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Authors Guidelines
Submission of a
manuscript to Material Science Research India for publication implies
that the same work has not been either published or under consideration for
publication in another Journal. Authors, in their cover note to the Editor,
have to clearly mention whether the manuscript shall be considered as a
Research Paper, Short Communication or Review Article and also confirm that
the manuscript has not been submitted to any other Journal for publication.
Manuscripts can be sent by conventional mail or by e-mail, and the authors
have a necessary authorization to publish the material contained in the
paper.
Manuscripts should be
concisely written and conform to the following general requirements:
Manuscripts should be typewritten in double-space in A4 sized sheets, only
on one side, with a 2 cm margin on both sides. Not including illustrations,
Research Papers, should not exceed 10-12 pages, Review Articles, 15-20 pages
and Short Communications, 5-6 pages. Pages should be numbered consecutively,
starting with the title page and the matter arranged in the following order:
Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results,
Discussion or Results and Discussion, Acknowledgements, References,
Illustrations (Tables and Figures including chemistry schemes along with
titles and legends) and Figure and Table titles and legends. Abstract should
start on a separate page and each table or figure should be on separate
sheets. The titles "Abstract" and "Introduction" need not be mentioned. All
other section titles should be in capital letters while subtitles in each
section shall be in bold face lower case followed by a colon.
Preparation of Manuscripts: Research Papers
Authors desirous of
submitting manuscripts for publication to Material Science Research India
are advised to refer to the current issue of the Journal to understand the
format and style of papers that get published. Authors are also advised to
go through the current set of Instructions to Authors and prepare their
manuscripts accordingly. Information should be conveyed in simple language
with the correct syntax. Care should be taken to avoid common errors like
having abbreviations in the Title or Abstract, beginning a sentence with a
numeral, adding "etc." after a few examples, dropping articles and using "&"
instead of 'and' in the text. The usage of standard abbreviations and
symbols is encouraged. Manuscripts that fail to conform to the requirements
of the Journal, as specified under Instructions to Authors, will be rejected
outright.
Manuscripts should be concisely written and conform to the following general
requirements: Manuscripts should be typewritten in double-space in A4 sized
sheets, only on one side, with a 2 cm margin on both sides. Not including
illustrations, Research Papers, should not exceed 10-12 pages, Review
Articles, 15-20 pages and Short Communications, 5-6 pages. Pages should be
numbered consecutively, starting with the title page and the matter arranged
in the following order: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and
Methods, Results, Discussion or Results and Discussion, Acknowledgements,
References, Illustrations (Tables and Figures including chemistry schemes
along with titles and legends) and Figure and Table titles and legends.
Abstract should start on a separate page and each table or figure should be
on separate sheets. The titles "Abstract" and "Introduction" need not be
mentioned. All other section titles should be in capital letters while
subtitles in each section shall be in bold face lower case followed by a
colon.
Title Page – Title page should contain title of the paper in bold
face, title case (font size 14), names of the authors in normal face, upper
case (font size 12) followed by the address(es) in normal face lower case.
The author to whom all correspondence be addressed should be denoted by an
asterisk mark. The title should be as short as possible and precisely
indicate the nature of the work in the communication. Names of the authors
should appear as initials followed by surnames for men and one given-name
followed by surname for women. Full names may be given in some instances to
avoid confusion. Names should not be prefixed or suffixed by titles or
degrees. Names should be followed by the complete postal address or
addresses with pin code numbers of the place(s), where the research work has
been carried out. At the bottom left corner of the title page, please
mention “For correspondence” and provide a functional e-mail address.
Address of the corresponding author to whom all correspondence may be send,
should be given only if it is different from the address already given under
authors’ names. Trivial sub-titles such as ‘Title’, ‘Author’, ‘Address’ or
‘Place of Investigation’ shall not be included in the title page. Title page
should be aligned centre except for “For correspondence”.
Provide a running title or short title of not more than 50 characters
Abstract - Should start on a new page after the title page and should
be typed in single-space to distinguish it from the Introduction. Abstracts
should briefly reflect all aspects of the study, as most databases list
mainly abstracts. Short Communications as well as Review Articles should
have an Abstract.
Key words: Provide four to eight appropriate key words after
abstract.
Introduction - Shall start immediately after the Abstract, as the
next paragraph, but should be typed in double-space. The Introduction should
lead the reader to the importance of the study; tie-up published literature
with the aims of the study and clearly states the rationale behind the
investigation.
Materials and Methods - Shall start as a continuation to introduction
on the same page. All-important materials used along with their source shall
be mentioned. The main methods used shall be briefly described, citing
references. Trivial details may be avoided. New methods or substantially
modified methods may be described in sufficient detail. The statistical
method and the level of significance chosen shall be clearly stated. BBRA
prefers to publish work that has been subjected to an appropriate
statistical test at one level of significance.
