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Instructions to Author

  • The manuscript should be prepared in English using "MS Word". "Times New Roman" font should be used. The font size should be of 12pt. All popular and research articles should have the following sections: Title, Author(s) Name, Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Contents, Conclusion, Acknowledgement (if any) and References (if used,  follow the standard APA format as given below).

  • Article must be within magazine article page limit (within 4-5 pages)

  • Title: The title should then followed by the author name and the institution name and address by indicating suitable superscripts. Title page should contain title of the paper in bold face, title case, names of the authors in normal face, upper case (font size 12) followed by the address(es) in normal face lower case. An asterisk (*) must be placed after the corresponding authors name as superscript. Corresponding author has the responsibility to ensure that all co-authors are aware and approve the contents of the submitted manuscript. It is recommended to provide email id and telephone number of all authors.

  • Abstract: This section should detail the problems, experimental approach, major findings and conclusion in one paragraph and should appear on the second page. Avoid abbreviation, diagram and references in the abstract. It should not exceed 150 words.

  • Keywords: Author(s) must give about 4-6 key words which can identify the most important subjects covered by the paper. They must be placed at the end of the abstract.

  • Introduction: The manuscript should include a brief introduction stating the purpose of the investigation and relating the manuscript to similar previous research. Only information essential to the arguments should be presented.

  • Contents: This section must contain specific details about the materials studied, instruments used, specialized chemicals source and related experimental details which allows other research worker to reproduce the results. Obtain permission for all fully borrowed, adapted, and modified tables and provide a credit line in the footnotes. The results should be concisely presented. The interpreted results should be explained clearly in discussions and should relate them to the existing knowledge in the field as clearly as possible. Tables, Graphs and figures (Illustrations) should be inserted in to the main text at respective place they should appear when published and should have appropriate numbers and titles with an explanatory heading. 

  • Acknowledgement (if any): This section can be kept at the end of the manuscript before reference section. This section can be used to acknowledge the help of those who do not qualify for authorship or to acknowledge funding, donated resources or significant contribution to the research.

  • References: References to the literature cited for the manuscript should be numbered in order of appearance in the manuscript and cited in the text with superscript numbers. The reference number should follow the following format.

  • For Journals Format: Author(s) of article (surname initials).Year of publication. Title of the manuscript. Journal title abbreviated volume number (issue number): page numbers.

  • Standard journal article: (If more than six authors, the first six shall be listed followed by et al.) Nair R. M., Pandey A. K., War A. R., Rao B. H., Shwe T., Alam A. et al. 2019. Biotic and abiotic constraints in mungbean production - progress in genetic improvement. Front. Plant Sci. 10: 1340.

  • For Books and other monograph Format: Author AB, Author BB, Author CC. Title of Book. Ed, Vol, Publisher, City, year, page numbers. Nadkarni KM. Indian Materia Medica. Edn 3, Vol. I, Popular Prakashan, Mumbai, 2000, 242-246.

  • Chapter in a book: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of chapter. In B. B. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xxx–xxx). Location: Publisher.

  • For Patent Reference: Aviv H, Friedman K and Vered V. Submicron emulsions as ocular drug delivery vehicles. U.S. Patent US 5496811; 1996.

  • For Website Reference: Quick dissolving tablets. http:/www.biospace.com. 27 May, 2010.

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