Author Instructions-Guidelines

Instructions and Guidelines for Authors

  • The author(s) shall carefully read the author guidelines and ensure that all the requirements and conditions of the IDEA-PG journals are fulfilled before submission of the manuscript.
  • The corresponding author shall submit the manuscript to the editorial team through the online system of the IDEA-PG journals in the MS Word file.
  • Before submitting the manuscript, the corresponding author must register and log in to the user account on the IDEA-PG journals website portal (online system).
  • An author can publish a maximum of one manuscript in a single issue, either as the principal author or a co-author.
  • A member of the editorial team, i.e., editor(s), editorial board members as well as an editorial advisor(s) of the IDEA-PG journals, cannot submit a manuscript(s) for publication and cannot be a coauthor in a manuscript in the same journal.
  • The corresponding author shall ensure that the manuscript is free of plagiarism, that the overall similarity is not more than 10% (if any), that the similarity from a single source is not more than 4%, and that proper citations are provided in the manuscript with the original source(s) where required.
  • According to HEC-Pakistan's policy, the Editor may allow a similarity of up to 19% in exceptional cases.
  • The author(s) shall ensure that any data or idea(s) taken from other sources are cited correctly and according to international standards of academic publishing and format/style/requirements of the IDEA-PG journals.
  • The author(s) must follow and ensure the international standards of research ethics during the manuscript's design, conduct, writing, revisions, and publication. 
  • The author(s) must insert their ORCID iD at the submission stage within the relevant section of their user account in the IDEA-PG journals.
  • The author(s) must allow their ORCID IDs to be embedded in the article metadata in the online system of the IDEA-PG journals.
  • The corresponding author shall provide complete affiliation details for the author(s) at the submission stage of the manuscript, including all affiliations if the author(s) have affiliations with more than one institution.
  • Both the official and personal Email IDs of the corresponding author and the ORCID iDs of all authors will be inserted in/printed on the online and print versions of the published manuscript.
  • The minimum word limit for a quantitative study manuscript is 4000-6000 words, including the list of references.
  • The length of a manuscript with a qualitative and mixed-method study must be 5000-8000 words, including the list of references.
  • The authors shall ensure that the manuscript is edited by an English language expert, preferably a native speaker, before submission to the IDEA-PG journals.
  • The style of the referencing and citations must be according to APA guidelines (latest edition).
  • An in-text citation style shall be used for citing a reference along with a complete list of the references at the end of the manuscript.
  • The author(s) shall reflect on their citation practices and ensure that globally reputed authors have been cited, particularly the writers/researchers from the country or countries of/about which the manuscript is written.
  • The IDEA-PG journals editorial team reserve the right to edit, modify, or make an addition or deletion in the manuscript. The editorial team may request the corresponding author to do so at any stage if necessary.
  • The text of the manuscript shall be single-spaced, using 12-point font, and italics should be employed rather than underlining (except with URL addresses).
  • All illustrations, figures and tables shall be placed/pasted within the text at the appropriate points rather than at the end of the manuscript.
  • The author(s) shall ensure that the manuscript is not already submitted and is under review for publication elsewhere.
  • The IDEA-PG journals will not accept the manuscript(s) already submitted elsewhere and under review for publication.
  • The corresponding author shall ensure that there is no conflict of interest among/between the principal author and the co-authors.
  • Once a manuscript has been forwarded to the peer-review stage, the author(s) cannot withdraw it except for a genuine reason to be justified by the corresponding author.
  • The manuscripts considered for peer review in the IDEA-PG journals shall not be submitted/published elsewhere unless rejected.
  • A manuscript considered for editorial review and/or peer review does not mean acceptance or approval is granted for publication in the IDEA-PG journals.
  • An acceptance letter for the manuscript may be issued after peer review only if the editorial committee recommends the revised manuscript for publication in the IDEA-PG journals.
  • The manuscript, being editorially reviewed (desk reviewed), peer-reviewed, accepted by the editorial committee, and approved by the Editor, is published by the IDEA-PG journals.
  • The date of submission, date of revision, date of re-revision(s), date of acceptance and date of publication shall be written on the published version of the manuscript.
  • The author(s) must allow the IDEA-PG journals the non-exclusive right to circulate the manuscript and all other derivative works, such as translations.
  • The author(s) shall provide a signed agreement form, undertaking that all the requirements of the IDEA-PG journals are fulfilled before and during the manuscript submission.

 

[Last updated: 9-Nov-2024]