Reflections An International Journal of Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Group of Institutes is an international, peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide platform to intellectual scholars from diverse fields. This journal will facilitate the dissemination of new knowledge, promote critical thinking and also foster academic discourse. The journal will be published biannually in month of January and August from Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
General
All submitted manuscripts should contain original work neither published previously nor under consideration for publication elsewhere. Articles in English language only shall be accepted from any country. There is page limitation for articles upto 10 pages. Authors must strive to present their results as clearly and concisely as possible. Authors must clearly mention whether the manuscript is to be considered as a Research article, Short communications, Review article or Case Study.
Peer review policy
The journal aims at publication of articles while maintaining rigorous peer review process. Manuscripts shall go through a peer reviewprocess to adjudge their suitability and authenticity, for publication in the journal. A confirmation about the acceptance of the manuscript will be sent to e- mail address of the corresponding author.
Submission of Manuscript
Authors must submit the articles only through the online manuscript submission system. Authors are advised to submit the articles as MS Word 2003 or 2007 format only and copyright form duly signed by author/(s), scanned.
File size
The file size of the MS word format may not exceed 10 MB size for submission through manuscript submission system.
Language
The article should be only in English language The article in any other language will not be Considered.
Font type
Articles should be typed in single line spacing with the followingfont pattern
Font type: Times new roman
Size : For heading or title: 14 points and Bold (Small Letters, not capitalize the titles unnecessarily unless required, e.g. HPLC, HPTLC, UV, GC, TLC, SEM, TEM, etc.) Author/ Coauthors name: 11 points and Bold Affiliation/ Institute name: 10 points For subtitles: 11 points and Bold Content of article: 10 points Table title and Content: 8 points
Submission order
The following order should be strictly followed while submitting the article
Front page: (Page-1) Title of article, author’s name/s, institutional affiliation only.
Preparation of Papers for International Journal of All Research Education & Scientific Methods
First Author1, Second Author2, Third Author3
1,2,3Department/Affiliation/University/Country of Authors
On second page: (Page-2) Start with abstract of about 200-400 words exactly conveying the content of the article, Keywords (at least 5 words) On third page: (Page-3 onwards) Main content text with all tables and figures aligned in their proper place (do not send tables and figures separately unless requested), List of symbols and Abbreviations, Acknowledgement, References (follow standard format),
Preparation of manuscripts:
Manuscripts should be submitted as per order: Title Page, name of author (s), Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements (if necessary) and References. If the Result and Discussion sections are combined, then a Conclusion section should be added.
Title Page: The first page should contain a concise and informative title, the names and addresses of the authors and contact details of the corresponding author (postal address, e-mail, and fax and telephone numbers).
Abstract: It should be about 200-400 words. Key words: A maximum of 5 key words must be given at the end of the Abstract.
Introduction: This part should define the background and significance of the study by considering the relevant literature, particularly the most recent publications.
Material and Methods: Please provide concise but complete information about the material and the analytical, statistical and experimental procedures used. This part should be as clear as possible to enable other scientists to repeat the research presented.
Results: In this part, the same data/ information given in a table must not be repeated in a figure or vice versa.
Discussion: This part must be written with reference to the tables and figures and by considering information from the literature. Statements made in the sections of Introduction and Results sections should not be repeated here.
Acknowledgement: If necessary, a brief acknowledgement section may be included.
References: References should be cited in the text in Arabic numerals in superscript. The references should be cited at the end of the manuscript in the order of their appearance in the text. For citation of references with three or more authors, only the first author’s name followed by et al. should be used. References to journal articles, books, chapters in books, etc. should be cited, as follows:
Journal Articles
Samuel PK, Rupa G. A Study to Assess Level of Job Satisfaction and Subjective Wellbeing of Teaching Faculty Employed in Selected Colleges of Nursing at Pandalam, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala. Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2017 Apr 1;7(2): 222-4.doi: 10.5958/2349-2996.2017.00045.3
Singh AK. Acid Catalised Solvolysis of Amyl Methanoate in Binary Aquous solvent system and solvent effect on kinetics of activation parameters. Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry. 2020 Nov 1;13(6):485-8. doi: 10.5958/0974 – 4150.2020.00085.1
Book
Stacey GL and Keen NT. Plant-microbe interactions. Chapmanand Hall, New York.1996.
Freedman David et.al. Statistics. Viva books, New Delhi. 2009.
Book Chapter
Mandell GL. and. Petri WA. Antimicrobial agents: Penicillins, Cephalosporins, and other ß-lactam antibiotics. In Goodman and Gilman`s. The pharmacological basis of therapeutics, Edited by Hardman JG and Limbird LE. McGraw-Hill, New York. 1996; 9thed: pp. 1073-1101.
Paneerselvam R. Motivation for using analysis of Variance. In Design and analysis of experiments. PHI, New Delhi. 2019, PP. 12-29.
Electronic journal article/ World Wide Web:
Mallika, V. Tulasi Das. Impact of Stress on working performance of Nurses and Organizational effectiveness in Hospitals. Asian Journal of Management. 2020;11(3):225-32. doi: 10.5958/2321-5763.2020.00035.9 available on https://ajmjournal.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=20 20-11-3-1
Figures:
Photos or drawings must have a good contrast of dark and light. Legends of figures should be brief, but complete and self- explanatory so that the reader can easily understand the results presented in the figure. Figure legends should be attached to the figures. All figure number should be arranged orderly; the figures should not be supplied separately but pasted in the proper place. Figure number and title should be given below the figure; the content of the figure should be explained in the title of figure.
Tables:
All tables should be numbered in order with grid lines. The table number should be properly given, large size tables should be split into two or more tables so that it can be accommodated within the page size. Table width and cell sizing should be even and all the content should be left side aligned. Number of the tables and title should be given above the tables and without any border, shading. Do not give on separate page. The table should with a brief but complete and self-explanatory caption so that the reader can easily understand the results presented in the table. Please do not duplicate material that is already presented in the figures.
Ethics and Consent
When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedure follows were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation. Do not use patients’ names, initials, or hospital numbers, especially in illustrative material. Papers including animal experiments or clinical trials must be conducted with approval by the local animal care or human subject committees, respectively.
Certificate of Conflict of Interest/ Plagiarism Report Author(s) shall declared the conflict of interest Yes/ No beforesubmission of manuscript for publication. The conflict of interest as mentioned in manuscript before references section or by the use of any free plagiarism checker, the author(s) shall provide the plagiarism report with submission of manuscript.
Plagiarism Checker
By the use of any free plagiarism checker, the author(s) can check.
Processing charges:
There is no processing fees or publication charges. The one printed copy of journal and publication certificate will be posted after publication of article at the postal address of corresponding author. Also one pdf copy of published manuscript shall be send asattached documents at author’s email. There is no processing fee for co- authors.