Results - All findings presented in tabular or graphical form shall
be described in this section. The data should be statistically analyzed and
the level of significance stated. Data that is not statistically significant
need only to be mentioned in the text - no illustration is necessary. All
Tables and figures must have a title or caption and a legend to make them
self-explanatory. Results section shall start after materials and methods
section on the same page.
Discussion - This section should follow results, deal with the
interpretation of results, convey how they help increase current
understanding of the problem and should be logical. Unsupported hypothesis
should be avoided. The Discussion should state the possibilities the results
uncover, that need to be further explored. There is no need to include
another title such as "Conclusions" at the end of Discussion. Results and
discussion of results can also be combined under one section, Results and
Discussion.
Acknowledgements - Should be given after the text and not in the form
of foot-notes.
References –
References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are
first mentioned in the text (not in alphabetic order). Identify references
in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in superscript. References
cited only in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with
the sequence established by the first identification in the text of the
particular table or figure. Use the style of the examples below, which are
based on the formats used by the NLM in Index Medicus. The titles of
journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus.
Use complete name of the journal for non-indexed journals. Avoid using
abstracts as references. Information from manuscripts submitted but not
accepted should be cited in the text as “unpublished observations” with
written permission from the source. Avoid citing a “personal communication”
unless it provides essential information not available from a public source,
in which case the name of the person and date of communication should be
cited in parentheses in the text. For scientific articles, contributors
should obtain written permission and confirmation of accuracy from the
source of a personal communication.
Journal: Name of author(s), the journal, volume, page nos. and the year.
Example: Connick R. E. and Hugus Z. Z., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 75, 6012 (1988).
Book: Author's name, title of the book, name and location of publisher, page
and year of publication.
Example: Greenstein J.P. and Winitz M., Chemistry of Amino Acids, Vol. II,
John Wiley, New York, 1009 (1961).
Illustrations: Tables - Should be typed on separate sheets of paper and
should not preferably contain any molecular structures. Only MS word table
format should be used for preparing tables. Tables should show lines
separating columns but not those separating rows except for the top row that
shows column captions. Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic
numerals and bear a brief title in capital letters normal face. Units of
measurement should be abbreviated and placed below the column headings.
Column headings or captions hall be in bold face. It is essential that all
tables have legends, which explain the contents of the table. Tables should
not be very large that they run more than one A4 sized page. Tables should
not be prepared in the landscape format, i. e. tables that are prepared
widthwise on the paper.
Figures - Should be on separate pages but not inserted with in the
text. Figures should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and bear a
brief title in lower case bold face letters below the figure. Graphs and bar
graphs should preferably be prepared using Microsoft Excel and submitted as
Excel graph pasted in Word. These graphs and illustrations should be drawn
to approximately twice the printed size to obtain satisfactory reproduction.
As far as possible, please avoid diagrams made with India ink on white
drawing paper, cellophane sheet or tracing paper with hand written captions
or titles. Photographs should be on glossy paper. Photographs should bear
the names of the authors and the title of the paper on the back, lightly in
pencil. Alternatively photographs and photomicrographs can be submitted as
jpeg images. Figure and Table titles and legends should be typed on a
separate page with numerals corresponding to the illustrations. Keys to
symbols, abbreviations, arrows, numbers or letters used in the illustrations
should not be written on the illustration itself but should be clearly
explained in the legend. Avoid inserting a box with key to symbols, in the
figure or below the figure. In case of photomicrographs, magnification
should be mentioned either directly on them or in the legend. Symbols,
arrows or letters used in photomicrographs should contrast with the
background. Method of staining should also be mentioned in the legend.
Chemical terminology - The chemical nomenclature used must be in
accordance with that used in the Chemical Abstracts.
Symbols and abbreviations - Unless specified otherwise, all
temperatures are understood to be in degrees centigrade and need not be
followed by the letter 'C'. Abbreviations should be those well known in
scientific literature. In vitro, in vivo, in situ, ex vivo, ad libitum, et
al. and so on are two words each and should be written in italics. None of
the above is a hyphenated word. All foreign language (other than English)
names and words shall be in italics as a general rule. Words such as
carrageenan-induced inflammation, paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity,
isoproterenol-induced myocardial necrosis, dose-dependent manner are all
hyphenated.
Biological nomenclature - Names of plants, animals and bacteria
should be in italics.
Spelling - These should be as in the Concise Oxford Dictionary of
Current English.
Reprints - Author(s) will be supplied 10 reprints free of cost
without cover gratis. If extra reprints are required it should be indicated
while sending the manuscript.
Editorial Board reserves the right to condense or make necessary alterations
in the script.
Manuscripts should be strictly in accordance with the prescribed format of
the Journal.
Copyright
All articles published
in this journal become the property of the Journal and should not be
published or reproduced in any form in full or in part without the written
permission of the Editor. |
