Submissions

Author Guidelines

JSIR welcomes research from all fields of science and engineering, as long as it aligns with its mission to connect fundamental scientific knowledge with practical industrial applications. The journal encourages interdisciplinary research that enhances both scientific advancement and industrial innovation, with a particular focus on applied research that yields tangible outcomes. 

Subject Classification

When submitting a manuscript, contributors must choose one classification that is given below that best describes their manuscript:

Manuscript Preparation

General

• Manuscripts should be in MS Word single-column format. PDF is not an acceptable source file for evaluation
• All sections, including references, must be single-spaced. Tables and figures should be included within the article, preferably, with a maximum of 6 figures and/or tables.
• Research articles should not exceed 15 pages, including tables and figures. Review articles are limited to 25 pages.
• To facilitate a double-anonymised review process, provide a title page (including Article title, Author name(s), Affiliation(s), Acknowledgements, Declaration of Interest statement, Corresponding author address, Corresponding author email address) and anonymised manuscript (including Article title, Abstract, Article body, References, Figures and Tables) separately in your submission. The article should exclude any author information in the main manuscript that could identify author names or affiliations.
• All pages should be numbered.
• Use SI units throughout, and where other units are used for some reason, give equivalent SI units in parentheses.
• Ensure to use degree symbol (°) and not superscript of zero (0) or letter ‘o’; minus sign (−) and not hyphen (-); multiplication sign (×) and not ‘X’ or ‘*’. There is no space before % and °C, °F, but all other units bear space; units are used in the same format throughout the manuscript, including figures and tables.
• All biological names and ‘et al.’ in multi-authored citations should be given in italics.
• Upload a supplementary file containing a list of at least 3 potential referees (reviewers) with the following details: Salutation, Name, Affiliation, E-mail ID, Phone (optional) & Research interest (expertise).

Title

• It should be short & informative. Latin names are to be given in italics.
• Avoid abbreviations and notations, unless they are established and widely understood
• Font size to be 15 pt

Short Running Title

• Not more than 60 characters (including spaces).
• ALL IN CAPITALS
• Font size to be 9 pt

Author(s)

• Names of authors to be typed in first letters capitalised (Capitalise each word), each name separated by commas and ‘&’ before the last author.
• The names of all the authors should consist of first name, middle name (if any) and last name.
• Omit titles, such as Dr, Mr, Prof, Colonel, etc.
• In case of multiple authors, the author for correspondence is indicated with an asterisk (*) symbol.
• Font size to be 10 pt

Affiliation of Author(s)

• Name(s), e-mails, and address(es) of the institution(s) where the work was carried out, including PIN code.
• The PIN code should carry a space after 3 digits.
• Present address of author(s), if different, should also be given.
• The affiliations are numbered in chronology and indicated against the respective authors and not vice versa.
• Font size to be 9 pt

Headings

• Each manuscript should be divided preferably into the following main headings: Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods (Theoretical Considerations / Experimental Details), Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Conflict of Interest (COI), Acknowledgement, and References.
• For review papers, “Materials and Methods” and “Results and Discussion” are not essential.
• All headings and sub-headings should be in Title Case (The first letter of major words is capitalised).
• The main headings should be typed in 11 pt bold font on the left-hand side of the page.
• Next level headings could be presented preferably without using the decimal classification number
• Sub-Headings should be in a font size of 9 pt bold
• Sub-Sub Headings should be with a font size of 9 pt Bold-Italics
• Sub-Sub-Sub Headings should be in a font size of 9 pt, Italic

Abstract

• Abstract should be self-contained with scope, methodology employed, and key findings and conclusions in a way that is useful for indexing and abstracting service providers and gives a bird's eye view to a reader.
• The word count should not exceed 250 words.
• The use of tabular material, symbols, equations, notations, references and abbreviations should be avoided.
• In case the citation of reference is required, the complete reference
  (not the reference number) should be given in square brackets.
• Font size should be 9 pt

Keywords

• Five keywords/phrases best representing the manuscript should be given just below the abstract.
• Keywords should not use words already available in the title.
• They should be arranged alphabetically with the first letter capitalised, separated by a comma, and abbreviated for standard phrases.
• Font size should be 9 pt

Highlights

• You are required to provide article highlights explaining the industrial relevance and practical application of the article at submission.
• Submit highlights as a separate MS Word file.
• Highlights should consist of 3 to 5 bullet points, each a maximum of 85 characters, including spaces.
• Font size should be 9 pt

Introduction

• A brief and precise literature review that provides the essential background and knowledge gap that evoked the study should be given, along with the scope and objectives of the research.
• Font size should be 11 pt

Theoretical Considerations/Materials and Methods/ Experimental Details

• Details of all materials and methods used should be given with proper citations.
• If a new method or reference to a hard-to-obtain source is given, then it should be described in sufficient detail for reproducibility.
• Alternate titles may be used as per applicability and the type of article.
• The section should clearly indicate the experimental design followed and the statistical methods used.
• Font size should be 11 pt

