Shodh Darpan

AUTHOR GUIDELINES
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1. Introduction
The Shodh Darpan is aimed at publishing original research in Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry,
Social Work, Education,Microbiology, Biotechnology, language & literature, social sciences, physical
sciences, biological sciences, geography, environmental sciences & Applied Science. For apparatus and
equipment used for experiments, manufacturers' names and model numbers are usually desirable.

2. Frequency of publication
Shodh Darpan is a quarterly journal, formally published in March, June, September, December.

3. Manuscript preparation
Manuscripts must be written in clear, concise, grammatical English or Hindi. When preparing the
manuscript, please remember:
a. The article must focus on important new results. Papers must be concise, lucid, and interesting
that will attract the reader to the work.
b. Title page:

The title should be concise to describe the main importance of the work. Times New Roman 14
point fonts must be used for the title.

The first name, middle name, and last name of each author along with their affiliating
departments and institution are to be given.

It should be clearly indicated who will handle correspondence at all stages of publication, also
post-publication. The email addres,s phone no and fax no of the corresponding author must be
given.

A concise, single paragraph abstract of word limit from 50 to 200 words is to be given on the title
page which will not contain any reference, figure or table.

A minimum of 6 keywords are to be provided.

c. Manuscript written in English must be typed in MS Word (in Times New Roman 12 pont with line
spacing 1.5). For manuscripts written in Hindi author(s) must use 'Krutidev 010' or 'Devlys 010' 14 point

fonts with 1.5 line spacing. The heading of each section should be bold and sub-headings, if any, should
be italicised.
d. The manuscript may contain sections like Introduction, literature review, Experimental/Methodology,
Results and discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement etc.
e. Figures, tables, Charts and/or text that should be submitted with the manuscript so that it is clearly
visible to the editors and reviewers
3.1 Artwork

Uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork are to be used.

Only 'Times New Roman' should be used in Figures.

The Figures are to be numbered according to their sequence in the text.

All symbols and abbreviations used are to be explained

Figures should be embedded in the article in the correct position.

Resolution of the Figures must be as follows: (i) For bitmapped line drawings, use a minimum of
1000 dpi and (ii) For Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale): a minimum of
600 x 600 dpi is required.

Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the
text. The number of tables in the main article should be limited to include only the most important
data. Tables that are not absolutely essential, as well as long and detailed tables should be
placed in supplementary materials.

3.2. Reference Style

The style of referencing should be in MLA or APA

4. Mention of funding source

Financial support, if, any, should be acknowledged at the end of the article under the heading
Acknowledgement

5. Submission
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in
the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture in conferences/ seminars/symposia), that it is not
under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors, that, if

accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without
the written consent of Shodh Darpan.
The manuscript completed and prepared as per the guidelines stated above should be submitted to
shodhdarpan@christcollegejagdalpur.in No hard copy submission will be received.

6. Copyright
By submitting an article to Shodh Darpan for publication author(s) accept the 'Publishing Agreement' and
thereby transfer the copyright to the publisher of Shodh Darpan. However, the author(s) will retain certain
rights such as to use for a patent, to use for the preparation of a lecture.

7. Publication fee
No fee is required for submission of an article to Shodh Darpan. However, certain fee may be required
for publication of the accepted article. The fee structure will be notified in due time. All the articles has
been published absolutely free of cost this First Issue of Shodh Darpan.
Note: The Author Guidelines are subject to modifications /upgradations from time to time.
The Authors are therefore, requested to follow the latest version of the Author Guidelines
Subscription :
Individual :
(a) Faculty members- Rs.300 per issue,
(b) Scholars/students-Rs.200 per issue
Institution : Rs. 1000 per annum
For subscription, please contact:
Dr. Anita Nair,
Convenor,
Research and Publication Cell,
Christ College
Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India
Email: shodhdarpan@christcollegejagdalpur.in