PUBLICATIONS
Demand
Draft of processing fee of Rs. 1000.00 should favour Director, UGC-Academic
Staff College, Kumaun University, Nainital
QUEST-
The Journal of UGC-ASC Nainital (ISSN NO.0974-5041)
QUEST was
launched to give concrete shape to the vision of the ASC to involve itself in
the pursuit of excellence in higher education. The bi-annual journal provides
an open forum for publication of quality research work in Hindi and English.
QUEST is a peer reviewed inter-disciplinary journal which is published both in
English and Hindi. The journal is online at indianjournals.com.
We invite research papers, review
articles, and book reviews for QUEST. All manuscripts must be submitted to:
E-mail:
For English :
quest.nainital@ gmail.com
For
Hindi : quest.hindi@gmail.com
Author's Guidelines:
(a)
The manuscripts should normally not exceed 6000 words including References and
Footnotes.
(b)
Font for English: Times New Roman, Size 11, Double Line space/ Font for Hindi:
KrutiDev10, Size 14, Double Line space/
(c)
The cover page of the article should contain: (i) Title of the article (in
bold) (ii) Name(s) of authors (iii) Professional affiliation (iv) Address of correspondence
and Email. Kindly note the authors name should not be mentioned in any other
page.
(d) The second page should contain (i)
title of the article (Time New Romans 16, in bold) (ii) an abstract of the
paper in about 200-250 words (Times Roman 12-point type, single spacing, in
italics) that clearly includes the purpose and significance,
design/methodology/approach, findings, research limitations/implications,
practical implications.(iii) keywords should be provided which encapsulate the
principal topics of the paper(3-5 key words).
(e) All Figures (charts, diagrams
and line drawings) and Plates (photographic images) should be submitted in
electronic form. They should be of clear quality, in black and white and
numbered consecutively.
(f) Tables should be typed and
included as part of the manuscript. They should not be submitted as graphic
elements.
(g) Mathematical expressions,
figures and charts should be presented in a way that will be easily printable.
Tables and diagrams should be numbered consecutively and included in the text.
Source must be mentioned below the table.
(h) Please check your manuscript
for clarity, grammar, spellings, punctuation, and consistency of references to
minimize editorial changes.
(i)
Authors must follow the Harvard Style of referencing, with author, date, page
to be cited in main body of text in parentheses and list of references to be
cited at end of main text .References must be given in alphabetical order
(surname first)and typed on a separate page, single-spaced, at the end of the
paper. The following format should be used for referring
books, articles in journals, electronic documents etc in the list of
references:
Journal article
Bekaert,
G., Harvey, C.R. and Lundblad, C. (2007) ‘Liquidity and expected returns:
lessons from emerging markets’, Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 20,
pp.1783–1831.
Book
BGeddes,
K.O., Czapor, S.R., Labahn, G. (1992): Algorithms for Computer Algebra. Kluwer
Publishing, Boston
Online Document
Cartwright,
J.: Big stars have weather too.IOP Publishing Physics Web.
http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1 (2007). Accessed 26 June 2007
(j)Footnotes:
Used as sparingly as possible, should be numbered consecutively and will be
listed at the bottom of the page.
(k)The editorial team has the
right to modify or edit the work in order to match the standard and style
requirement of the journal.
Editorial Procedure
The
Editors reserve the right to reject/ return to the author(s) any manuscript that
in their opinion is not suitable for publication in QUEST, without expressly
stipulating the reasons for doing so. Under no circumstances will the identity
of the reviewer(s) and referee(s) be disclosed to the author(s) or to any other
third party not involved in the editorial process.
Review process
Each
submission to QUEST shall be subject to following review process:
·
First,it is reviewed by the editor and/or editorial committee for general
suitability for publication.
· If it is considered
suitable, two expert peer reviewers are selected and a double blind review
takes place.
· Based on the
recommendations of the reviewers a decision is taken as to whether the article
is accepted as it is/returned for revision/rejected.
· Correspondence
and proofs for correction will be sent to the first author unless otherwise
specified. The article will be published after receipt of the corrected proofs
from the authors if and when it found that they have been revised as desired by
referees.
Copyright:
All
copyrights are with QUEST. The authors are accountable for copyright permission
for any part of the content of their articles. The views expressed in the
articles of this journal are those of authors and do not reflect the opinion of
the Institute. The authors are required to sign the “Copy Right Form” before
article is published in the journal.
Submission Instructions
·
QUEST is an inter-disciplinary journal of the social sciences and humanities.
The journal invites original submissions from across the social sciences,
humanities and even those research writings from the sciences which relate to
socio-political, economic and cultural issues, relevant from the social
engineering point of view.
·
Research Papers must be adequately structured. They must include introduction,
including brief review of related literature, findings/results, discussion of
results and a conclusion.
· Books reviews:
In addition to the publication details of such books, the body of review should
highlight objectives and/or overview of the contents of the book; and
attributes, achievements and limitations of the book. The review must summarize
for whom the book is suitable and for what purposes. Publishers may also send
two copies of a publication for getting the book reviewed by UGC-Academic Staff
College, Kumaun University, Nainital.
· Typed
manuscripts should be submitted in duplicate (02 copies) of the document to:
The
Editor
QUEST
UGC-ASC,Kumaun
University
The
Hermitage, Nainital,
Uttarakhand
(India) 263 001
·
You may write to us at quest.nainital@gmail.com quest.hindi@gmail.com,regarding
any queries.