Results and Discussion

• Results should be coherently presented and appropriately linked to tables, figures and other illustrations, but restricted to a bare minimum.
• The section should also compare findings with those of others, as deemed necessary by the authors, and its relevance should be discussed to the problem tackled, in particular, and for the branch of science, in general.
• Any weakness of the study undertaken, or any other peculiarity, must also be pointed out.
• New findings, new interpretations, etc, should be clearly spelt out, and also confirmation of important concepts, models, theorems, etc, should be indicated.
• The same data should not be presented in both table and figure form.
• Results should be exclusively for self-work, and if based on past work, then give proper citations.
• Discussion should be relevant and should not be a mere compilation.
• Font size should be 11 pt

Conclusions:

• Conclusions should be limited to 150 words.
• It should address the main findings, research outcomes and policy implications, if any, relating to the objectives and not include any extra material or the previous background.
• It should also include limitations, negative results and recommendations based on the results.
• Font size should be 11 pt.

Acknowledgements

• It should be brief and meaningful when invoked.
• Trivial formalities should be avoided.
• Font size should be 11pt
• Include acknowledgements only in the title page since this journal follows a double-anonymised peer review process.

Tables, Figures & Equations

The same data should not be repeated in both figures and tables. All figures, tables and equations should be in editable form so that they can be edited wherever required. Tables, figures and equations should be serially numbered in Arabic numerals and referred to in the text in the same way (maintaining chronology). Legends to figures should all be on a separate sheet. Figures and illustrations should be double the final size, which will normally be restricted to a column width (85 mm); drawings should be on white drawing paper. Unless unavoidable, figures (graphs) should not be coloured and should be in an editable format with a font size of 9 pt.

Some guidelines for tables are:

• Tables should be typed in ‘Table Grid’ Design in MS Word in single space with proper headings.
• The table headings should be in sentence case.
• In the text, tables should be written as: Table 1 or Tables 3–5.
• Avoid vertical rules in the table
• A cell should not contain any blanks. Use em rules or abbreviations where data are missing, e.g. NA for “not applicable” or ‘—’.
• Additional information should be given in the form of footnotes, before the rule, generally identified with superscript small letters placed in the appropriate order in the table from left to right and top to bottom. The same mark may be used on two or more elements if the corresponding note applies.
• In case of tables that extend to more than a page, the complete title, incorporating ‘()’ after the table number, should be provided, and column headings are to be repeated on the next page. The term ‘(Contd.)’ should also be given at the end of the table (before the rule) on the previous page, to indicate that the table is continuing.
• In the text, capitalise the first word “Table” when referring to a specific table, but use lower-case letters when referring to a generic table, e.g. The data in Table 1 shows the mortality rate. The table below presents the data.

Some guidelines for figures are:

• Figures as illustrations, photographs, graphs, etc., will be accepted in TIFF or JPEG format as supplementary files in online submission.
• In the text, figures should be written as: Fig. 2 or Figs. 2–5.
• Each figure should have a brief, self-explanatory caption. Additional information, if necessary, may follow the caption in brief within brackets. The caption should be given as ‘Fig. 3 — Design of a case-control study’. The end of the caption should not have a full stop.
• Graphs should have their axes clearly labelled with the relevant units of measurement included in parentheses. Each curve inside the figure should be distinguished by using various patterns (avoid colours) and should necessarily be explained inside the figure or in the caption.
• Lettering, numbering, symbols and lines in the graphs/illustrations should be sufficiently clear and large to withstand reduction up to 50%.
• If a figure is reproduced from material previously published by another publisher, permission must be obtained from the author(s) and/or publisher(s), and the acknowledgement of the source should be included.

Some guidelines for equations are:

• Displayed equations are not separated by punctuation. They should be given in a separate line, e.g. Distance is calculated as follows:

D = x(y)                                              … (1)

where D, is distance; x, time; and y, rate.

• But if the same equation is run into the text (i.e. not displayed), use a comma, e.g. Distance is calculated as
  D = x(y), where D = distance, and….
• In equations, variables are italicised; the surrounding parentheses are not (a, s, m).
• All the symbols used for variables and constants in equations should be explained at their first occurrence.
• Spaces, three dots, and the equation number in parentheses should follow displayed equations.
• While referring to a single equation in the text, one should use Eq. (2); in case more than one equation is to be referred to, use Eqs (2)–(4), etc.

