Jigyasa
Jigyasa, a quarterly journal, will
be published every year in the first week of the March, June, September and
December. The journal focuses to publish original and exclusive research
articles on all subjects pertaining to Arts and Humanities. The objective of
the journal is to provide a forum to the scholars, teacher-educators,
educational planners, administrators, and researchers etc. to contribute
thought provoking articles, book reviews, and research papers etc, both in Hindi
or English.
Attention
Authors:
1.
Research papers submitted must be original. It should neither have been
published earlier nor should be under the consideration of any other
publication.
2.
Papers should add to the knowledge of different disciplines by providing
a new insight either through new information substantiation or contradiction of
the previous findings, theory, phenomenon, application and development of a new
technique etc.
3.
Any sort of plagiarism is not acceptable. Even after acceptance, if an
article is found to be plagiarized, it will be sent back. The authors may even
be blacklisted.
4.
The decision to publish the paper will exclusively be of the Editorial
Board. The papers may be sent back to the author for incorporating changes as
suggested and for proof reading. However, the Editorial Board reserves the
right to incorporate minor changes including the format and presentation of the
manuscript.
5.
A copy of the journal will be made available to all the contributors on
complimentary basis.
Guidelines for
authors:
1.
The manuscript should be typed in MS Word, either in Hindi or English,
double-space on one side of A-4 sized paper having 1" margin on all sides.
2.
Font: Main body – 12 pt.
in Times New Roman for English.
Font: Main body – 14pt. in
Chandini for Hindi.
3.
The full length of the research papers and articles should be between 1500-2500 words.
4.
An abstract of not more than 200 words is required.
5.
The articles should preferably be illustrated, with bold and short
captions/ Headings. Sub-heading should also be in bold letters. Footnotes
should be used only if necessary.
6.
To the extent possible, tables and illustrations should appear in the
document near/after where they are referenced in the text. Avoid the use of
overly small type in tables. In no case should tables or figures be in separate
document or file.
7.
Tables must be numbered consecutively and must have a brief title.
8.
The paper should start with an introduction and end with a conclusion,
summarizing the findings of the paper.
9.
Authors must submit one hard copy as well as one soft copy (in CD)
mentioning the title of the paper and the filename.
10. References: It is the author's
obligation to provide complete references with necessary information.
References should appear in the text as: "Ehrman and Oxford (1989)
reported that ............." and the list of all the references must be
placed at the end of the manuscript in the alphabetical order in the following
style.
- Ehrman M and Oxford R
(1989), "Effects of Sex Differences, Career Choice and Psychological Type
on Adult Language Learning Strategies", Modern Language Journal, Vol. 73, pp. 1-13.
11. Facts of papers presented/
submitted in a conference/ seminar must be clearly mentioned at the bottom of
the first page of the manuscript and the author should specify with whom the
copyright rests.
12. Papers are processed through
a blind referral system by experts in the subject. To ensure anonymity, the
writer's name, designation and other details should appear only on the first
page along with the title of the paper and should not be repeated anywhere
else.
13. Every author is required to
send his/her black and white passport sized photograph.
14. Authors are advised to avoid
the usage of ambiguous words.
15. All manuscript should be
accompanied by the certificate:
Certificate
The manuscript/paper titled
............................ is original, exclusive and unpublished material.
It is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Further, it will not
be submitted for publication elsewhere, until a decision is conveyed regarding
its acceptability for publication in JIGYASA.
If accepted for publication, I/we agree that it will not be published elsewhere
either in whole or in part without the consent of JIGYASA.
I/We the undersigned authors
hereby, transfer/assign or otherwise convey all copyright ownership of my/our
paper, entitled ................................to the Jigyasa.
Date: Signature
Address
All contributions should be sent at the given
address.
To,
The Executive Editor
JIGYASA
Taranagar
Colony, Chhittupur
BHU,
Varanasi
E-mail :
jigyasabhu@gmail.com
Mob.
9415390515, 9336473737
© Poddar Foundation
Note : Scholars will be solely answerable to the
contents of their articles.
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