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Author guidelines
You are welcome to The Scope Insights. The fact that you have developed interest in and thus are willing to grant us your research is highly appreciated. To have a trouble-free submission procedure and follow high standards of our publication, please consider following guidelines carefully and make sure that you follow them. When an author submits a paper to The Scope Insights this means that the manuscript has not been previously published and/or is under consideration by another journal. The manuscripts are to be produced as either emails or via Online Article Submission form to this multidisciplinary journal (The Scope Insights). Article Submission should be done on the page “Submit Paper”.
Submission of manuscripts by their authors is done through email. Submission in hard copies will not be allowed. Automatic response will be given to receipt of submissions. After scrutinizing the paper to be published in The Scope Insights on its suitability, the editor will electronically send the paper to two or more reviewer who will make decisions as to whether it should be published, rejected or publicized with modifications. All this is done electronically including the communication with the author. Authors as well as reviewers are anonymous. The completed papers that are accepted will be dedicated to a particular issue of The Scope Insights to be published.
The word-length of papers should be held to between 2000 and 5000 words, not counting footnotes and references. It is also possible that authors should follow the APA referencing style as explained below. The submissions that lack conformity with the specifications of the journal will be sent back to the authors to make corrections; no review will be carried out if the authors did not follow the specifications. Manuscripts are in either English or Hindi. All the papers must consist of the 200-300 words abstract. Also, it is required to give, up to 4-6 keywords.
Individually and collectively, all authors are answerable to the concerned authorities about the contents of the manuscripts. The Editorial Committee/Publisher shall not at all be answerable to the contents of manuscript and the views and interpretations expressed by the authors in the manuscripts in any manner whatsoever. The Editor makes any decisions related to publication of the manuscripts, and they are final. The accepted manuscripts will allow the Editor to conduct editorial revision of the manuscript, limit the number of pages, and tables and figures. There will be no explanation on why the manuscript is not accepted. Notwithstanding acceptance of the articles and formalities, conclusion of publication activities by the author, journal has the right to make corrections in the final version of the study article to fulfil the demands of the journal. Submission fee will not be refunded after being sent. The authors are encouraged to pay publication fee once their research paper is accepted. The published papers are available to all individuals, or they can be retrieved later by search functionalities.
The Reference List should be single-spaced 10pt, with distinctions between references marked by single carriage returns and hanging indents. References are to be in the APA style.
Manuscript Design: The mentioned authors should have contributed a substantial intellectual content to the study. The journal policies will usually be in line with Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)guidelines.
- File Types: If there are any file types (e.g., .docx, .text) preferred by the journal to submit manuscript and figures, make sure you have.
- Originality: The manuscript should be original, never published before and not under any consideration to be published in other sources. General Formatting: o Margins and Spacing: 2.5 cm margins and most of the time, 2-spaces.
o Font: A font that is standard and legible such as times new roman, 12 point font size.
o Justification: Left-justified is general practice.
Standard Sections (IMRaD): Most journals prefer that research articles have a set structure commonly known as IMRaD, that is, Introduction, Methods,
Results and Discussion: o Title: It ought to be short, precise and represent what you have written in your paper. Apply jargon and abbreviations as little as possible. Authors and Affiliations: Real names and affiliations of all the authors.
Abstract: A brief, self-contained description of the work (usually limited in number of words, such as 200-300 words). It must mention the background, methods, critical findings and major findings.
Keywords: A list of 4-8 keywords to enable the reader to locate your paper as well as search engine.
Introduction: It gives the background of the research field, the problem or knowledge gap of the research or states clearly your research question/hypothesis or research aims. End with a small conclusion on how your paper is structured or on your findings
Material and Methods:
o Include in detail a description of your experimental design and procedures such that another researcher could follow your work.
o Provide a statement of the participants, materials, equipment and statistical tests conducted.
o For known techniques a reference suffices; for new techniques specify them.
- Results: It makes the results enjoyable giving them in a clear way, and this is often done using figures and tables. The results discussed in this section are not to be interpreted. Discussion: Write your discussion of the results you have in relation to available literatures. Describe the meaning of your results. Talk about your study limitations. Recommend prospective research. Finish with a punchy appendix of what you have stated.
- Conclusion (Optional): An overview of the most significant results and what they mean as a whole. • Acknowledgments: Place on record people who made a contribution to the study, and do not qualify as authors, and sources of funding.
- References: Proper listing and naming of all the sources point out to. Make sure you are using the style of citation as indicated in the journal. References are to be in the APA style.
- Figures and Tables: Good quality figures and tables, which are established with identification number and text description. The technical specifications of the journal must be used to format them.
Special Note: we grant liberty to the authors to indicate the structure of the body of manuscript and citation style because of covering several disciplines by the ‘The Academic. Manuscripts may have sections such as materials and methods, results, etc that may not be applicable to art manuscripts, etc.
Declaration form: We need to get authors to sign to publication of papers in our journal so they can be indexed to other repositories. You are asked to download and fill the copyright form and sign it and submit along with the final copy of your manuscript.