Guidelines for Authors for Camera Ready Paper Early Submission (5th October 2016) towards NCIETM 2016

ImportantInstructions

  1. Preset for paper layout margins: Top: 1” Bottom: 1” Left: 1” Right: 1”.
  2. Text alignment: Justified
  3. Contents within headings must be in Times new roman font size 12
  4. Line Spacing: 1.5.
  5. Page numbers in footer.
  6. Maximum number of pages: 15 (approx.).
  7. Kindly mention the paper ID assigned to the paper at top-right corner
  8. Please upload the paper in .doc or .docx format.
  9. Tables and figures should be formatted in black and white.
  10. Mathematical equations should be clearly visible.

Title and affiliation

Author name, Institute affiliation for all author along with correspondence of first author.

Title – Times New Roman 14

Author Name and affiliations, Times New Roman 12

Abstract - Times New Roman 12, spacing, 1.5

Authors must writestructured abstract covering following aspects

  • Purpose
  • Design/methodology/approach
  • Findings
  • Research limitations/implications (if applicable)
  • Practical implications (if applicable)
  • Social implications(if applicable)
  • Originality/value

Keywords: Please provide three to four keywords.

NOTE: Abstract length is limited to only 300 words, Avoid citations and bullet points in abstract. Abstract should be in a running text (1 or 2 paragarphs).

Article

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2,), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line. Sections are listed below.

Font Size 12 Times New Roman with Spacing of 1.5

All Headings should be 12 Times New Roman, BOLD

All Subheadings should be 12 Times New Roman, Italics

Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

Brief Literature review

Summarize all the relevant literature stating their contributions, commenting or criticizing their methodology or results.

Methodology

Explain your methodology for research which include data collection, data analysis model formulation etc.

Results
Results should be clear and concise.

Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.

Figures, Tables and Illustrations

  • Ensure that tables/figures/illustrations are complete with necessary superscripts shown, both next to the relevant items and with the corresponding explanations or levels of significance shown as footnotes in the tables and figures.
  • Figures should be of clear quality, and numbered consecutively e.g. Fig. 1, Fig. 2
  • If any figure has sub-parts please label as Fig.1a, Fig.1b
  • Tables should be numbered consecutively e.g. Table 1, Table 2

Direct Quotations

When quoting, always provide the author, year. Cite the quote source in parentheses at the end of the quotation.

Appendices

Appendices will be placed at the end of the reference section. The numbering of the figures and tables in the Appendix should be named as A1, A2, A3, etc., even if there is only one Appendix. If a chapter contains 2 appendices, the first appendix should be named as Appendix A and the second appendix should be named as Appendix B. Further, if Appendix A has 3 equations, the equations should be named as A.1, A.2 and A.3.

References

  • References to other publications must be in APA 6th Edition reference style
  • All references should be supplied as a reference list
  • Citations: for two-authors references, cite both names at every citation in the text. For three to five-author references, cite all authors at the first citation and at subsequent citations, include only the surname of the first author followed by et al. For 6 or more authors, include the surname of the first author followed by et al. for all the citations. All parenthetical citations should be in alphabetical order as per the reference list.