Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

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, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-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.

Author Guidelines

CHECKLIST

Submission files

     1. Title page (with Authors/ Affiliations/ Institution details)

                     We request authors to share their ORCID ID with the affiliation (Department, College, City, State, Country). If not registered, please register yourself at https://orcid.org/ and share their unique ORCID link.

     2. Article main text file (with no authors/ institutional details)

Aim and Scope

VJR offers an opportunity to publish well-researched and academically rigorous research papers. The purpose of this journal is to be a valuable resource for research in the field of Social Sciences. VJR accepts original research papers, reviews, perspectives, or case studies in the field of social sciences. VJR does not accept manuscripts that are currently under consideration by other journals. The journal follows a stringent process to select the research articles for publication. All the articles undergo a double-blind review process. The entire review and selection process may take three to four months. The author(s) may be asked to review their manuscripts as per the reviewers’ report. The final acceptance is subject to approval by the journal's editorial board.

Manuscript Preparation

A softcopy of the manuscript should be submitted in English only. The manuscript should be in MS Word format, 1.5 interspacing, and Times New Roman Font size 12. The title page requires a complete title, authors' names and affiliations, corresponding author details, email-IDs, and contact numbers. Every research article must contain an abstract, not more than 350 words with three to four keywords. The abstract must have a purpose, methodology, important findings and implications of the research. And, the full-length paper should not exceed 8000 words.

Manuscript Structure

VJR follows the following structure: Introduction, ROL, Methodology, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion. VJR strictly follows APA 6th edition style of writing as well as referencing.

Submission Process

A softcopy of the manuscript should be submitted by registering here. The author should send a cover letter mentioning the crucial information including Title, Author (s), Academic Positions, Affiliation, Email Address and Contact numbers. The manuscript should not have any information about the authors in the manuscript.

VJR believes in research ethics hence, all the articles are sent for plagiarism check before beginning the review process.

Review Process

VJR follows the double-blind peer review process. Reviewer’s reports are sent to the author for revision on the articles. VJR does not accept manuscripts that are currently under consideration by other journals.

Publication Policies

VJR is an open-access journal and the institute retains the copyright of the articles selected for publication. Author(s) are sent a copyright form if their paper is selected after the reviewer’s report.

Publication

The average time from submission to first decision is 40 days and from acceptance to online publication is 60 days.

Copyright Notice

I hereby transfer the copyright to Vivekananda Journal of Research. I/ we affirm that-
1. The contents of the paper have not been published elsewhere.
2. To the best of my knowledge, the work does not infringe upon any copyright or other rights and does not contain any defamatory or other unlawful material, and that I have obtained in writing the customary permission from each copyright owner for his or her legal representative or heirs whenever a passage is quoted and/or a table or illustration from copyrighted material is
used.
3. I hereby agree to indemnify Vivekananda Journal of Research for any loss whatsoever arising out of any claim or suit by a third party for copyright infringement.
4. The author/ s declare that any person named as co-author of the contribution is aware of the
submission and has agreed to be so named. The undersigned accepts the responsibility of
releasing this work on behalf of all the co-authors.
5. The authors retain all proprietary rights other than the copyright such as patent rights. The authors retain the right to reuse any portion of the work without change in future works of the author provided the publication is properly credited and cited.
6. The author retains the right to post the contribution on his/ her webpage or on a
publicly accessible server limited to non-commercial and personal use by others, while prominently adding “©VJR” that the copyright for this contribution is held by the publishers of
Vivekananda Journal of Research (VJR)
7. This agreement is signed/agreed upon with the consent of all authors of the paper.