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Author Guidelines
Vision
Public Affairs and Governance, the bi-annual refereed journal is an endeavour to look into different dimensions of Public Affairs, Public Administration, Public Management, Public Service and other matters related to the governance.
Scope
The journal Public Affairs and Governance invites research papers, review articles, notes on fact finding and analytical research reports /studies etc. related to different aspects of public affairs, public administration, public management, public service and governance. The papers need not only be technical but should certainly add significantly to the existing body of knowledge and/or present a different perspective. Readability and sustaining the reader’s interest is an important criterion. Research based articles are strongly encouraged but focus should be on analysis and recommendations cutting down on technical aspects. Policy papers, best practices and case studies, creative concepts and applications, book reviews, commentaries, interviews and other thought provoking manuscripts are strongly encouraged. The manuscripts that address interdisciplinary topics or approach “traditional” topics from interdisciplinary perspective will be highly encouraged.
Public Affairs and Governance plans to publish the contributions in the following categories:
Policy: Submission in this section should discuss issues of policy framework and macro environment constructs that affect or are likely to affect issues related to governance administration and also the experiences of policy implementation at regional, national or global level so that interested readers may be benefitted accordingly.
Research: This category of papers/report shall be on any type of research-quantitative or qualitative undertaken by author(s). The research may involve the construction or testing of a model or framework. It may also be an action research, market research or survey based one, empirically tested, scientific or analytical one. Suitable encouragement will be accorded to a paper based on comparative study. The contributions likely to be published in the journal must be a work enriching the existing body of knowledge or leading in refining the practice of a profession or an activity.
Concept: The conceptual papers would present premise, make suggestions, develop and test hypothesis. These papers are likely to be discursive and may cover philosophical discussions and comparative studies of thought.
Review: Papers of this category are usually categorised into two classes. First, namely literature reviews, are typically critique of the literature related to a particular issue of academic or practitioner interest. The articles of this kind intend to see the development of thought and analysis of different viewpoints to throw up a pertinent question or converge to an opinion. Authors’ analysis is welcome in particular. Second type is the general reviews which are more general in nature and may provide an overview or historical examination of certain concept, technique, policy, programme/scheme, phenomenon or an institution. These are likely to be more descriptive or instructional (“how to” papers) than discursive.
Case studies: We look forward to two types of cases. One is the case studies of decision making, administrative process, evaluation of public management institution or practice or execution of a policy/programme/scheme and associated experience. The others are the firm level cases that raise a debate or highlight on a typical decision making situation that is generalisable and related to already established body of theoretical knowledge. Smaller firm level case studies demonstrating best practice or results of policy shall also be entertained in Best practice and/ or Practitioner notes category. Shorter communications of 1500-3000 words are welcome for following categories:
Viewpoint: This is envisaged as a forum to share imagination and opinions. These shorter communications rely on contents that draw on author beliefs and interpretations. Typical journalistic pieces can find a place in this section.
Best practice: Short communications are a platform to report and share best practices in governance and allied areas that have an educational value for other practitioners and may become fruitful to resolve the problem encountered.
Notes: Others who have a significant experience of working with and for administration consultants, academics, researchers, and administrators may contribute to this section. These notes are likely to benefit the readers from the experience of such individuals. The papers must highlight the challenges faced by the practitioners and opportunities available to individuals and organisations in administration and academics. The Notes must have some recommendations which are tactical in nature and me able to resolve the problem.
Concern: Entrepreneurs and others may raise relevant issues through this section. A complete (not lengthy) description of the challenge faced can be shared here. This may typically help to initiate a dialogue or research endeavours to seek answers to these pressing concerns.
Book reviews: Terse and lucid reviews of books targeted at start up and those useful for public administration and related subjects are also acceptable. In addition to the publication details of such books, the body of review should highlight objectives and/or overview of the contents of the book; and attributes, achievements and limitations of the book. The review must summarise for whom the book is suitable and for what purposes. Publishers may also send two copies of their publication to the editor for getting the book reviewed by the scholars in the field.
Preparing Manuscripts
The authors should submit their manuscript in MS-Word (2003/2007) in double column, 1.5-line spacing as per the following guidelines. Articles are not restricted to a certain length however, those of 4,000 to 5,000 words are considered proper (Policy, Research, Concept, Review, and Case study sections). Shorter contributions of 1500 to 3,000 words are also invited for inclusion in Viewpoint, Best practice, Notes, Book reviews and Concern sections of the journal (suitable work may include innovative examples of entrepreneurial behaviour and discussion of policy related issues). Following must be kept in mind while preparing manuscripts for the Public Affairs and Governance. The manuscript should be organized to have a Title page, Abstract with key words, Introduction, Material & Methods, Results & Discussion, Conclusion and Acknowledgment followed by References.
