cambridge University Press.
A Chapter in a Book: Leach, J.1993. Impacts of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on water quality and fish spawning reefs of Western Lake Erie. In Zebra mussels: biology, impacts and control, Eds., Nalepa, T., Schloesser, D. Ann Arbor, MI: Lewis Publishers, pp: 381-397.
A Report: Makarewicz, J.C., Lewis, T., Bertram, P. 1995. Epilimnetic phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass and species composition in Lake Michigan, 1983-1992. U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program, Chicago, IL. EPA 905-R-95-009.
Conference Proceedings: Stock, A. 2004. Signal Transduction in Bacteria. In the Proceedings of the 2004 Markey Scholars Conference, pp: 80-89.
A Thesis: Strunk, J.L. 1991. The extraction of mercury from sediment and the geochemical partitioning of mercury in sediments from Lake Superior, M. S. thesis, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI.
3. MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
Manuscripts for VIJR are submitted electronically via email at ijr@imsec.ac.in Authors are requested to mention the names of three experts with corresponding addresses, who can review their articles. Note that the editor retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.
Copyright and Permissions
By submitting a manuscript to the editor or publisher you are deemed to have granted permission to publish the manuscript.
Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author by e-mail. Proofs will be sent as an Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) file. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read the PDF. This software can be downloaded from the following website:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen and printed out in order for any corrections to be added.
Reprints
Upon final publication, an issue will be made available online at: www.ijrimsec.com
Corresponding author will also receive a hard copy of the journal.
To facilitate editorial work, please keep the editorial office informed of any changes in your address, e-mail address and telephone number
Manuscripts must be submitted along with the author's agreement document .The agreement form can be downloaded via the following links.
