As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is 1.5 line spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Authors must send the copyright and declaration form duly signed by all the co-authors once the article has been accepted for publication. The members of the Editorial Board and the Publisher of the journal are not responsible for the statements and opinions expressed by the authors in their manuscript published in the journal. Due permission must be sought whose copyrighted material are used in the preparation of the manuscript. Copyright and Declaration Form Click here
Author Guidelines
Guidelines for Abstract & Paper Submission for IBMRD’s Journal of Management & Research
The manuscript should have a cover page with author(s) contact details, followed by an abstract.
Abstract of the research paper, word limit below 200, must have appropriate keywords. (Authors name, affiliation and email ID should be mentioned just below the title of the paper on the abstract.)
Final & Full paper(s) should be of 8000 to 10000 words only including references. All the pages except the cover page must be numbered at the bottom of the page, central alignment and should not exceed more than 8 pages.
Font Type – Times New Roman, size -12, spacing – 1.5 lines, margin-1 inch on all the sides.
Typed on paper – A4 size, single column typing, left side alignment for all the headings and central alignment for the title of the paper and for all the headings.
Tables, Figures, and Illustrations: Use the entire page width for tables and graphs, where required, then continue with text. All tables, figures, illustrations, etc. should be included in the text of the paper. Tables should be consistent with the text and facing the same direction. The endnotes should be consecutively numbered within the text, and the substance of the endnotes should appear at the end, preceding the references.
The numbering to the tables should be as Table 1:, Table 2: … with centre aligned and top of the document with proper source mentioned below. Other titles such as figures, map, graph etc. should be numbered as Figure 1:, Figure 2: etc. with left aligned and at the bottom of the figure.
Papers should be completed in MS Word type doc/ docx file only.
Use APA style for providing the references. The referencing document is available on the website.
Copyright policy, anti plagiarism policy is strictly followed by the Journal.
Authors have to give an undertaking to the editor of the journal about the transfer of copyright and originality of research work. The format is available on the website.
Contents of the paper should follow this sequence: the cover page, abstract, introduction, review of literature, research methodology, findings - discussion, conclusion, references.
Please note that the paper(s) that will not follow the guidelines will be returned to the author(s) for correction and resubmission.
Notes: Do not use footnotes. Minimize endnotes. If they are unavoidable, number them serially in the text using superscript and list them together on a separate sheet under the heading Notes, immediately following the text of the paper. Notes are not for citing a reference but for offering a significant explanation.
Revised manuscripts
At the end of the blind review process, the editor informs the author about the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. On acceptance, the author is expected to incorporate the modifications suggested by the reviewers, if any, and submit a soft copy of the final revised manuscript.
Policy against simultaneous submission
Authors should ensure that the manuscript submitted to IBMRD is not simultaneously submitted to any other journal or publisher. Similarly, it should not be submitted anywhere else during the pendency of the review process. Once a manuscript is accepted by or published in IBMRD, it becomes the property of IBMRD, whose permission is required for any operations covered by the Copyright Act.
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