Types of Manuscript

Manuscript Submission

Electronic submission of manuscripts is strongly recommended, provided the text, tables and figures are included in a single Microsoft Word file (Preferably in Times New Roman, 12 fonts size with double space and leaving wide margin on both sides) should be submitted by online Electronic Submission System (ESS) only.

Manuscript Organization

The paper must be arranged in the following order with all pages numbered:-

•          Title page
•          Abstract and Keywords
•          Introduction
•          Materials and Methods
•          Results and Discussion
•          Acknowledgements
•          References
•          Tables in numerical order
•          Figures

Research Article

These articles should be clearly describing new and carefully confirmed results and experimental procedure which should be given in required details for others to verify the work. The article can be up to 3500 words including abstract and references. The authors have to check the manuscript extensively for grammatical and spelling mistakes before submission. The manuscript should be prepared in English using “MS-word” with 1cm margin on all side (Top, Bottom, Left and Right) of the page. “Times New Roman” font should be used. The font size should be 12 pt, but Title should be 14pt. All animals, plants and microorganism’s scientific names should be written in italics. All research article should be typed in double space the following subheadings: Title Page, Abstract, Key Words, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Acknowledgement (if any) and References.

Review Articles

Submission of mini-reviews and perspective covering topics of current interest are welcome and encouraged. Mini-reviews should be concise and no longer than 3 – 4 printed pages (about 8 – 12 manuscript pages) and full-length reviews should be concise and no longer than 6 – 8 printed pages (about 12 – 16 manuscript pages). A review should be topical, sufficiently critical and comprehensive with regards to citations to the literature. It should draw attention to outstanding problems and take care to accommodate different points of view. The format requirements for original research articles apply to reviews too.

Short Communication

A short Communication is suitable for recording the results of complete small investigations or giving details of new model or hypothesis, innovative methods, techniques or apparatus. The style of main sections need not conform to that of full-length of papers. However, mentioning subtitles like Introduction, Methodology, etc. should be avoided. Short communications are 3 to 4 print pages (about 6 to 10 manuscript pages) in length.