Cover page: The cover page should contain only and only title, structure, abstract, key words, autobiographical note and contact details.
Title: Please suggest a title of not more than ten words, and an auto-biographical note. A brief autobiographical note should include full name, affiliation and contact address including e-mail id and fax number (if any).
Keywords: Authors should also provide up to 5 keywords or descriptors that clearly describe the subject matter of the article as these help to describe the subject content of an article to prospective readers and to index the article for retrieval from a database or bibliography.
The main body of manuscript starts from second page and should conform to following details. Always use UK English.
Headings: These should be typed in capitals and should not be numbered. Sub-headings should be typed in upper and lower case.
Take a margin of 1 inch (Left, Right, Top, and Bottom) on A 4 paper. The Title of the paper should be in bold and title case. The subtitle to the main title should be in small case. Keywords: About 5–6 keywords to be selected after Abstract. The title should be followed by the author’s name followed by the name of the co-authors. Name of the corresponding author should be highlighted with an asterisk. This is the author with whom all future correspondences will be made. The affiliation and complete official addresses (including the e-mail) of all the authors should be mentioned against their names in full. This information is absolutely essential. All such information will be left aligned only.
Use the following font specifications
Title: 14-point bold (title case and small case for sub-title), Author’s name: 12-point bold, Author’s affiliation: 12-point normal, Headings: 12-point bold, Sub-headings: 11-point italics, Body text: 11-point normal
The manuscript must be in English. Manuscripts should not exceed 20 printed pages including illustrations for research manuscript, 10 pages for short communications and 40 printed pages for the Reviews. Manuscripts are accepted on the basis that they may be edited for style and language. Use Times New Roman as the font. Special words and quotes should appear in single quotation marks. Quote within a quote should be placed in double quotation marks. Lines should have 1.5 line spacing (with one additional line space separating two different paragraphs). Tables
Tables must be inserted in the same files as the text and at the place where their mention is made in the text. The table numbers should be mentioned correctly in the text and the tables should appear in the vicinity of their mention All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals. Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order. For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table. Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption. Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body. All tables should have caption. The format to be followed is table (number): title of the Table. Also, all tables should have a mention of the source they have been taken from (if the case may be). The source should be mentioned below the table and details for the same must be provided in references. A list of tables including their headings must be given separately in a page for reference. Scientific style
Scientific style
Figures/Artwork/Illustrations/Plates Guidelines
All figures should have caption. The format to be followed is Figure (number): title of the figure. Also, all figures should have a mention of the source they have been taken from (if the case may be). The source should be mentioned below the figure and details for the same must be provided in references. A list of figures including their headings must be given separately in a page for reference. For the best quality final product, it is highly recommended that you submit all of your artwork – photographs, line drawings, etc. – in an electronic format either in jpg of tif files. Your art will then be produced to the highest standards with the greatest accuracy to detail. Color Art
Color art is free of charge for online publication. If black and white will be shown in the print version, make sure that the main information will still be visible. Many colors are not distinguishable from one another when converted to black and white. A simple way to check this is to make a xerographic copy to see if the necessary distinctions between the different colors are still apparent. If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer to color in the captions. Figure Numbering
All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals. Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order. Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.). If an appendix appears in your article and it contains one or more figures, continue the consecutive numbering of the main text. Figure Captions
Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file. Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type. No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption. Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs. Permissions for Earlier Published Figures
If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format. Please be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free and we will not be able to refund any costs that may have occurred to receive these permissions. In such cases, material from other sources should be used. Photographs and illustrations: Image files should be optimized to the minimum possible size without compromising on the quality. The photos and illustrations should have a resolution of 300 dpi (minimum) Colour figures should be used when details cannot be adequately observed on black and white photographs Authors pay the full cost for the reproduction of their colour artwork in the print issue Figures that are black-and-white in the print issue but colour in the online version are free of charge Abbreviations should be expanded the first time they appear in the text and the abbreviation should be placed first followed by the full form in brackets. The full out should be given only the first time they appear in the text. Equations: Each equation should appear in a new line in the text. The equations referred to in the text should be numbered sequentially with their identifier enclosed in parenthesis, right justified. The symbols in these equations, where referred to in the text, should be enclosed in single quotation marks.
