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Elaborate Article Format

General Instructions

Text should be formatted in Times New Roman font with 10pt size and the alignment should be justified throughout the manuscript except Headings and Title.
Double spaces should be removed in the manuscript.
Sentences should be aligned to the respective paragraph only.
Spaces should not be used in the beginning of paragraph.
Sentences should not start with any numerical value.
Italics should not be used for et al. while mentioning hidden authors name, and the representation should be like et al.
Use hyphen (-) to join or separate two words depending on the requirement. No space is allowed before and after hyphen (-).
Use en dash (–) to represent a span or range of numbers, dates, or time. No space is allowed before and after en dash.
Use en dash (—) in the places of commas, parentheses, or colons based on.
Only first letter of the disease name should be in upper case and remaining name should be in lower case.
Date format: Date, Month, Year.
There should not be periods in between country name acronyms. For example: UK, USA but not U.K., U.S.A
The representation of scientific names should be as follows:
Only binomial nomenclature should be followed.
Scientific names should be mentioned in italics only.
The genus name is always represented with an initial capital letter.

Scientific names

Scientific names should be mentioned in parenthesis when used with common name. For example: "The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is decreasing in Europe."
Scientific names should be written completely. Except in case of listing several species from the same genus or the same species is repeated, then the genus name is written in full for the first time and abbreviated later on to an initial followed by a period. For example: Canis lupus, C. aureus, C. simensis.
In very few cases, scientific names can be used in abbreviated form directly. For example: E. coli, and T. rex.
If the actual specific name cannot or need not be specified, then the abbreviation "sp." is used. The abbreviation "spp." is a plural form. These abbreviations should not be italicized. For example: Canis sp., Canis spp.
In case of naming gene and protein, gene name should be italicized; protein name need not be kept in italics.
Drug names: Generic names should be in lower case where registered names should start with an upper-case letter.
Space should not be given before and after hyphen in chemical names.
Table content should be aligned centrally where the words/phrases should be intact and properly aligned.
Authors are allowed to use short forms for “That is” and “For example” as “i.e.,” and “e.g.,” respectively.
In case of quoted text, punctuations (except colon and semicolon) should be mentioned inside the quotation marks.
Space is not allowed in front of any punctuation mark.
Paragraphs should end with a full stop.
Usage of parenthesis at the beginning of sentences is not allowed.

Title

Should be in Title case in Times New Roman font, 15pt, Bold with Central alignment.
Full stop should not be used at the end.
“I”, “We” should not be used in the Title (exceptions: Editorials, Letter to Editors, Commentary and Opinion Articles).
Conjunctions, Prepositions should be in lower case.
Words like “in vitro, in vivo, ex vivo, etc.” should be italicized.

Author Details and Affiliations

Author Names

Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, alignment should be justified.
Initials should be there after Last name and names should be separated by comma (,).
Full stop should not be used at the end.
Affiliation number should be in superscript in case of multiple affiliations.
If only one affiliation is there for all the authors, then numbers are not required.
Corresponding author should be highlighted by using an asterisk (*) symbol after the affiliation number. There is no need to put a comma (,) before the asterisk mark.

Affiliations

Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 10pt, alignment should be justified.
Author designations should not be mentioned.
Full stop should not be used at the end.
City name followed by Pin code/Zip code.

Corresponding Author Details

Heading should be bold and start with an Asterisk (*) symbol and text should be in Times New Roman, 10pt and ends with colon (:).
Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, alignment should be justified.
Corresponding author name, Affiliation and Address should be separated by comma (,) and Telephone, Fax and Emails should be separated by semicolon (;)
Phone, Fax and Emails should be represented as Tel: +0000000, Fax: 000000, Email: abcdef@abc.ab
Full stop should not be used at the end.
For Example: *corresponding author: Dr. Author Name, Designation, Department, University name, University address with country, Tel: +0000000, Fax: 0000000, Email: abcdef@abc.ab

Abstract

Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, alignment should be justified.
Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, alignment should be justified.
Abstract should be limited to 250-300 words which should provide the brief information about the background, methodology and the outcome of the study.
Abstract should be presented in a single paragraph and structured abstracts are not allowed. Please follow the specific instruction provided for each journal for details.
It should be free from formulae, acronyms and references/citations.
Graphical Abstracts may be incorporated within the abstract box only wherever needed.

