Author Guidelines

Those wishing to make a submission to the journal may note the following:

• Electronic submission of manuscripts is strongly encouraged and one copy of the paper, in MS word format, should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to the chief editor at naushadali.ls@amu.ac.in or naushadali.amu@gmail.com

• By submission of a manuscript an author certifies that the work is original and neither has been previously published nor is currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

• Every paper submitted to the journal will be blind-reviewed by members of the editorial board or qualified outside reviewers. On the recommendation of reviewers, a paper may be accepted, revised or rejected.

• The length of the contributions should be in the range of 4000-7000 words normally.

• Manuscripts should be written in English, typed double spaced, with ample margins and bear the title of the contribution. A brief autobiographical note of the author and co-authors, if any, should be supplied, including full name(s), position(s) held and name(s) of employing organization(s), address, E-Mail address and telephone/fax numbers.

• The papers must include an informative and completely self-explanatory abstract, 3 to 10 keywords and proper bibliographic references.

• Bibliographic references should be indicated in the text in Harvard style and listed at the end, following a proper standard, in the alphabetic order with the complete details of reference.

• Tables and illustrations should be given in an eye-legible size on separate sheets. They are to be numbered and fitted with concise, but self-explanatory captions. The location of each table or figure in the text should be specified at the appropriate place.

• Authors submitting articles for publication must warrant that their work is not an infringement of any existing copyright.Papers and published contributions become the legal copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed

• Contributor(s) will be responsible for all views and opinions expressed by them in their papers. Neither the editor nor the publisher will accept any responsibility in this regard.

• The Editor reserves the right to reject papers that, in the view of the editorial board, either are of insufficient quality, or are irrelevant to the subject area.