References:

The literature as referred to in the text should be put under this section and numbered sequentially in the order of its first use or mention in the text. Indicate sources (references) in the text as superscript Arabic serial numbers as illustrated in this paragraph itself.¹ The citations are numbered chronologically as they occur for the first time in text and given as superscript. Re-occurrence does not require any chronology. If the reference number comes at the end of the sentence, it should be placed after the full stop.² Two consecutive numbers^2,3 and more than one citations^1,2,4 should be separated by a comma without a space. Three^1–3 or more^1–4 consecutive citations should be presented as a range separated by an ‘en dash’. If the reference number comes on any numeral 67⁽⁵⁾, it should be given within parentheses. Where a mention of authors in the body text is required, two-authored citations would mention both authors (last name only) separated by ‘&’, and more than two-authored citations would mention the first author et al. (et al. in italics) without initials of first/middle names. Unpublished work and personal communication should be referred to in the text itself in parentheses. Abbreviate journal names in italics as given in the International Serial Catalogue published by the International Council of Scientific Union's Abstracting Board (ICSUAB) without the use of any period ('.'). Each reference should provide the last name (full) and initials (first/middle names) of all the authors, giving a comma between the authors and ‘&’ before the last author. Whatever the number of authors, all authors should be mentioned. Examples are given below for illustration:

Research Papers and Proceedings

• With Author(s) - Liotta R, Rose K, Krishnan P K & Ghosal A, Creep compliance properties of steel cast in space, J Mater Sci, 18 (1999) 243–256. Where an issue is present, make it bold. [If accepted for publication, give ‘(in press)’ in place of volume, year and pages]
• With no Authors - Authors will simply be missing from the style given above. Other parts remain in place.
• Proceedings - Rao N V, Bakhetia D R C & D'Souza L, The ultimate form of power function as derived from fractional derivatives, Proc Int Conf Appl Math Stat (Iowa State University Press, Iowa) 2000, 224–229.
• Avoid citation of papers from fake/ predatory Journals.

Books, Conferences and Symposia

• Books - Hearle J W S & Peters R H, Fibre Structure (Academic Press, London) 1987, 87– [If the reference is to a work of an author published in a book by another author, the fact should be indicated by prefixing ' in' appropriately.]
• Roels O A & Mahadevan S, Vitamin A, in The Vitamins: Chemistry, Pathology and Methods, 2^nd edn, vol VI, edited by P Gyorgy & W N Pearson (Academic Press, New York) 1967, 139–210.
• Symposia/Conferences - Kapoor B C, Managing in the face of not-so-developed and organised environment, in Nat Symp Manag Dev (Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur) 23–25 July 2000.

Theses and Dissertations

• Ghosh G, Structure and fracture properties of coal in India, Ph D Thesis, Indian Coal Mining Institute, Dhanabad, India, 1998.

Patents

• Trepaginer J H, New surface finishings and coatings, US Patent 1276323 DuPont Inc, USA) 27 June 2000; Chem Abstr, 49 (2000) 27689.

Personal Communications and Unpublished Data

• If referred to, it should be so indicated in the text itself rather than put under references. Indicate like: ...and has blood pressure-lowering properties (Gupta G D, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, unpublished data) as well as a fairly good glucose-regulating function (Rajpurohit B D, National Institute of Nutrition, personal communication) …

Website

Reference to information downloaded from a website should give the full address of the website without an underline (remove hyperlink), followed by the date of download, if the data is dynamic. [e.g. www.niscpr.res.in (23 April 2022)] 

Abbreviations

Standard International practices for abbreviations should be used in the text and illustrations without a full stop mark. Provide the full form of the abbreviations at their first occurrence. Avoid starting any sentence with an abbreviation.

Ethical Issues

JSIR values publication ethics and guidelines as defined by the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org/). For human/animal experimental model, authors should follow the ethics prepared by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, India; Animal Welfare Division of the Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi; Council of International Organisations of Medical Sciences (WHO/UNESCO), NIH and PHS. In such research communications, it is mandatory for authors to mention the approval for the particular research work obtained from the relevant/respective institutional committee on ethics.

JSIR supports the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (http://www.icmje.org/urm_main.html).

Studies involving human subjects should follow the required procedure of securing informed consent.

A statement on ‘Conflict of Interest (COI)’ has to be included in the declaration at the time of submission of the manuscript.

 Proofs and Reprints

Galley proofs as .pdf files are sent to authors through email for final checking. Authors should ensure that the data submitted for publication is error-free. Published articles can be accessed through CSIR-NIScPR's Online Periodicals Repository as well as the Journal's homepage (or niscpr.res.in).

 Plagiarism

It is mandatory on the part of the corresponding author to furnish the following certificate at the time of Submission of the manuscript for publication:

A declaration by the authors as per the certificate given below:

This is to certify that the reported work in the paper entitled “…(title of the article)………..” authored by ……(name of all authors)…… submitted for publication in the journal is an original one and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere. I/we further certify that proper citations to the previously reported work have been given and no data/tables/figures have been quoted verbatim from other publications without giving due acknowledgement and without the permission of the author(s). The consent of all the authors of this paper has been obtained for submitting the paper to the journal “………………”.

  [Signatures and names of all the authors]