Author's Guidelines

Manuscript structure: Manuscript should be written in Times New Roman 12 point with double spacing. The manuscript should be submitted in MS-Word (2003/2007). The manuscript should be divided into the sections Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement and References.

Title page

The title page should include title of paper, authors name, their affiliations, e-mail of corresponding author, abstract, key-words, etc.

Abstract

The paper should be preceded by an abstract (150-250 words) that summarizes the content.

Key-words

The paper should include a list of 5-8 key words.

Headings and Sub-headings

Bold 12 point Times New Roman with 2 line space, first letter capital. The headings and sub-headings can be categorized by numbering e.g. for heading 1. Introduction; for sub-heading 1.1.; second sub-heading 1.1.1., etc.

All pages should be numbered consecutively.

Tables and Figures

Each Figure and Table should have self explaining captions and be numbered consecutively, inserted in the text and cited in the text.

Abbreviations and units: SI units should be used, e.g.: mg, g, kg, m, cm, mm, l (liter), ml, s (second), min (minute), h (hour), mol-1. Also use mg 1-1, in place of mg/liter.

Citation of references in the text: the references should be citated in the text as followed:

For single author e.g. (Bhat, 2000)

For two authors e.g. (Paugazhabadivu and Jeyachandran, 2005)

For more than two authors e.g. (Kumar et al., 2009), etc.

For two or more papers by author(s) in the same year can be differentiated by a, b?.. e.g. 2009a; 2009b, etc.

References: References should be listed alphabetically at the end of text as follows:

Single author: Bhat M.K. (2000) Cellulases and related enzymes in biotechnology. Biotechnol. Adv., 18:355-383.

Two authors: Paugazhabadivu M. and Jeyachandran K. (2005) Investigations on the performance and exhaust imissions of a diesel engine using preheated waste frying oil as fuel. Renewable Energy, 30:2189- 2202.

For more than two authors: Kumar S., Singh S.P., Mishra I.M. and Adhikari D.K. (2009) Ethanol and xylitol production from glucose and xylose at high temperature by Kluyveromyces sp. IIPE453. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 36:1483-1489.

For book: Pandey A., Soccol C.R., Rodriguez L. and Nigam P. (2001) Solid-State Fermentation in Biotechnology. Asiatech Publishers Inc., New Delhi.

For book chapter: Ghosh P. and Ghose T. K. (2003) Bioethanol in India: Recent past and emerging future. In: Scheper T. (Ed.), Advanced Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, Biotechnology in India II. Springer, New York, 20, pp. 1-27.

Patents: Norman LO (1998) Lightning rods. US Patent 4,379,752, 9 Sept 1998.

Website: ISSN International Centre (2006) The ISSN register. http://www.issn.org. Accessed on 20 Feb 2007