Guidelines to the Authors :
Communication with reference to articles and membership should be addressed to the Editor in chief / Secretary Sinhgad e Journal of Nursing. The Secretary will correspond with Panel experts.
Format for the paper:
For Sinhgad e-Journal of Nursing
- Length of paper should not exceed 10 pages.
- Submission of manuscript: Paper should be typed with double spacing with 12 font size in Times New Roman. Margin on all the sides of paper should be 1.5 inches.
Title :
Make your title specific enough to describe the contents of the paper, but not so technical that only specialists will understand. The title should be appropriate for the intended audience.
The title usually describes the subject matter of the article, e.g. ‘Effect of Smoking on Academic Performance.’ Sometimes a title that summarizes the results is more effective: e.g. ‘Students Who Smoke Get Lower Grades.’
Authors :
The person who did the work and wrote the paper is generally listed as the first author of a research paper.
For published articles, other people who made substantial contributions to the work are also listed as authors. Ask your mentor's permission before including his/her name as co-author.
Abstract :
An abstract, or summary, is published together with a research article, giving the reader a ‘preview’ of what's to come.
Your abstract should be one paragraph, of 100-250 words, which summarizes the purpose, methods, results and conclusions of the paper.
Don't use abbreviations or citations in the abstract. It should be able to stand alone without any footnotes.
Introduction :
It should be concise with what has been done and why the subject has been chosen with brief background. It should present work done with existing lacunae/ controversies/ contradiction and valid reasons for taking up the problem.
Review of literature should be brief, pertinent and up to date.
Material and methods : Brief description of standards adopted. If you had a complicated protocol, it may helpful to include a diagram, table or flowchart to explain the methods you used. Do not put results in this section. You may however, include preliminary results that were used to design the main experiment that you are reporting on. Mention relevant ethical considerations. If you used human subjects, did they consent to participate? If you used animals, what measures did you take to minimize pain?
Results :
This is where you present the results you've gotten. Use graphs and tables if appropriate, but also summarize your main findings in the text. Do NOT discuss the results or speculate as to why something happened that goes in the Discussion.
You don't necessarily have to include all the data you've gotten during the semester. This isn't a diary.
References :
All references must be checked minutely for their appearance in text as well as in reference / Bibliography sections. Reference should be in alphabetical order in which they appear in the paper with full names and initials of all authors. Name should be followed by year of Publications, titles of the articles; titles of the journals; volume number; first and last page number. Journal title should be given in full, or abbreviated according to style of the index. Title of books should be followed by authors, years of publication, publishers and place.
Table and illustrations :
Tables should be given in separate pages with due reference in the text.
Peer review :
All paper submitted will undergo a double blind peer review process. On the basis of responses from peer review paper will either be rejected or accepted subject to minor or major revisions or accepted unconditionally.
Acceptance of submission :
On acceptance the editor retains the right to make stylistic changes, decide on the date of publication and shorten material if necessary.
Originality of the article :
Once the article is published in Sinhgad e Journal of Nursing, author is not allowed to publish in any form the same article or part of article.
Author should make sure before submitting the article that the same article or part of article is not published in any form before.
Accuracy and liability :
A contributions is accepted on the understanding that it’s authors’ responsibility for the accuracy and originality of all information contained in the contribution.
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