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Author Guidelines

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Guidelines to the author(s)

The authors should submit their manuscripts according to the details given below and through our OJS platform after the registration it will be enabled automatically with in 24hrs

Format of the Manuscripts: Manuscripts in English must be in Microsoft word format and articles in Malayalam in Adobe PageMaker Format. Along with the manuscripts, authors should upload a blinded manuscript of their manuscripts in pdf format too. All file's name will be as following. 

The File name should consist of the following: - date of submission followed by an underscore with corresponding author's name". for example, if submission date falls on 16^th September 2022 and corresponding author's name is john, then file name  will be as follows 20220916_john

The length of the Manuscript can be from 3000 words and not beyond 6000 words. If it goes beyond 6000, the editorial board of the journal has the right to decide depending on the manuscripts.

Fonts of  the Manuscripts:  the font of the manuscripts in English should be in times new roman and manuscripts in Malayalam should be in ML-revathi.

Format of the manuscripts:

The manuscripts consists of the following frame work

1. Title of the Article (centre alignment)
2. Name of the author (in case more than one author, author's name should be entered separately in ascending order) (centre alignment).
3. Abstract in 150  words.
4. Five Keywords.
5. The text should consist of an introduction followed by contents and conclusion.
6. Documentation should be in the form of endnotes (Citations in APA format).
7. References  in APA format.
8. Name of the first author with designation. It should follow institutional / address for communication, country name, pin/zip code, number to contact with country code, email id, ORCID. All these details should be aligned right.
9. The same format should be followed in case of second and third authors. Each author's entry is separated with the symbol "&". (right alignment)

10.The pdf submitted should be without entry number 2, 8 and 9 (authors name and address) for facilitating blind review.

11.In case of manuscript with chart, it should be part of the content. The maximum size of the chart should be 10x17cm.

12.Multi colours are  not allowed except black and white.

13.Images are not encouraged due to copyright issues.

14.Font size: title in 14, citations and references in 10, and the rest in 11 font size.

15.The authors who submit their articles in Malayalam should also add title, author's name, author's address with phone number and email id, ORCID, key words, abstract and Reference in English too.

16.submite your article through our OJS plateforem. https://ojs.cditproject.org/index.php/ishal 

after the registration the confirmation email will get with in 24hrs. Otherwise the registration will enabled automatically with in 24hrs

Note:

Mahakavi Moyinkutty Vaidyar Mappila Kala Academy publishes Ishal Paithrkam, a reputable academic journal. There are no fees payable to submit to or publish in this journal. A panel of expert professors selected by the academy undertakes the review process as a service in a meticulous manner. The editor will perform a preliminary screening of the research articles before checking them for plagiarism. Only those articles that have the approval of the editor and show no plagiarism are recommended for the third stage of rigorous blind referring. It may be informed that the entire process may take 3-6 months, so the contributors are requested not to send the same article to another journal during this time. Those who find it difficult to wait are requested to abstain from sending their research articles to this journal.

Authorship

Authorship gives recognition to an author's insights in the area of his/ her study and carries accountability. Authorship can be claimed by those individuals who have enriched the area of the study with his/her intellectual content. All authors are responsible for the contents and views expressed.

The first author should be that person who contributed most to the work, including writing of the manuscript. The sequence of the lead author depends on his/her contribution to the content of the manuscript. The first author should be responsible for the integrity of the content of the article. All correspondents related to the article should be with the first author. Letter of approval/affidavit of the manuscript from lead author should be furnished along with the article.

The co-author(s) should ensure that they contribute to the intellectual content of the article. Letter of approval/affidavit from the co-author should be attached with the article.

First and second author(s) should certify that the manuscript submitted is the result of original research work done by the author/authors, and the content of the article is not published either in full or partial anywhere other than this journal. 

Any alteration either in sequence of author(s) or name of author(s) will not be permitted after submission of the article.

Retractions

Retraction will be issued if major errors like plagiarism, manipulated images or data, research without required ethical approvals, duplicate publication, evidence of a breach of editorial policies etc are found in the article(s). The decision will be taken in collaboration with editorial team of the journal ISHAL PAITHRKAM and Peer-reviewer(s). In rare and extreme cases involving legal infringement, the ISHAL PAITHRKAM may remove an article.

Corrections

We publish corrections when necessary. Incase of corrections we try to contact the author of the original article and publish all corrections as soon as we can.

Erratum

An erratum will be used if the author intimates the journal about the error within 45 days of its publication.

Addenda

ISHAL PAITHRKAM notifies addenda for the reader's understanding of a Signiant part of the published contributions if the author omitted significant information available at the time in his/her article.

Special issue

The policy of the special issue is as same as in the case of regular issue. The topic of the special issue will be published on the website at the time of the call for article. In all other matters such as open access policy, Revenue Sources, author fees, statement of peer review policies, statement of publication ethics, duties of all team of ishal paithkam journal, duties of authors and authorship, the policy of the journal towards special and regular issue will remain the same. The editorial board of the regular and special issues will be the same.

Call for Article.

No deadline set for sending article to regular issue. Authors are free to submit their article any time. The review of the article received will be done on first come first basis. The date of submission and topic of the special issue will be given on the website. Due to overload of the pending manuscripts, the OJS designed to access article submissions only 1st to 5th of all months.