Welcome to Research Discourse

Complete Instructions to authors, publication policy and ethical policy

Articles are accepted for publishing on the understanding that these contain original unpublished work, not submitting the publishing anywhere else..

The Steps to Submit Manuscripts

FILE NAME

1.Name of a Main Document: Name with the Running title of your manuscript

2. Name of images: Images are named as Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figure 3 and so on in ascending order. It may also be submitted separately as Figure 1A, Figure 1B and so on if there is a group of figures.

PREPARATIONS BEFORE SUBMISSION

You can only upload one file that does not exceed 5 MB each time, including main document, images and tables. You must upload them separately or convert to a single PDF before uploading if the files exceed 5 MB. The sequence of uploaded files is as follows: :

1.Article scope : related to arts, social, law, management, commerce .

2.Specialty Type: Please choose one key word from Specialty Type.

3.Article Type: Editorial, Topic Highlights, Observation, Research, Review, Original Articles, Brief Articles, Case Report, Letters To The Editor, Book Reviews, Guidelines.

4.Title: Your title may contain as many as 25 words, and can include special characters. .

5.Running Title: A short running title of less than 6 words should be provided.

6.Keywords: Please list 5 key words for each manuscript

7.Abstract: Your abstract may contain as many as 200 words, and can include special characters.

8.Cover Letter: Your cover letter may contain as many as 480 words, and can include special characters.

9.Main Text : Time New Roman, font size 12, line spacing 1.5, justified, with a margin left 1.5 inch and right 1.0 inch, top 1.0 inch and bottom 1.0 inch.

10.Units:Use SI units; a few examples are given below: Hectare (ha), Milligram (mg), Rupees (₹), Million hectares (Mha), Litre (l), Tonne (t), Millilitre (ml), Million tonnes (Mt), Gram (g), Meter (m), Kilogram (kg) and Centimeter (cm). Please note that no full stop is used after the abbreviation of units.

Suggested Reviewers:You may not fill in your suggested reviewers using the textboxes.

Correspondence to (Name, Title, Department, Institution, Address, City, ZIP/Postal Code, Country, E-mail). This person is the formal Corresponding Author as denoted on the title page of the manuscript. International and Indian authors fill out the box in English

11.Sponsors/Acknowledgments

12.Invoice Address International and Indian authors fill out the box in English.

13.Suggested Reviewers: You may not fill in your suggested reviewers using the textboxes.

14.Correspondence to (Name, Title, Department, Institution, Address, City, ZIP/Postal Code, Country, E-mail). This person is the formal Corresponding Author as denoted on the title page of the manuscript. International and Indian authors fill out the box in English

16.Number of authors.

17.All color; black and white images should be saved and supplied as TIFF, GIF, EPS, Power Point or high-quality JPEG files to a minimum of 300 dpi. Image: You can mail the images less than 5 MB. But the images that exceed 5 MB must be converted in PDF or be send as several separate files.

18.Manuscript: Its contents should include title, running title, all authors’ names, affiliations, author contributions, supported by, correspondence to, telephone, fax, abstract (aim, methods, results, and conclusion), key words, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, references, figure legends, and table.

3.MAIL FILES IN WORD AND PDF FORM

1.Select your Article scope and Specialty Type. Give Total number of authors, your Title, Running title, Keywords, Abstract, Cover Letter, Sponsors/Acknowledgments, Invoice Address and All Authors Consent into the appropriate form.

2.Give all Authors’ Information in the Research paper. Special Attention: Double-check that the formal Corresponding Author has been designated.

3.Give Image files, Number of Manuscript Pages, Total Number of Figures, Number of Line Drawings and Graphs, Number of Black & White Figures, Number of Color Figures, Number of Tables, Word count, Abstract word count in the boxes.

If you have any other questions, please visit Editorial Office or email to researchdiscourse2012@gmail.com or call at office. Thanks for your attention and submission!

