Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission:

Full-text manuscripts should be submitted by one of the authors (considered as corresponding author) of the manuscript through the online submission system which can be accessed after registering as an author on this website. Only electronic files with .doc, .docx, and .pdf extension can be uploaded. Corresponding authors must fill all the necessary meta-data relevant to the submission. It is suggested that before starting the submission, authors must read carefully all the instruction and policies pertaining to the journal. It is assumed that by submitting the paper, authors agree with all the policies and guidelines of the journal.  

Only electronic submissions are accepted to facilitate rapid publication and minimize administrative costs. Submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be accepted. The corresponding author takes responsibility for the paper during submission and peer review. It is also the responsibility of the corresponding author to keep informed other authors (co-authors) of the paper about the status of the paper from time-to-time.

Terms of Submission:

The paper must be submitted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis, or as preliminary version in the form of a conference paper) and are not currently under consideration by another conference / journal by any other publisher. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that the article's publication has been approved by all the other co-authors of the paper. Further correspondence and proofs will be sent to the author(s) before publication unless otherwise indicated. It is a condition of submission of a paper that the authors permit editing of the paper for readability, and if needed for correct language also.

Peer Review:

All manuscripts are subjected to double-blind peer review and are expected to meet standards of academic excellence. Submissions will be considered by Editors if not rejected right away by the Chief Editor. Identities of peer-reviewers remain anonymous to the authors.

Preparing the Manuscript:

All submitted full-text articles should report original and previously unpublished research results either in the form of experimental or theoretical work and new case studies.

• Research Articles

A Research paper typically should include the following order.

Title Page, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments (If any), References, Tables and/or Figures (to be kept at appropriate places).

• Review Articles

It is expected that articles would be written by individuals who have done substantial work on the subject or are considered experts in the field. A summary of the work done by the contributor(s) in the field of review should accompany the manuscript.

The prescribed word count is maximum up to 4000 words excluding tables, references and abstracts. The manuscript may have sufficient references. The manuscript should have an unstructured Abstract (250 words) representing an accurate summary of the article. The section titles would depend upon the topic reviewed. Authors submitting review articles should include a section describing the methods used for locating, selecting, extracting, and synthesizing data. These methods should also be summarized in the abstract.

Language and Grammar: The language of the manuscript is English. Many a times it is observed that authors do not take adequate care of using proper grammar and overlook the linguistic flow of the paper. Majority of papers are rejected not only because of the poor technical content, but due to lack of proper presentation also. It is strongly suggested to authors that they must look into this aspect and prepare the manuscript error free as far as language is concerned. Poor grammatical representation clearly indicates immature paper writing skills. Writing a paper is an iterative task, precise use of words, presentation by self-explanatory figures, sound mathematical analysis of the concept, modelling and simulation studies, and validation of the concept by experimental results need through structuring of the paper. Initial submission must be prepared taking all such care for seamless review process and fast acceptance of the paper. Author should ask an English-speaking colleague to proofread your paper. Papers that fail to meet basic standards of literacy are likely to be unsubmitted by the Editorial Office.     

Units of Measurement: Units of measurement should be presented simply and concisely using System International (SI) units.

Abstract: The manuscript should contain an abstract. The abstract should be precise and self-explanatory and citation-free and should not exceed 150 words. Very careful wording should be used in the title and in the abstract. Without a proper title and abstract a great paper might never be found and read from the repositories. It should indicate the general scope and also state the main results obtained, methods used, the value of the work and the conclusions drawn. No figure numbers, table numbers, references or displayed mathematical expressions should be included.

Introduction: This section should be concise, with no subheadings. A clear demarcation of the original contribution of the authors is to be spelled in this section of the paper, while referring and describing the work done by other also.

Acknowledgments: All acknowledgments (if any) should be included at the very end of the paper before the references and may include supporting grants, agencies supporting the research and so forth.

References: Authors are responsible for ensuring that the information in each reference is complete and accurate and as per APA style of referencing. All references must be numbered consecutively and citations of references in text should be identified using numbers in square brackets (e.g., "as discussed by Smith [9]"; "as discussed elsewhere [9, 10]"). All references should be cited within the text otherwise, these references will be considered as redundant and may be removed from the manuscript. It is expected that a significant portion of references are to recently published papers. Please also ensure that you provide as much information as possible to allow the reader to locate the article concerned. This is particularly important for articles appearing in conferences, workshops and books that may not appear in journal databases. An average research paper should reference between 20 and 30 works, the bulk of which should be recently published (i.e. within the last 5 years) leading-edge articles in the field, preferably from top journals or conferences. You should compare your own findings to this recent research and demonstrate how your work improves on it in order to demonstrate that your work shows a significant advance over the state of the art - a pre-requisite for publication in NUJPS.

Few examples are given below to write references

[1] Article: Merkel TJ, Jones SW, Herlihy KP, Kersey FR, Shields AR, Napier M, Luft JC, Wu H, Zamboni WC, Wang AZ, Bear JE, DeSimone JM. Using mechanobiological mimicry of red blood cells to extend circulation times of hydrogel microparticles. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2010, 108:586-591.

[2] Chapter in a book: Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors: The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002, pp. 93-113.

[3] Book: Getzen TE. Molecular cell biology. 3rd ed. New York: Scientific American 1995, pp.102-104.

Preparation of Figures: Each figure should be embedded in the electronic manuscript i.e., all figures should be cited in the paper in a consecutive order. Each figure is subject to resizing to fit into the column's width of or the full text width for consistency and clarity. The labels of the figures are also subject to resizing to be of minimum 9pt according to needs of Journal in-house specifications. Clarity of figures and completeness of figure captions is very important aspect of a good paper. Figures will be reproduced exactly as supplied, with no redrawing or relabelling. It is therefore imperative that the supplied figures are of the highest possible quality.

Preparation of Tables: Tables should be cited consecutively in the text. Every table must have a descriptive title (heading) and if numerical measurements are given, the units should be included in the column heading or at an appropriate place.

Proofs: Corrected proofs must be returned to the Chief Editor within 2-3 days of receipt. The Chief Editor will do everything possible to ensure prompt publication. It will therefore be appreciated if the manuscripts and figures conform to the style of the journal from first submission.

This policy doesn't consider surveys, state of the art papers or project reports. Only Guest Editors of a Special Section (or submissions allowed by the Editorial Board) are invited to submit such kind of manuscript. Our typical papers propose new methods and demonstrate their effectiveness through experimental results in combination with simulation results.

The file maximum size cannot exceed 40MB to make it accessible to our tools. Usually, you will get that by adjusting the size of the figures.

It is strongly suggested that authors must themselves do the similarity index check of their manuscript prior to its initial submissions for the Journal. The paper shall be properly modified to bring the similarity index below 10%. This will help saving time at both the sides and lead to fast review process.