E = mc2 ….. (1) References: The papers in the references list must be cited in the text. The citation should be mentioned as Surname of author followed by the year in brackets. For example, (Smith, 1969) or (Smith and Jones, 1987). In case a sentence starts with a citation, only the year would be in brackets; for example, Smith (1989) states that… The reference details mentioned at the end should be in alphabetical order. Et al will be used only in case there are more than three authors. In such cases, mention the names of the first three authors followed by et al. in the text. However, the reference details will carry the names of the first author with et al. For example: Smith et al. (1978) Reference list The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work. Some samples for reference details including those for books, book chapters, journals, online, conferences, magazines, etc. are given below. Journal article
John A, O’Connell D and Kowal S, 2002. Personal perspective in TV interviews. Pragmatics , Vol 12, pp. 257–271.
Hannan MT and Freeman J, 1977. The Population Ecology of Organizations, American journal of Sociology, Vol-5, No.2, pp.121-122. Article by DOI
Suleiman C, Daniel C. O’Connell and Sabine K, 2002. ‘If you and I, if we, in this later day, lose that sacred fire...’: Perspective in political interviews. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. doi: 10.1023/A:1015592129296. Book
Cameron D, 1985. Feminism and linguistic theory. New York: St. Martin’s Press.pp 295. Book chapter
Cameron D, 1997. Theoretical debates in feminist linguistics: Questions of sex and gender. In Gender and discourse, ed. Ruth Wodak, pp.99-119. Sage Publications. London.
Jones CS, Smith N, Brown RS, 1979. Biology of diseases caused by Botrytis spp. In: Smith N, Brown RS, eds. Diseases of Vegetables. p. 40–49, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, UK.
Conference proceedings (published)
McIntosh RA, 1992. Catalogues of gene symbols for wheat. In: Miller TE, Koebner RM, eds. Proceedings of the Seventh International Wheat Genetics Symposium, 1987.Cambridge, UK: IPSR, 1225–1323.
Agency publication
Harvey JM, Pentzer WT, 1960. Market Diseases of Grapes and Other Small Fruits. Washington, USA: United States Department of Agriculture: USDA publication no. 189. (Agriculture Handbook Series.)
Dissertation or thesis
Lenné JM, 1978. Studies of the Biology and Taxonomy of Colletotrichum Species. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne, PhD April 2012.thesis. Online document
Journal (online) Gibbs MJ, Ziegler A, Robinson DJ, Waterhouse PM, Cooper JI, 1996. Carrot mottle mimic virus (CMoMV): a second umbravirus associated with carrot motley dwarf disease recognized by nucleic acid hybridization. Molecular Plant Pathology Online [http://www.bspp.org.uk/mppol] 1996/1111gibbs Last accessed date: 22 November 2012. Papers “in press” which are cited but not yet available as a DOI or in print should be submitted (as a .PDF file) as “Supporting Information not for publication” Personal communications in the text should be cited as: initials, name, brief address, personal communication Journal names and book titles should be italicized. Only papers accepted for publication or published may be cited In the text, cite by author and date in chronological order. Use & between names of 2 authors; use et al. for 3 or more authors At the end of the paper, give full details as per the examples below
Submission of Manuscript
The manuscript must be submitted in MS-Word (2003/2007) through online submission gateway available on www.indianjournals.com. Please follow the hyperlink “Online Submission” on the left and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen. Queries regarding manuscript submission can be sent at submission@indianjournals.com.
After manuscript submission, kindly send three hard copies which must accompany paper on CD in the desired format. Ensure that file is free of viruses. It is generally good to create a folder and one copy each inside and outside the folder is safe.
Peer Review Policy
Review System: Each submission to PAG shall be subjected to the following review process:
It shall be reviewed by the editor for general suitability for publication. If it is considered suitable, two reviewers are selected and a double blind review process shall be adopted. Based on the recommendations of the reviewers a decision is taken as to whether the article is accepted as is, returned for revision or rejected. All articles submitted for publication shall be got reviewed within 10 weeks of their receipt so as to avoid annoyance caused to contributors on account of excessive response times.
The Editor-in-Chief may be reached at: publicaffairs.governance@gmail.com
Submission of Copy Right Form
After acceptance of the paper, the authors should send a signed declaration form mentioning that the matter embodied in the manuscript is original and copyrighted and that the other material and references used for the preparation of the manuscript have been duly acknowledged. The copyright form will be provided along with acceptance of the paper.
The declaration should also carry consent of all the authors along with their signatures for submission in journal. It will be the responsibility of the corresponding author to secure requisite permission from his or her employer that all papers submitted are understood to have received clearances for publication.
The journal will be published both online and print form (hard copy) through IndianJournals.com (India). Corresponding author will be supplied free copy of the journal in print form and soft copy can be downloaded from the website www.indianjournals.com.
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