Instructions for Authors
You are strongly advised to take the time to read the following instructions before submitting a paper to our journal. Please align the paper as per the given format.
Before Submission:-
Before submitting your article, please ensure you complete the following:
- Ensure the manuscript aligns with the journal's Aims and Scope to confirm its relevance and suitability for publication.
- Please use the Microsoft Word template provided. Manuscripts prepared in Microsoft Word must be converted into a single file before submission. Please insert your graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) in the main body of text after the paragraph of its first citation.
- Address all issues related to publication ethics, research ethics, copyright, authorship, figure and data formatting, and reference standards.
- Verify that all authors involved have thoroughly reviewed and approved the manuscript's content prior to submission.
- Before submitting, all authors must also agree to the IJIKPS publication ethics.
Author Guides for Manuscript:-
- There are no Article Processing Charges (APCs) or submission fees associated with this journal. Authors may submit and publish their work entirely free of charge.
- Equations should be typewritten by the equation editor of MS Word and should be placed in a separate line in the text.
- Make sure that the similarity index of submitted manuscript is below 20% and AI Content should be zero as per IJIKPS policy otherwise the paper will be declared as plagiarized immediately after establishing that it violates the policy.
- Authors must submit a copyright transfer agreement before publication.
- Ensure consistency, proper margins, and adherence to guidelines.
Manuscript Content Checklist:-
We expect the following in a Quality Paper to have high chance of acceptance for publication in the journal.
- Paper should be rich in content and data.
- Follow a proper well defined research method or approach.
- Abstract should cover Statistics, Background, Limitations of traditional models, problem statement, proposed model, results and conclusion.
- Should effectively introduce the area and sub areas under investigation.
- Critique available literature on the topic.
- Present a clear research problem derived from literature.
- Present a valid detailed solution to the identified problem.
- Develop / Adopt/ Adapt a clear validation method/criteria.
- Follow a proper protocol for validation and should present concrete and decisive evidence in form of research results.
- Provide clear limitation and assumptions to achieve the solution or results presented.
- Provide clear conclusion and deduction based on work carried out and data presented.
- Provide clear Future Research Directions.
Peer Review Criteria:-
Minimum Length
Minimum length to present sufficient technical content is 08 pages or more in journal format. Under 08 pages in journal format will not qualify for an external review and shall be rejected in initial editorial screening
Maximum Length
Maximum allowed length is 20 pages in journal format to ensure authors are not cramped for space when presenting their findings and provide detailed and rich technical content.
Submission method:-
To reduce delays, format of the paper should conform with the IJIKPS’s requirements (Formatting guide), at submission and each revision. Papers should be submitted via our Online Submission Model.
According to the IJIKPS, the authors must submit their manuscripts online with valid email addresses. The authors once submitted the article will recieve a mail acknowledgement with Paper ID and Password. Authors can check the manuscript status online.
Initial evaluation:-
On submission, the chief editor will decide whether to send it for peer review. The criteria are that the work described seems novel and has immediate and far-reaching implications. The cheif editor will seek advice from experts in relevant fields before making the decision. The decision does not reflect the technical validity of the results reported in the paper. Neither does it indicate the importance of the paper to those in the same field.
Peer review:-
Once the decision has been made to peer review the paper, the chief editor and associate editor will select reviewers. The reviewers must be independent from the authors and their institutions, able to evaluate the technical aspects of the paper, and available to evaluate the paper within the required period. Each paper will be sent to at least three reviewers.
Review decisions:-
In the light of reviewers’ comments, the associate editor will send an email to the corresponding author, offering one of the following options:
- (a) Accept: The paper is accepted for publication without any further changes required from the authors.
- (b) Minor revision: The paper is accepted for publication in principle once the authors have made some revisions according to reviewers’ comments. As no further experiment or technical work has been requested, the revised paper will not be sent back to the reviewers, but accepted for publication after the chief editor has checked that the reviewers’ comments have been implemented and that the revised paper satisfies the format requirements.
- (c) Major revision: The paper will have a good opportunity of being accepted for publication once the authors have made significant revisions according to reviewers’ comments. In this case, further experiment or technical work are necessary to address the reviewers’ concerns. The revised paper will be sent back to one or two reviewers for a second round of review. The authors should also provide a point-by-point response to reviewers’ comments.
- (d) Rejection: The paper is rejected because the reviewers have raised considerable technical objections and/or the authors’ claim has not been adequately established.
Copy editing:-
Once accepted, the paper is copyedited to maximize its clarity and enhance its value. Our associate editor will recheck the grammar, spelling and format of the paper. Special attention is paid to summary paragraphs, overall clarity, figures, and titles. The copyedited paper is expected to satisfy the following requirements: the paper is of the proper length, the terminology and notation conform to our standards, and the figures and tables are clear and fit in the space available.
Publication:-
Upon editorial acceptance, we will publish the paper in the forthcoming issues of the IJIKPS journal.