Keywords

Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, alignment should be justified.
Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, alignment should be justifie
Keywords should be separated by semicolon (;).
Full stop should not be used at the end.
First letter of the first word should be capitalized.
Only abbreviated forms without acronyms should be kept as keywords in sentence case.
If abbreviation is lengthy and cannot be placed, then acronym can be used.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, alignment should be justified.
Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, alignment should be justified.
Abbreviations should be separated by semicolon (;).
Full stop should not be used at the end.
In case of using abbreviations, the acronym of the abbreviation must be mentioned within parenthesis whenever it appears for the first time in the text. Later on, use of only acronym is enough.
If sentence/paragraph starts with abbreviation/acronym it should convey the meaning appropriately.
Instead of title case, lower case should be used for abbreviations expressing general phrases, experimental procedures, disease names, therapy/treatment names, receptor’s names etc. in the body of the text.
Company/organization names, universities, associations etc., can be capitalized.
If disease names, experimental procedures etc., are coined after any person, they can be capitalized.

Body Text

Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, alignment should be justified.

Introduction
Materials and Methods
Result
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
Appendix
References

Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, alignment should be justified.
Sub Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold, alignment should be justified.
Sub-Sub-Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold, alignment should be justified.
Inline paragraph separated from heading with colon (:).
Sub-Sub-Sub-Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold + Italicized, alignment should be justified.
Inline paragraph separated from heading with colon (:).
Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Italicized, alignment should be justified.
Inline paragraph separated from heading with colon (:).

Citation of References

References should be cited in Square brackets “[]” in the manuscript.
Multiple references should be separated by comma (,) and space should not be there after comma (,).
Range of references should be separated by en dash (–) and space should not be there before and after en dash (2–11).
Different citations in the text within the Square brackets “[]” should be presented following the order of appearance in the reference section.
Any sentence/paragraph should not start with the reference without author name.
Single author: “Author name [7] summarized the different harvesting”.
Two authors: “Author name and Author name [10] reported that genetically engineered green algae”.
More than two authors: “Author name et al. [67] made use of simple large unit micro strainers”.

Figures and Tables

Heading: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 8pt, Bold, alignment should be justified.
Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 8pt, alignment should be justified.
All legends should end with a full stop.
All Figures and Tables should be cited in body text in chronical order and they should follow Title case only.
It is not mandatory to maintain the order of sub figures sub sub tables in the body text, however, citations should be maintained in the body text as Figure 1a, Table 3b, etc.
In case of using any abbreviations in the legends, they must be mentioned in the abbreviations section.
Figure and Table foot notes must not end with a full stop
Space should not be given after representative characters such as alphabets, numbers and asterisks etc. in Figure and Table foot notes. Representation of such characters should be in superscript only.
If two figures or tables are cited simultaneously in the body text, then they must be cited as “Figure 1 and 2”, “Table 1 and 2”, “Figure 1 and Table 1”, etc.
If more than two figures or tables are cited simultaneously in the body text, then they must be cited as “Figure 1–4”, “Table 1–7”, etc.

References

Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, alignment should be justified.
Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, alignment should be justified.
Language of references should be in English only.
Title in references should be in sentence case only.
Only scientific names should be italicized.
Superscripts, subscripts should be given wherever it is required. Ex: 2^ndnd, 5^th, Ch₂COOH, H₂SO₄, etc.
Number of references provided at the end of the article should match with the number of cited references in the body text.
Any additional references without citation in the body text are not allowed.
Complete reference should be provided without splitting.
There should be no duplicate references at the end of the article.

References Format

Reference for articles published in Journals

Author Names (Year) Article Title. Journal Name Volume Number: Page Number.

Reference for published Books

Author Names (Year) Book Title. Publisher

Book chapters

Author Names (Year) Book Title. Chapter Title, pp: Page Number.

Reference for Conference proceedings

Author Names (Year) Conference Discussion or presentation Topic. Conference Title, Place and Country.

Reference for Thesis and Dissertations

Author Names (Year) Title of the Research or Project. Institution Name.

Reference for Newspaper articles

Author Names (Year) Subject Title. News Paper Name, Accessed on: Date of Issue. Eg: Date Month Year (00 July 0000).

Reference for Web pages

Name of the Site or Publisher (Year) Title of the Page, [Url of the site]. Accessed on: Date Month Year.

