Instructions to Authors

• Language: Submitted papers should be written in English.
• File Format: Manuscripts should be submitted as Microsoft Word documents (.doc or .docx).
• Adherence to Guidelines: Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guidelines provided by the journal. Please refer to the journal's website or submission portal for specific formatting instructions.
• Peer Review: All papers will undergo scientific peer review to assess their quality, originality, and suitability for publication.
• Online Submission: Authors must register as an author on the journal's submission portal and submit their manuscripts through the online platform. Please follow the instructions provided on the submission portal for guidance on the submission process.

Adhering to these minimum standards will ensure a smooth and efficient peer-review process for your manuscript.

Standards for submission

• Name, Address, Email id, Mobile No. of the Author for Correspondence.
• The letter should mention in brief what is already known about this subject and what new has added by the submitted work.
• Title of the paper.
• Authors' initials and names
• An abstract (not exceeding 300 word) which should be most informative, giving clear indications of the nature and range of the results contained in the paper, and should not duplicate the conclusions.
• 3 to 6 Relevant keywords

• Units of measurement:Indicate SI units directly or in Parantheses after the value.
• Drugs: Provide the Recommended International Non-Proprietary Name (rINN).

The Manuscripts should follow the IMRad format (Introduction- Method- Results and Discussion). For more information, please read (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMRAD)
All original research articles should be structured in the following manner.

The title should be concise and reflect the entire work of the author in simple words. The words and verbs should not be repetitive. The title should generate interest in readers as a topic of importance. The title should harness interest of distant yet related readers too.
For example, a manuscript on plant or mine economics can generate interest in a banking community who see the article in matters of investment. It may also have words that will generally attract the community in general. The words like waste reduction, saving, performance improvement, renewable resources , renewable energy, pollution reduction, social responsibility, green materials, sustainable development, and waste to wealth, etc. come into this category. Care has to be exercised to not use superfluous and uncommon word and expression.

Below the title, all author names should be mentioned along with Affiliation of each author.
1. Affiliation details should include-

• Department
• University
• Organization
• City with Pincode
• State
• Country for all authors

2. Each author’s affiliation should be identified by a superscript small numeral.
3. Author for correspondence should be indicated by an asterisk.
4. Provide full address including e-mail, fax, and telephone number of Author forcorrespondence.

Abstracts need not be in structured format. However, it should clearly state

• The purpose of the work in short
• Methods used to be explained in a few sentences
• Key findings and major conclusion drawn from the work in few sentences.
• Do not cite others work in abstract as much as possible.
• The complete Abstract should be within 300 words
• Use of abbreviations in abstract should be avoided however if essential should be expanded at its first appearance
• Abstract would be read by many people much more than the complete articles. An impactful abstract can enthuse more readers
• Represent the abstract graphically – Readers can visually connect with the findings.

The author should provide 3 to 6 keywords, characterizing the scope of the paper, Keywords should be written in title case and separated by comma. Avoid general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of').

Authors to number the headings in Arabic Style Eg: 1, 2….

• Headings should be in title case, meaning that all words except for prepositions, articles, and conjunctions should be capitalized.
• All botanical names should be in italics.
For example: 1. Finite Element Modelling (FEM)
                  1.1 Model Description

This section is the commencement for the Full text of the article.

• Mention the National and International importance of the topic
• Cost implication with respect to the problem and how widespread it is.
• How to overcome these challenges and the solution for the same.
• Theme of the research and the solutions to close the gap with new discovery or results or innovations.
• Proposal for improvement and the reasoning for the same based on literature research.
• Cite appropriately if this is taken from elsewhere

Every manuscript should have some objectives which the study wanted to achieve and is being reported. Objectives can be bullet points or one/two sentences.

This is the part which is the most important as it is the actual research work reported with clarity and truth.

