Instructions to Authors
BULLETIN OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS
ISSN 2349 – 2961
Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Research Centre
No. 5 Gowtham Tower , L.G.B.Nagar Bus Stop Ganapathy,Coimbatore 641006
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email:drs2323@gmail.com GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS BRD : Bulletin of Research Developments is a half yearly 'double - blind peer reviewed' refereed journal Its objective is to disseminate knowledge, which ensures good practice of professional research and its focal point is on research and reflections relevant to academicians and researchers. To encourage and promote research across a wide breadth of social science,management and computer science topics, this journal has articles pertaining to all areas of social science,management and computer science.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION 1) The Manuscripts should be in MS-Word format. Manuscripts must be double spaced, with 1-inch margins with “Times New Roman, Font Size 12, black”. 2) Two or more referees review all contributions by following the double blind system - that is, with the author's name and credentials deleted, so that the reviewers don't know who is authoring the work. The review process takes three months and the status would be known after three months of submission of the article. It is mandatory to mention a valid email address with content submitted online. We will acknowledge the receipt of your paper by email and an article id will be issued to the corresponding author. Manuscripts will be acknowledged within one week of receipt. The author(s) should keep in mind that it would be mandatory to cite this id while sending a query about the paper submitted online. 3) In the first page of the paper (cover page), please provide full names (first, middle and last names) and full addresses (institute's address along with designation and correspondence address) along with email address of the author(s).The author's name or affiliations should not appear anywhere else in the body of the manuscript, because our peer-review process is blinded. 4) The actual paper should commence from the second page containing the title followed by the abstract, keywords, JEL Classification, and the main paper. The author's name should not be mentioned anywhere except in the first page (cover page). 5) The Manuscripts should not be more than 6000 words. The manuscript should mention the time period in which the research was conducted. 6) The abstract, followed by relevant keywords and JEL Classification, should not be more than 250 words and should adequately describe the work and highlight its significance. The abstract should only include text. Avoid the use of abbreviations and references in the abstract. 7) Every manuscript should be labeled as being : ¯ A Research Paper ¯ A Review ¯ A Case Study ¯ A Book Review 8) Tables should be numbered consecutively. The title of the table should be placed above the table. The source should be indicated at the bottom. Please provide table(s) as real table(s) with rows, columns and cells. Each piece of information should reside in its own cell. 9) Figures should be numbered consecutively. Wherever necessary, the source should be indicated at the bottom. The figures should also be given relevant titles. 10) All tables, charts, graphs, diagrams should be black and not in color. The images should be of high resolution and in black and white only. Number and complexity of such exhibits should be as low as possible. All charts and graphs should be drawn legibly and figures should be indicated in millions and billions. 11) References should be included at the end of the paper. All the references should be cited in the body of the text. References and citations should be complete in all respects and arranged in alphabetical order. 12) Display formulae and mathematical equations should be numbered serially. Equations should be typewritten and use the form (1). 13) Footnotes, italics, and quotation marks should be kept to the minimum.
14) The primary heading should be in capitalized form (Uppercase), and boldface. The sub-headings should be in title- case capitalization(first letter of each word in capital) and in bold. 15) Manuscripts not accepted for publication will not be sent back to contributors. Contributors whose papers are accepted or rejected will be informed by email only. Manuscripts will be acknowledged within one week of receipt. Hence, it is mandatory to mention a valid email address with the submitted content. 16) The authors must mention the topic of the paper that is being submitted for reviewal (eg. Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour, International Business, etc). 17) Paper on Economics will also be considered for reviewal and possible publication in our Journal . 18) WE WILL NOT ACCEPT HARD COPIES OF THE PAPERS. Please make optimum use of our website to know us better.The paper has to be submitted in MS-Word format only. There is no charge for submitting papers for blind review. 19) Authors should be careful while submitting papers for reviewal. Please read about the scope and topics covered by our each title, and then make the submission. Please do not make multiple submissions of one paper to our other journals - a paper being submitted for publication in Bulletin of Research Developments should not be submitted for any other journals. 20) Authors needing assistance should contact the Managing Editor, Dr.Subramonian at drs2323@gmail.com or 0422-4275981 COPYRIGHT To enable the Publisher to protect the copyright of the journal, authors must send a signed copy of the Author Disclosure Form For Reviewal ( when a paper is submitted for review) and the Pre Publication Author Disclosure Form (after a paper is accepted for publication). Only the Author Disclosure Form needs to be submitted when a paper is being submitted for reviewal and possible publication in Bulletin of Research Developments. REVIEW PROCESS 1) After a paper is received, it is sent to the subject matter expert for blind review. 2) The review process takes 3 months. 3) Manuscripts are judged on the basis of the following criteria : a) Overall contribution of the paper to the field of Management; b) Significance and relevance of the topic to the scope of Bulletin of Research Developments; c) Originality of the content ; d) Adequacy of the Literature Review ; e) Conceptual rigor ; f) Logical and technical soundness ; g) Organization of the content ; h) Writing quality ;
i) Implications of the research ; j) References. 4) The Editor - in - Chief and Managing Editor reserve the right to accept or refuse an article for publication, without assigning any reasons. 5) After the review process is completed, the authors will be informed about the decision of the reviewers by email. AFTER A PAPER IS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION 1) If a paper is accepted for publication, the authors will be informed by email about the acceptance. 2) If the paper is accepted for publication, the author need not pay any fee by any name. 3) An electronic version of the manuscript in MS- Word would be required once the paper is accepted for publication. 4) Each author of the paper will have to sign the Pre-Publication Author Disclosure Form and the scanned soft copy of this form (authors' signatures should be attested by the head of their respective institutes) has to be submitted to the Editorial Office of BRD. 5) Copyright of published articles will rest with BRD. 6) The final draft is subject to editorial amendments to suit the journal's requirements. 7) Each author will receive three copies of the Journal issue that carries his/her published paper. STYLE AND PUNCTUATION MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING ¯ Uniform Font: Times New Roman, Font Size: 12; Black ¯ Tables Font: Times New Roman, Font Size 12;Black ¯ The table title should be at the Top of the table. Example : ¯ Table 1 : Sugarcane Disease Information ¯ Figure(s) Font: Times New Roman, Font Size 12 ¯ The Figure title should be at the Top of the Figure. Example : ¯ Figure 1 : The Conversion Funnel ¯ Main Heading should be written as : RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ¯ Sub Heading should be written as : Interpretation ¯ In tables, raw codes should not appear. E.g. Adv_1 , Govt_3 . The factors should be proper statements labeled as per the paper and need to be written rather than being presented in the form of SPSS codes. ¯ All Table are Figure numbers should be included in the Discussion part of the text (avoid phrases - the below table, the above table ; instead, mention the appropriate Figure/ Table number). Please do not number the Figure/ Tables as Figure/Table 1.1, Figure/Table 1.2. Number the Tables/ Figures consecutively as Table 1/Figure 1, Table 2/Figure 2 and so on.
