- Authors should submit original research work. Papers should contain review of literature, research gaps, significance of the study, references and an objective discussion of results. Authors are required to ensure that the submitted work has not been published elsewhere. If the authors have used the work of others the same should be appropriately cited or quoted. Applicable copyright laws and conventions are required to be followed. Copyrighted materials should be reproduced only with permission and due acknowledgement.
- Authors are not expected to submit manuscripts containing the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is not allowed and, if discovered, would result in rejection of the paper.
- In case of multiple authors, it is expected that all the authors should have significantly contributed to the research. The corresponding author should ensure that names of all co-authors are included in the paper. Also, the co- authors should have approved the final version of the paper.
- The authors should vet and authenticate press proof of the paper.
- The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have agreed to the submission of the paper to the journal for publication.
- All sources of financial support should be mentioned.
- Responsibility of the above lies with the corresponding author
