Research Article

Contents:
Title, Author(s)’s name and affiliation(s), Key words, Body of the article, starting with Introduction, Core part, Discussion and conclusion without separate headings, Acknowledgement- if any, and References- if any limit to 5.

Length limit: 2 pages

Numbering

Page number Bottom, plain number -2
Figure number serially as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, and Fig. 3.
Table number serially as Tab. 1, Tab. 2, and Tab. 3

Abbreviations

Only universally accepted abbreviations can be used and it should be defined on first appearance in the text.

Page Background

No color, No watermark, No borders

Hyperlink and Footnote

No hyperlink or footnote are permitted

Symbol

Symbols should be double checked before submission

Units of Measurement

SI Units

Species names/genes

Italics. For all species, authentic, latest Latin names should be given. Full generic and the species name with the authority should be mentioned when indicating it for the first time in the article, and in succeeding reference, the generic name can be abbreviated and the authority be deleted.

Cover letter

The cover letter should include the Title of the research paper, Name(s) of the Author(s), their affiliation followed by e-mail address of the corresponding author. The authorship cannot be changed once the submission is done.

Title

It must be in sentence case, unless highly requires the capital letter in between. Title should be informative and concise. Abbreviations should be avoided.

Key words

4—5 key words need to be mentioned in alphabetical order. Abbreviations should be avoided.

Body of the article

It should be starting with Introduction, Core part, Discussion and conclusion without separate headings.

Tables

It should be in time and space effective manner with title (sentence case) describing what is in it. A proper explanation in the text should be given by referring table number, Example (Tab.1). Consistency should be maintained in units. Lengthy tables should be avoided. Column head must be in bold and sentence case with units in bracket. De-clutter the table by giving sufficient space in each column and row.

Illustrations

Clarity of the illustrations, figures and photo prints should be ensured. Unit of magnification and measures should be indicated wherever necessary. Legends to figures and photos should be given on the foot of the figure/photo with figure number. Example, Fig. 1: Description. Similar figures can be grouped to avoid large space consumption. An appropriate detail in the text should be given by referring figure number, Example (Fig.1).

Reference

It should follow alphabetical and chronological order. Citation in the text must be (Author, year) or (Author 1 and Author 2, year) or (Author et al., year).