REFERENCING References and citations should be complete in all respects in order to enable readers to look up the source materials and most importantly, to demonstrate that your paper is well - researched and gives credit to the author(s) of the source materials. References should be included at the end of the paper. All the references should be referred to in the text and arranged in alphabetical order. Authors are requested to include only a list of cited References and not a Bibliography. Reference to a citation in the text should be made by means of the author's name followed by the year of publication in parenthesis. The references must follow the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA). Keep uniformity in the references - example use p.14, p.16 (for single page references) and pp. 14-38 for multiple page references. Page numbers, names of publishers and place of publishing are very important and should not be left out of book references. Furthermore, page numbers should be given for books /journals/articles/journal articles/ journal articles from a subscription database) references. ¯ EXAMPLE OF A BOOK Saini , D. R. (1986). "Marketing: A Behavioral Approach." Printwell Publishers, Jaipur, 179-211. ¯ BOOKS (WITH MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS) Giddens, A. & et al. (1979). "Central Problems in Social Theory. Action, Structure and Contradiction in Social Analysis." Berkeley, University of California Press, 719-729. ¯ BOOKS (EDITED) Giddens, A. & Perlez, J. (Eds.) (1979). "Central Problems in Social Theory. Action, Structure and Contradiction in Social Analysis. " Berkeley, University of California Press, 30-75. ¯ JOURNAL ARTICLE Alden, C., & Davies, M. (2006). “A Profile of the Operations of Chinese Multinationals in Africa.” South African Journal of International Affairs, 13 (1), 83-96. ¯ JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE Alden, C., & Davies M. (2006). “A Profile of the Operations of Chinese Multinationals in Africa.” South African Journal of International Affairs, 13 (1), 83-96.Retrieved from the EBSCO database. ¯ EXAMPLE OF A SEMINAR PUBLICATION Alden, C., and Davies M. (2006). “A Profile of the Operations of Chinese Multinationals in Africa.” Proceedings of the Symposium conducted at the 104th Annual Convention of the American Management Association, California, USA, 19-22 June, 2010, 246-250. ¯ UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATIONS AND THESIS ¯ Alden, C. (2006). “A Profile of the Operations of Chinese Multinationals in Africa.” Thesis, New York University.
¯ Alden, C. (2006). “A Profile of the Operations of Chinese Multinationals in Africa.” Ph.D. diss., New York University. ¯ EXAMPLE OF WEBSITE/ONLINE DOCUMENTATION Carbone, C. (2007). "World 2 and 3 Focus." Changewaves, Retrieved from http://changewaves.socialtechnologies.com/display/ShowJournal Entry?moduleId=493850&entryId=992088&printerFriendly=true PLEASE EMAIL YOUR MANUSCRIPTS TO Email a soft copy to: drs2323@gmail.com
BRD: BULLETIN OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS Author Disclosure Form For Reviewal The corresponding author must complete and sign a copy of this form and submit it to the office of BRD: Bulletin of Research Developments, Coimbatore along with the soft copy of a research paper (submitted for reviewal). I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , ( A u t h o r n a m e ) , t h e co py r i g ht o w n e r o f t h e A r t i c l e _______________________________________________________________________ do hereby submit the above said article in your publication, BRD Bulletin of Research Developments I FURTHER STATE THAT: 1) The Paper is my original contribution and has not been plagiarized from any source/individual. It does not infringe on any copyright, trademark, patent, statutory right, or propriety right of others and the paper does not contain any libelous or unlawful statements . All the references are duly acknowledged at the appropriate places and the I sign for and accept the responsibility for releasing this material on behalf of my co-authors. 2) The work has been submitted only to BRD : Bulletin of Research Developments,Coimbatore and it has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere for publication in a refereed or copyrighted publication. 3) It is agreed that the sole and exclusive rights in the whole copyright of the said paper to the contribution identified above is transferred to BRD : Bulletin of Research Developments This copyright transfer covers the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the contribution, including reprints, translations, photographic reproductions, microform, electronic form (offline, online), or any other reproductions of similar nature. I agree that I have not assigned any kind of rights of the above said paper to any other person/institute/publication. 4) I agree to indemnify Bulletin of Research Developments,Coimbatore against any claim or action alleging facts which, if true, constitute a breach of any of the foregoing warranties. Name: Corresponding Author Signature: Date