• Method adopted to be detailed. Source of material procurement to be clearly mentioned.
• Data should right and correct to the extent possible. Data in doubt, should not be reported. Data from any other source should always be cited appropriately.
• Statistically valid data should be included. A nominal sample size of 5 with standard deviation is always shown.
• Detailed description of tables and figures are not required.
• Images to be labelled correctly.
• Tables, Figures, Images, Graphs should always be labelled and there has to be a description for the same.

A detailed presentation of the Results obtained along with the supportive Discussions by similar or different findings of the researchers in the same field or works of similar nature. References to Data, Tables, Images etc. presented earlier may be referred to explain the results. Limitations of the work may also be discussed here.

A very important section like the Abstract. Based on the Results and Discussions, a short yet crisp conclusive write up has to be presented here. For more than one conclusions, keep them distinctly separate. Do not include recommendations here. Future scope work may be mentioned here.

Acknowledge those persons who helped you in the present study by providing facilities, personal assistance and funding if any.

Footnotes are not permitted. If the manuscript contains footnotes, move them into the text and references as per the content.

Reference to be arranged as per the Style mentioned below
Journal of Information and Knowledge follows the APA style of referencing. Examples of citations to different types of documents are given below:

In-text citations of

Single author article:

1. Parenthetical citations: Author (s) and the date, separated by a comma, appear in parentheses for a parenthetical citation. e.g., (Peter, 2022).
2. Narrative citations: E.g., Peter (2022) examined the results of the previous studies to support this finding.

Two authors articles:

1. Parenthetical citations: …. (Peter & Paul, 2022)
2. Narrative citations: Peter and Paul (2022) examined…

More than three authors articles:

1. Parenthetical citations: (Peter et al., 2022)
2. Narrative citations: Peter et al. (2022)

Citing more than one citation in Parentheses

(Peter & Paul, 2022; Jenson, 2021)

Works excluded from the reference list

1. Personal communications, like emails, and text messages, are cited in the text only not in the reference list because readers cannot retrieve them from anywhere in the public domain.
2. General mentions of whole websites, whole periodicals, software, and applications need not be referenced.

Reference Examples

Textual Works

(i) Journal Article

1. Gopinath, M.A. (2004) Knowledge management policies options. Journal of Information and Knowledge. 41: 145–150.

2. Neelameghan, A. & Gopinath, M. A. (1967). Research in library classification. Library Science with a Slant to Documentation. 4: 356–381.

(ii) Book/Monograph

1. Ranganathan, S R. (1957) The Five Laws of Library Science. 2nd ed. Mumbai: Asia Publishing House, 456p.

(iii) Chapter from a Book

1. Neelameghan, A. & Raghavan, K.S. (2012). Frames of knowledge: a perspective of Vedic-Hinduism and Dravidian culture. In: Cultural frames of knowledge, edited by Richard, P Smiraglia & Hur-li Lee. Wursburg, Germany, 2012, 19–61.

(iv) Conference Paper

1. Ragahavan, K.S. & Neelameghan, A. Indic cultures and concepts: Implications for knowledge organization. In 12th International ISKO Conference, 6–9 August 2012, Mysore, India, edited by A. Neelameghan & K.S. Raghavan, 2012, pp. 176–182.

(v) Report

1. Birkler, John; Smith, Giles; Kent, Gleen A. & Johnson, Robert V. (2000) An acquisition strategy, process, and organisation for innovative systems. National Defence Research Institute, RAND, USA, 2000. RAND-MR-1098-0SD.

2. Lindsay, R.S. (1999) Tests of level B suits-protection against chemical and biological warfare agents and simulants: Executive summary. Edgewood Chemical Biological Centre, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. July 1999. 14 p. AD-A368228; ECBC-TR-047.

• Tables should be numbered consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text.
• They should be embedded in appropriate locations as per the text along with the captions.
• Place Legends for tables below the table body and indicate them with lowercase letters in superscript.
• Avoid vertical rules and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
• Please note that tables embedded as Excel files or Jpeg Files within the manuscript are NOT accepted.
• Tables in Excel or Jpeg files should be copied and pasted into the manuscript Word file.

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