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

 Contributions should be sent by email to Dr. Anish Kumar Verma, Research Discourse : An International refereed Research Journal (anish.verma242@gmail.com, researchdiscourse2012@gmail.com).

All submissions must be accompanied by a covering letter stating the title, author’s (s) full name, name of affiliated institute (University/College or other Organization) and author’s (s) contact details i.e. Permanent Address, Email and Mobile Number.

Papers are reviewed on the understanding that they are submitted solely to this Journal. If accepted, please make sure that the paper/article may not be published elsewhere in full or in part without the Editor-in-Chief’s permission.

Please save your manuscript into the following separate files-Title; • Abstract; • Manuscript; • Appendix. To ensure anonymity in the review process, do not include the names of authors or institution in the abstract or body of the manuscript.

Abstract:This file should contain a short abstract of no more than 200 words.

Manuscript:This file should contain the main body of the manuscript. Paper should be between 5 to 10 pages in length, and should include only such reviews of the literature as are relevant to the argument. An exact word count must be given on the title page. Papers longer than 10 pages (including abstracts, appendices and references) will not be considered for publication. Undue length will lead to delay in publication. Authors are reminded that Journal readership is abroad and international and papers should be drafted with this in mind. Main Text document must be in- Time New Roman, font size 12, line spacing 1.5, justified, with a margin left 1.5 inch and right 1.0 inch, top 1.0 inch and bottom 1.0 inch.

References:Only cited works should be included in reference list. The reference list should be alphabetized and not numbered. Authors should uniformly follow the reference citation strictly in APA’s (American Psychological Association) 6th edition. Citations should be first alphabetical and then chronological, for example, ‘(Ahmed 1987; Sarkar 1987; Wignaraja 1960)’. and can learn from flowing link (http://www.citethisforme.com/apa) or follow the examples.

Examples:

Book Khandwalla, P. N. (2003). Corporate creativity: The winning edge. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill.

Edited Book: Teheranian, M., Hakimzadeh, F., & Vidale, M. L. (Eds.) (1977). Communications policy for National Development: A comparative perspective. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.

Chapter/paper in an Edited Book: Moles, A. A. (1977). The cultural compass and the transmission of values. In Teheranian, M., Hakimzadeh, F., & Vidale, M. L. (Eds.) Communications policy for National Development: A comparative perspective (pp. 78-91). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
Journal Article: Online and Hardcopy (The DOI- Digital Object Finder is required only for online articles)
D’ Haenes, L., Jankowski, N., & Heuvelman, A. (2004). News in online and print newspapers: Differences in reader consumption and recall. New Media & Society, 6(3), 363–382. doi: 10.1177/1461444804042520

Journal Article: from a database without a DOI Lamsa, A., & Tiensuu, T. (2002). Representation of the women leader in Finnish business media articles. Business ethics: An European Review, 11(4), 363-374. Retrieved December 2, 2009, from EBSCO Business Source Complete.

Diagrams and tables are expensive of space and should be used sparingly. All diagrams, figures and tables should be in black and white, numbered and should be referred to in the text. They should be placed at the end of the manuscript with their preferred location indication in the manuscript (e.g. Figure 1 here).

Appendix: Authors that employ mathematical modelling or complex statistics should place the mathematics in a technical appendix.

NOTE: Please submit your paper either by post or e-mail along with your photo, bio-data, e-mail Id and a self-addressed envelope with a revenue stamp worth Rs.51 affixed on it. One hard copy along with the CD should also be sent. A self-addressed envelope with revenue stamp affixed on it should also be sent for getting the acceptance letter. Contributors submitting their papers through e-mail will be sent the acceptance letter through the same. Editorial Board’s decision will be communicated within a week of the receipt of the paper. For more information, please contact on my mobile before submitting the paper. All decisions regarding members on Editorial board or Advisory board Membership will rest with the Editor. Every member must make 20 members for SARDI in six months. For getting the copies of ‘Reprints’, kindly inform before the publication of the Journal. In this regard, the fees will be charged from the author.