{"id":23,"date":"2023-12-06T13:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T13:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.kmics.ac.in\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2023-12-29T06:30:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T06:30:58","slug":"manuscript-preparation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.kmics.ac.in\/index.php\/manuscript-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines to Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manuscript File format:&nbsp; <\/strong>MS-Word file, written in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Font type:<\/strong> Times New Roman; <strong>Font size:<\/strong> Font size should be 12; <strong>Font color:<\/strong> Black<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All headings and side-headings should be made<strong> Bold<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Line spacing:<\/strong> Text should be double-line spaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abbreviations:<\/strong> Define abbreviations upon first appearance in the text.&nbsp; Keep abbreviations to a minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Figures:<\/strong> Figures should be provided as separate files in JPEG format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MANUSCRIPT FILE CONTENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TITLE OF THE MANUSCRIPT, &nbsp;AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:1\">\n<li><strong>Long title:<\/strong> Maximum of 250 characters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Short title:<\/strong> Maximum of 60 characters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Authors and Affiliations:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Authors&#8217; names should be listed serially, and \u2018Affiliation\u2019 should follow author\u2019s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author names should be mentioned in the following way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First name (given name), Middle name, Last name (surname).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Affiliation will include: name of the department, university \/ organization, and location mentioning city, state, and country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submitting author will be the corresponding author, and will be the primary contact for subsequent communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract length can be a maximum of 300 words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key words:<\/strong> Mention key words of your work following the abstract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MAIN TEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Main text can be prepared under the following side-headings\/sections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:1\">\n<li><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Materials and Methods<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Results<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discussion and or Conclusion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Length of the main text<\/strong> can be up to 5000 words, including section 1 (introduction) to section 4 (Discussion and Conclusion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tables and figures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tables: &nbsp;Tables should be cited in curved-braces in the main text, example: (table1). 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