Units and Measurements

SI standards for units and values should be followed.
Be cautious while presenting the multiplication and/or divisions of units.
For Example: ms-1 is reciprocal of milliseconds where m•s-1 is meters per second.
m•kg/(s3•A) is correct where m•kg/s³/A is not correct.
Zero should be used while representing decimals like 0.25 but not .25 and comma should not be used in the place of period.
25 cm × 48 cm is correct but not 25 × 48 cm.
1 MHz to 10 MHz or (1 to 10) MHz is correct but not 1 MHz-10 MHz or 1 to 10 MHz.
20 °C to 30 °C or (20 to 30) °C is correct but not 20 °C-30 °C or 20 to 30 °C.
123 g ± 2 g or (123 ± 2) g is correct but not 123 ± 2 g.
70 % ± 5 % or (70 ± 5) % is correct but not 70 ± 5 %.
Space before °C and % is not mandatory but follow the consistency throughout the manuscript.
Unit symbols and unit names should not be mixed and mathematical operations should not be applied to unit names.
For more details:http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html.
Single space or Thin space (Shortcut: 2009+Alt+X) should be given before any Unit symbol in combination with preceding numerical.
Thin space should be given before and after mathematical symbols (keyboard and non-keyboard).
Equations and Formulas should be in the MathType format only in the final PDF.
Authors are being requested to submit their formula/equation preferably in MathType.
Inline and simple equations should be provided in text format only.

Quick Article Format

Title

The title has to be 1-12 words in length.
‘I’, ‘We’ should not be used in the Title.
Scientific names should be italicized.
Conjunctions and Prepositions should be in lower case.

List of Authors

It depends upon the author’s contribution.
No limit for No.of authors.
Authors: First name, Middle name, Last name, Initial or Surname is must.
Superscript the numbering and mark the affiliation for each author name at the end.

Author Affiliation

Author designations should not be mentioned, Ex: Assistant Professor.
Name, department, institution, place, country.
Pin code, Zip code, street No, Ave Number information should be provided.
Country name have to be there at the end.
Full stop should not be used at the end.

Corresponding Author Affiliation

Mention Affiliation and Address.
Mention Full Name, Designation, Department, Institution, Place, Country.
Pin code, Zip code, Street No, Ave Number information should be provided.
Telephone, Fax and Email information should be provided.

Abstract

Abstract should be limited to 250-300 words.
Should provide the brief information about the background, methodology and the outcome of the study.
It should be free from formulae, acronyms, references and citations.

Keywords

Keywords should be limited to 5-6 words.
Only abbreviated forms without acronyms should be kept as keywords.

Abbreviations/Acronyms

It’s optional if any Abbreviations/Acronyms present in the text you may mention.
It may contain Sub Headings.
Maximum 2-4 paragraphs.

Material and Methods

It may contain Sub Headings, Sub-Sub-Headings, Sub-Sub-Sub-Headings, etc.
Maximum 5-6 main headings will be good.

Research Elaborations

It may contain Sub Headings, Sub-Sub-Headings, Sub-Sub-Sub-Headings, etc.
Maximum 1 or 2 main headings will be good.

Results

A section describing results is particularly necessary if your paper includes data generated from your own research.

Conclusion

It should be drafted within a single paragraph.

Appendix

It’s optional.
Appendix includes Mathematical proofs, lists of words, the questionnaire used in the research, a detailed description of an apparatus used in the research, etc.
You may have more than one appendix like Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, etc.

Acknowledgment

Acknowledge research contributions done by people other than the authors.
The section should state the findings of the research arranged in a logical sequence without bias or interpretation.
Do not acknowledge non‐science contributors.
Acknowledge by name only do not use titles, honorifics, positions, or awards.

Funding Statement

It’s optional if funding is available you can mention.
Source of funding origination and its address along with grant number details should be provided.

Tables

It should contain proper data.
No empty cell is allowed.
Give legends properly.
Multiple tables can be inserted Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, etc.

Figures

Figures includes graphs, diagrams, photos, drawings, schematics, maps, etc.
Multiple figures can be inserted Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, etc.
Format: jpg or png.

References

A limit for references is quality over quantity.
It should mention Authors name, published year, title, Issue number, Journal name or book name, volume number, page number.
If possible mention:

ISBN: International Standard Book Number.
SICI: Serial Item and Contribution Identifier.
DOI: Digital object identifier.
PMID: PubMed Identifier.
ISSN: International Standard Serial Number.

In General: Research Article

Show with source.
Explain with Evidence.
Be focused in your research work.
Use high quality images.
Good paper will be finished at a maximum of 6-15 pages with recent and strong evidence.