Terms and Conditions of Submission of manuscript

Manuscripts are reviewed with the understanding that they

• are original;
• are not under consideration by any other publisher;
• have not been previously published in whole or in part;
• have not been previously accepted for publication;
• will not be submitted elsewhere until a decision is reached regarding the publication

Manuscript Format and Style Guide

When the Editor sends manuscripts for external review, they are double-blind reviewed. Thus, please ensure that no authors’ names are given on the first page of the manuscript and that author names have been taken out of the “File-Properties” screen in word.

All manuscripts should be double-spaced. Margins should be one inch (2.5cm) at the top, bottom and sides of the page. Front size should be 12 point. We require that submissions be limited to 8000-10000 words of text, unless an exception has been granted based on discussion with the Editors in advance of submission. This recommended word count refers to the entire content of the article, including abstract and references. Articles with heavy use of figures or tables should be correspondingly shorter to compensate for these.

Title of the Article

The title of article should be short and catchy. Title should not be in statement form. Also include the author’s names, affiliations and contact details (including email address) for the corresponding author.

Abstract

Authors are requested to submit an unstructured abstract of no more than 250 words. Abstract will focuses the total picture of the article in a nutshell. Please make sure that the abstract page does not contain any information identifying the author(s). Also please take care to select a title and an abstract that are direct and ‘readers friendly’.

Keywords

Include not more than five keywords that describe your paper for indexing and for web searches of your manuscript.

References in the Text

The citations should follow the Harvard system, included by the authorship and the year of the work. Each citation requires a reference at the end of the work with full details of the source item and should enable it to be traced.

Example

There is variation of rainfall with respect to place and time (Islam, 2005).Personal communications should be listed as such where they are cited in the text, and not listed in the references.

Example

Results have been reported (Don Graham, 1989, personal communication).

Articles not yet published should show ‘forthcoming’ in place of the year (in both the reference and the citation). ‘In presses should be used in place of the volume, issue and page range details.

Example

Sharp Parker, A.M. (forthcoming) Cyber terrorism: An examination of the preparedness of the North Carolina local law enforcement. Security Journal, in press.

References

References should be placed alphabetically by author or authorship, regardless of the format, i.e. whether books, websites or journal articles etc.

Examples of Correct Forms of References for Numerical Style Book

Slovic, P. (2000). The Perception of Risk. London: Earth scan Publications.

Edited Volume

Nye Jr, J.S., Zelikow, P.D. and King D.C. (eds.) (1997). Why People Don’t Trust Government. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Chapter in Book

Flora, P. and Abler, J. (1981). Modernization, democratization, and the development of the welfare state. In: P. Flora and A.J. Heidenheimer (eds.). The Development of Welfare States in Europe and America. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Books, pp. 17–34.

Article in Journal

Thompson, K., Griffith, E. and Leaf, P. (1990). A historical review of the Madison model of community care. Hospital and Community Psychiatry 41(6): 21–35.

Article in Newspaper

Webster, B. (2008) Record bonus for Network Rail chief, despite Christmas chaos. The Times, 6 June: p1.

Newspaper or Magazine Article (Without a Named Author)

Economist (2005) The mountain man and the surgeon. 24 December, pp. 24–26.

Article Online

www………com (April 29:15:30) Gardener, T. and Moffat, J. (2007) Changing behaviors in defense acquisition: a game theory approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society, advance online publication 28 November, doi: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602476.

Conference Proceedings

Spain, A. (ed.) (1985) Health and the Environment. Proceeding of the Conference on Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals; 30-31 March 1984, Chicago, IL. Chicago: American Topological Association.

Conference Paper

Harley, N.H. (1981) Radon risk models. In: A.R. Knight and B. Hared, (eds) Indoor Air and Human Health. Proceedings of the Seventh Life Sciences Symposium; 29-31 October, Knoxville, TN. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp.69-78.

Papers/Talks Presented at a Conference but Not Published

Martin, S. (2003). An exploration of factors which have an impact on the vocal performance and vocal effectiveness of newly qualified teachers and lecturers. Paper presented at the Pan European Voice Conference; 31 August, Graz, Austria.

Dissertation/Thesis

Young, W.R. (1981) Effects of different tree During Democratic Transition: The Malawi Social Action Fund 1996-2001. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies. IDS Research Report no. 5.

Figures and Tables

Ensure that every table or figure is referred to in the text. The table or figure will be placed after the first mention in the text. Legends should be short, descriptive and define any acronyms, abbreviations or symbols used.

Tables and figures should be submitted in their original word format. Each table should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in order of appearance. Please avoid using vertical rules. Horizontal rules should be used only above and below column headings and at the bottom of the table.

Distribution Policy of Journal

One copy of journal will be distributed to the concerned contributor(s).

The address of the contact person

Md. Shaidul Islam

Asst. Manager
Royal University of Dhaka
E-mail: shaidul@royal.edu.bd