Author Guidelines
Pragyan International Journal of Applied Research encourages original manuscripts from researchers, scholars, and students. All papers will be submitted to the reviewers for a blind review process, including the possibility of rejection.
The authors are expected to follow the guidelines as below:
- Language used: English
- Document: Microsoft Word for Windows
- Font and style: Times New Roman, size 12. There should be no words in bold text
- Spacing: 1.5 throughout the text
- Page orientation and size: A4 paper, portrait orientation, 2.5 cm top and bottom margins, and 3.0 cm left and right margins with numbered lines and pages
- Scientific style: Quantities are expressed in SI (Sistema Internacional), and scientific terminology must follow the international conventions of each area concerned; Genus and species names must be italicized
The structure of the article is expected to be:
- Title: Only the first letter of the first word must be capitalized
- Abstract: 250 words maximum without citation
- Keywords: At least three and not more than six
- Introduction: The Introduction should indicate the purpose of the research and briefly review the literature
- Material and methods: This section should follow the Introduction and provide sufficient information to allow repetition of the experimental work
- Results: This section should describe the outcome of the study. Data should be presented as concisely as possible and, if any, in the form of tables and figures, although very large tables should be avoided
- Discussion: The discussion should be in the form of an interpretation of the results and their meaning with reference to other authors' work. Results may be accompanied by discussion in the same section or separately
- Declaration of interest: All authors should disclose any personal and/or financial relationships with other people or organizations that may improperly influence their paper. A conflict-of-interest statement should be provided in the manuscript file immediately before the References section. To state that there are no Conflicts of Interest, please write: "The authors declare no conflicts of interest"
- Funding: The names of the funding organizations should be written in full. If there was no financial aid, it should be reported that "This research did not receive any financial support"
- Ethical considerations: Authors are required to affirm that they have obtained consent from participants in Research Articles utilizing the Questionnaire. For Review Articles, include the statement "Not applicable"
- References: The reference list should include only works cited in the text and published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should be mentioned only in the text. Referral list entries must be alphabetized by the first author's surname of each article