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Author Rights
We follow a green open access policy with regards to author rights. Authors reserve the right to post the link of their accepted/published papers in their own academic website or University Repositories to which they are affiliated to with complete citation. However, this does not reserve the right for them to use it for commercial gains.

Copyright

Upon submission of an article, authors are requested to complete a copyright form that transfers copyright of all original material in the article to the publisher if the article is accepted.

The copyright form must be filled out correctly, signed, dated, and submitted before the article can be accepted. A signed, scanned copy of the completed and duly signed declaration form may be sent by email to editor@imanagerjournals.com

i-manager Publications holds the copyright for the article to be published, and any content reuse will require the publisher's consent.

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Submission Guidelines

The author must provide:

  • his / her name,
  • his / her job title,
  • his / her organization/institution of affiliation name,
  • a brief biographical description,
  • a photograph in JPEG format.

In case of more than one author, the corresponding authors' full details including email, fax, phone and address for communication need to be provided.

In addition

  • The paper must include a title, an abstract, keywords, a main body with sections and subsections, results, discussion, conclusion and references.
  • All references must be cited.
  • APA format should be followed for references, citations, and for tables.
  • Font size: Arial font, 10 pt size.
  • Figures and tables should appear immediately after their first mention in the text.
  • Illustrations, if provided, should be clear and in JPEG format.
  • All articles should be as error-free as possible, and any technical matters must be as clear as possible.

Author Responsibilities

  1. Authors should ensure that their submission is an original work. If they have used the work or words of other authors, these should be properly cited.
  2. Prior permission should be obtained for copyright works.
  3. Any form of plagiarism is considered unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
  4. Authors should not submit a manuscript that has already been published in another journal.
  5. Submitting a manuscript concurrently to more than one journal is also considered unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Submission Procedure

First time authors are requested to register themselves on the registration page. Once registered, authors can submit and know the status of their papers.

Existing authors are requested to use their username and password to submit papers and know the current status of the paper.

Researchers and practitioners are expected to submit on or before the stipulated deadline.

Author FAQ

Why should I register?

As a first time contributing author to i-manager’s Journals, you are required to register with us. Once you are registered as an author, you are added in our Author Database and you get access to Call for Paper notifications from the Corresponding Editor to your areas of academic interest and research. The registered authors can submit their papers online and view the status of their submitted papers from submission to being published, and also they get access to view their published papers. 

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Why Publish in i-managers Journals?

i-manager Publications currently publishes academic Journals in Education, Engineering, Scientific and Management streams. All of i-manager’s Journals are supported by highly qualified Editorial Board members who help in presenting high quality content issue after issue. We follow stringent Double Blind Peer Review process to maintain the high quality of our Journals. Our Journals target both Indian as well as International researchers and serve as a medium for knowledge transfer between the developed and developing countries. The Journals have a good mix of International and Indian academic contributions, with the peer-review committee set up with International Educators.

We have readership for our Journals from institutions all over, and the online access helps in expanding our reach to the academia worldwide.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

We follow stringent publication ethics, and plagiarized papers are not published, and are withdrawn at any stage of the publishing process. Plagiarism is not limited to the Results and Discussion sections; it can involve any part of the manuscript, including figures and tables, in which material is copied from another publication without attestation, reference, or permission.

No Publishing Fee

The publisher follows a ‘No Publishing Fee’ policy.

We do not charge any publication fee.

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