Author Instructions
Your paper should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication in any place else. Submit your paper electronically through the online system. All papers are subject to peer review. After your paper has been accepted, you must sign a copyright transfer agreement with IJHSP. Papers accepted for publication will be available free online.
The publishing Research articles are usually 5 to 20 pages long and the review process may take approximately 10-20 days. In special cases, shorter or longer articles may be accepted with appropriate reasoning. Authors are requested to follow IJHSP guidelines for preparing their manuscripts. An article sample template can be found here (MS Word).
Contact e-mail: srinivaspublication@srinivasgroup.com
Authors are requested to strictly follow the submission guidelines:
1. The manuscript must be written in English Language.
2. The file must be in Microsoft Word format with 1 line spacing in A4 size Page.
3. The font of the manuscript must be Times New Roman. The Font size for various sections of the manuscript is as follows
(i) Title of the Paper (Font size 18, Style- Bold, Color of Font: Maroon Red )
(ii) ABSTRACT ( Font – Times New Roman 11 size, Italics with single line spacing)
(iii) Introduction to References Contents-Font Size 11
4. The first page must be a title page. List all the authors with their organizational affiliation, Orcid-ID, and e-mail-id of all authors. Also, Mention the corresponding author's contact number.
5. The submission must not be published elsewhere or submitted for publication.
6. Do not include the author's name anywhere in the manuscript except the first page.
7. All manuscripts must include a maximum 300-word abstract with a minimum of 5 keywords, next to the title page. Add keywords one line below the abstract.
8. Figures must be in high resolution & clear with a descriptive heading.
9. There should be a minimum of 10 References in Scholarly papers with a minimum of 50% journal references. These references should be compulsorily cited in the body of the text of the paper in the format[1], [2] etc. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, authors should provide the publication right to the Journal.
APA CITATION FORMAT:
(Aithal, P. S. et al. (2021). [1])
Or
According to Aithal, P. S. et al. (2021). [1], the circular economy is defined as …
10. All-Conference and Journal Articles references must be linked to the Google Scholar Search Page and CrossRef DOI (if exists). Regarding Website references, references should have active website URL links with accessed date. Book References should also have a Website or Google Scholar search page link.
11. The order of the content must be as per the following sequence;
Title Page with Author details
Abstract & Keywords
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
References
Appendices (if any)
All references should be written in APA style with Google Scholar or Crossref Hyperlink. (Re-check with Google Scholar cite details and journal paper).
APA REFERENCE FORMAT:
[1] Author's Last Name, First Initial., & Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Article title. Magazine/Journal/Newspaper Title, Volume number(Issue number), Page numbers. Google Scholar (or DOI: xxxxxxxx)
Journal Paper
Raj, K., & Aithal, P. S. (2018). Generating Wealth at the Base of the Pyramid–a Study Using ABCD Analysis Technique. International Journal of Computational Research and Development (IJCRD), 3(1), 68-76.
Book Reference
Rogers, E. M. (1995). Diffusion of Innovations: modifications of a model for telecommunications. In Die diffusion von innovationen in der telekommunikation (pp. 25-38). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Ph.D. Thesis
Mathur, N. (2019). Consumer perception towards ethical issues in advertising with special reference to women. University of Rajasthan, India. pp 42-59. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10603/334501
Website
Zeiger, H. (2021). Facebook’s...Er, Meta’s Instagram Problem. Retrieved from https://mindmatters.ai/2021/12/facebookser-metas-instagram-problem/ on 7/3/2022.
12. Journal paper references should be written as Surname, Initial of name. (Year). Title of the paper. Journal Name, Volume Number (Issue Number), Page Number. The journal name and volume number are written in Italics font. If the journal paper does not carry volume or issue number, by default it is considered as 1. Book references, mention the page referred. Weblinks write in APA form. Mention the title of the web page and year followed by link and date of retrieval as shown in Point no.12.
13. Papers must be submitted electronically through the registration process.
14. You are requested to fill NOC from Author(s) and submit along with your manuscript.
15. Based on changed Editorial board policy, any Scholarly paper with Graduate/Postgraduate students cannot be considered for publication in IJMTS.
16. You are compulsorily requested to submit Reviewers name, affiliation, address, email id, contact number in word file format along with manuscript (Attach as a separate word file & name the word file as reviewer list)
Processing Charges: There is no submission or processing or publication fee for the Authors (Free Publication) for the accepted papers of this journal and the entire cost of the publication is sponsored by Srinivas University and A. Shama Rao Foundation, Mangalore.
Process of Publication:
a) After receiving Manuscript/ Paper, the author will get a confirmation email of receiving that paper with id.
b) Manuscript/ Paper will be checked through a plagiarism checker.
c) After that Manuscript/ Paper will be sent for double-blinded peer review.
d) Based on double-blinded peer review report, the editor will take a decision to accept or reject the paper or editor can take a decision of re-submission of Manuscript/ Paper after suggested changes.
e) After this step, if Manuscript/ Paper will be accepted then the author will receive an acceptance of paper within 5 to 7 days. of paper within 5 to 7 days.