Instructions for Authors
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.
Author Guides for Manuscript:-
- Article evaluation is free, Accepted manuscripts require an open access fee of $550 ($50 discount if the author or co-author is a journal reviewer).
- Also make sure that the similarity index of submitted manuscript is below 25% as per JKPEA 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.
- Published articles are under the CC BY-NC-ND license, allowing non-commercial use with proper citation and no alterations.
- Authors can archive published work in non-commercial repositories, with references to the journal.
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.
- 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. Discusses and evaluates the results in comparison to literature.
- 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
Kindly visit the journal home page to have a good look at what reviewers have in mind when conducting double blind review.
Allowed Paper Length
Number of pages is never a criteria to judge a paper but the content and its effective presentation matters. Following is just a guide for presentation of enough technical content.
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 45 pages in journal format to ensure authors are not cramped for space when presenting their findings and provide detailed and rich technical content.
Manuscript Formatting Guidelines
All manuscripts must contain the following: author information, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials & methods, results, figures and tables with captions, discussion, conclusion, funding information, author contributions, conflicts of interest and further ethics statements (if applicable).
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Text and Type Area (Margins)
- Type area: Letter (8.5'' x 11'') with margins - Top: 1.3", Bottom: 0.6", Left: 1.25", Right: 1.25".
- Text should be fully justified.
- Manuscript (following the abstract and keywords) should be prepared in two-column format with column width 2.8" and space between columns 0.2".
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Titles Format
- Paper Title: CAPITAL LETTERS, 16-point (Times Roman).
- Author(s): CAPITAL LETTERS, 10-point (Times Roman).
- Affiliation(s): Capitalize Each Word case, 10-point (Times Roman).
- Head: BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS, 10-point (Times Roman).
- Sub Head: Capitalize Each Word case, 10-point (Times Roman).
- Leave 2-line spaces between title and author names/affiliation, and between author/affiliation and abstract.
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Text
- Text type should be 10-point Times Roman, single-spaced.
- First line of all paragraphs should be indented with one line gap between consecutive paragraphs.
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Heads / Sub Heads
- Levels of subheads should be easily distinguishable with numbers and one-line spacing before each subhead.
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Figures and Tables
- Figures and tables should be black and white or grayscale.
- Place figures soon after citation in the text or at the end if too large.
- Figure Captions: 9-point Times Roman italic (e.g., Figure 1. Caption) beneath the figure.
- Table Captions: 9-point Times Roman italic (e.g., Table 1. Caption) on top of the table.
- Number captions consecutively in order of their first citation (e.g., Table 1, Table 2, etc.).
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Equations
- Use Microsoft Equation Editor; equations should be editable and not appear as images.
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Acronyms / Abbreviations / Initialisms
- Define them the first time they appear in the Abstract, main text, and first figure or table.
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Sections
- Author Information: Full names of authors (including optional middle name initials) and their affiliations must be included. At least one author should be identified as the corresponding author with contact details such as email, phone, and ORCID ID.
- Abstract: A single paragraph (max 200 words) and the content should follow the style of a structured article but without headings:
- Background: The purpose and broader context of the study.
- Methods: A brief overview of the methodologies or treatments used.
- Results: The main findings or discoveries of the study.
- Conclusion: Key interpretations or conclusions without exaggeration.
- Keywords: You must include three to ten keywords relevant to the article, and they should be placed after the Abstract.
- Featured Application (optional): Encouraged to highlight a specific or potential application of the study.
- Introduction: Provide context, significance, and purpose of the research with key references.
- Materials and Methods: Detail methodologies for replication, including software versions and available computer code.
- Results: Summarize study findings clearly with supporting data.
- Discussion: Relate results to previous studies, highlight limitations, and suggest future research.
- Conclusion: Summarize key findings if the discussion is lengthy.
- Funding: List all funding sources, grants, and article processing charges (APC) if applicable.
- Conflicts of Interest: Declare any relevant circumstances or interests. State "None" if there are no conflicts.
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Other Details
- Acknowledgments: Mention support not covered in Funding or Author Contributions.
- Institutional Review Board Statement: Required for studies involving human or animal subjects.
- Informed Consent Statement: Required for research involving humans.
References
- References text type should be 10 point (Times Roman) at the end of each paper.
- Vancouver style referencing is accepted: Sample( Author Name (s), Paper Title, Conference/Journal Title (Vol & Issue number), Date, Page Numbers Indexed in text and references accordingly as they appear in text. i.e. [1],[2]). Consistency is maintained throughout the manuscript.
- References should be listed in the order in which they appear in the manuscript text (cited by numbers).
Submission Process
Manuscripts for the JKPEA should be submitted online here: Make Submission, or emailed to jkpea@gmail.com. The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer review process. The submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included in the author list and that they have all read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript.