Authors should present an accurate account of the work performed and on results performed. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. If the authors have used the work or words of others it should be appropriately cited. An author should not publish manuscripts describing the same research in more than one journal. Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant such contributions should be listed as co-authors. Those who participated on substantive aspects of the research project should be acknowledged. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
All authors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest. Sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
PLAGIARISM POLICY
Plagiarism is not allowed. This Journal uses appropriate software for the detection of the text-similarity with published literature.
RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN PARTICIPANTS AND/OR ANIMALS
When reporting studies that involve human participants, authors should include a statement that the studies have been approved by the appropriate institutional and/or national research ethics committee and have been performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki The following statements should be included in the Declaration of interest section, before the References section: Ethical approval: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee. For retrospective studies, in general, formal consent is not required. The welfare of animals used for research must be respected. For studies with animals, the following statement should be included in the Declaration of interest section, before the References section: Ethical approval: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed.
INFORMED CONSENT
Informed consent is a process in which patients or people are given important information, including possible risks and benefits, about a medical procedure or treatment, genetic testing, a clinical trial or a given research. This is to help them decide if they want to be treated, tested, or take part in the trial or a specific study. Patients are also given any new information that might affect their decision to continue. Also called consent process. Individual participants in studies have, for example, the right to decide what happens to the (identifiable) personal data gathered, to what they have said during a study or an interview, or any photograph . The following statement should be included: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could have direct or potential influence or impart bias on the work. Examples : Research grants from funding agencies; Employment or consultation ; Support from a project sponsor, personal beliefs that may influence your research, etc. ADVERTISEMENTS AND SPONSORSHIP Advertised products must be compliant with the regulations. The International Journal of Holistic sciences and Innovation for Development does not endorse any company, product, or service appearing in its advertising. Advertisers and sponsors have no control or influence over the results of searches a user may conduct on the International Journal of Holistic Sciences for Innovation and Development website. COPYRIGHT Authors retain copyright and publishing. However, all authors must agree to the open access to, and free use of original works of all types. OPEN ACCESS The International Journal of Holistic sciences and Innovation for Development conforms to open access policy and provides access to full-text content to anyone immediately upon publishing. ARTICLE PROCESSING AND SUBMISSION FEE The submission fee is not charged. The article processing fee is used to cover the expenses of the maintenance of the Journal's basic operations and article production. If the article is accepted, part of the article processing fee may be used for English language editing in selected cases for scientifically sound papers. The article processing fee is 300 $US and applies to accepted submissions. Bank charges are the author’s expense.
PRIVACY POLICY
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. PEER-REVIEW TIME The average peer-review time is 20 days. The average time from acceptance to ahead of print publishing is 21 days
SUBMISSION PROCESS
Before submitting your paper: Prepare a Cover letter, Check the manuscript file for the English writing and appropriate formatting requirements and Check the cost of publishing. The submitting author takes responsibility for the article during submission and peer review.
The cover letter should include: Explanation of the importance of the manuscript, the names, institutions and e-mail addresses of three potential peer reviewers for the manuscript. They should be experts with the proven track record and a number of publications in the field, who will be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Suggested reviewers will be considered alongside reviewers recommended by the Editorial Board.
MANUSCRIPT CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
Scientific writing and English languages The manuscripts have to conform to standard scientific English language style, grammar, and clarity. Well-written manuscripts have a better chance of acceptance. Manuscripts requiring significant improvement of the language or writing will be returned to authors for corrections.
FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS
Text
Preparation of manuscripts: the papers must conform to A4 paper in 12-point type size in single spacing, Cambria. Margins of 25 mm should be left at the sides. The first text page should contain the title of the paper, the name(s) of the author(s), their institutional addresses, and an abstract not exceeding 500 words. This should outline the aims, scope and conclusions of the paper. The text of the research article must be formatted in standard scientific format (Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, (Conclusion). Review articles may have a different structure.
Abstract
The abstract is usually short, communicates compressed information and includes the purpose, methods, and scope of the article. They are usually short. We require an abstract of no more than 500 words. The abstract allows the reader to decide whether they want to read the article. Its goal is to communicate: 1. What was done? 2. Why was it done? 3. How was it done? 4. What was found? 5. What is the significance of the findings?
Introduction
This is where you describe briefly and clearly why you are writing the paper. The introduction supplies sufficient background information for the reader to understand and evaluate the experiment you did. It also supplies a rationale for the study. Thoroughly review the pertinent literature to orient the reader. A good introduction should: Indicate the field of the work, why this field is important, and what has already been done, with proper citations. Indicate a gap, raise a research question, or challenge prior work in this territory. Outline the purpose and announce the present research, clearly indicating what is novel and why it is significant. Avoid: repeating the abstract; providing unnecessary background information; exaggerating the importance of the work; claiming novelty without a proper literature search.
Materials and Methods.
Provide enough detail that a competent worker could repeat the experiment. However careful writing of this section is important because for your results to be of scientific merit they must be reproducible. Write : The Exact technical specifications and quantities and source or method of preparation Describe equipment used and provide illustrations where relevant. • Chronological presentation (but related methods described together) • Discuss statistical methods only if unusual or advanced • When a large number of components are used, prepare tables for the benefit of the reader. This section should be brief. Templates are provided on several websites.
Results.
Give priority to a graphical representation of the results of studies, whenever applicable.
Discussion
This section should give meaning to the results obtained, indicate the discoveries which have been identified, indicate the results of other studies that have dealt with a similar problem. Compare your results with other studies and highlight the differences and novelties in own results. In this chapter, the results should be comprehensively interpreted, analyzed and new knowledge synthesized from the analysis. A short conclusion should close the discussion section or conclusion may be given in a separate section.
Conclusion
The conclusion should be brief and contain the most important facts which have been identified in the paper. Conclusions must arise from the results obtained during the investigation and should include the possible application of these results. Both affirmative and negating conclusions should be stated.
Competing interests have to be stated in this section or authors declare no conflict of interest. (Acknowledgements) if any, should be stated in this section.
Formating requirements for Tables
Tables should be formatted with simple borders and no colors. Table number and the title is written above the table. A table gets number in the order of appearance in the text, with a clear and sufficiently informative title, i.e., "Table 3. Text table name...." A reference to the table in the text is written in parentheses, i.e. (Table 3 or Tab. 3). All the abbreviations in the table must be explained in full below the table. It is desirable to give explanations and comments below the table, which are essential for the presented results to be understood. Display the statistical measures of variations such as standard deviation and standard error of the mean, when applicable. In addition to the full submitted paper, Tables and Figures must also be submitted under the JPG or PNG formats in an additional file, including the title and all related comments or abbreviations.
Figures
All illustrations are termed ‘Figures’ and referred to as such in the manuscript. To ensure that the artwork will print to a high standard, we request the following: Figures submitted separately should be submitted at the final desired printed size of one or two column width. Please keep labelling to a minimum to avoid confusion and check it reproduces legibly on a photocopier . In addition, high-resolution figures are submitted separately during the submission process. Figure legends (explanations) should be informative and detailed. Figures get the numbers by the order of appearance in the text. Figure number and legends are written below the figure, for example, "Figure 3. Title text...". When referring to a figure in the manuscript text, the number of the figure has to be written in parentheses, e.g., (Figure 3 or Fig. 3). It is essential that the figure has a clear and informative title and legend which explains the presented results with sufficient details. Figure resolution must be at least 300 dpi, JPG or PNG formats; the title and legends must be included in the JPG or PNG file. Font size within figures must be legible when the figure is resized to its final size (i.e. the width of one column (8cm), or two columns (16 cm)).
References
References should be numbered in order of appearance in the paper. In the text, references should be put in brackets, i.e. (12). When the reference has up to 6 authors, list all authors. If 7 or more authors, list only first 6 and add et al. References should include the name and source of information. Names of journals should be abbreviated as in PubMed. The Harvard style to reference a journal article is required. In Harvard style, to reference a journal article, you need the author name(s), the year, the article title, the journal name, the volume and issue numbers, and the page range on which the article appears. The basics of a Reference List entry for a journal article in the Harvard format: Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials. Year of publication of the article. Article title (in single inverted commas). Journal title (in italics). Volume of journal. Issue number of journal. Page range of article.
Submission
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with complete contact address of the corresponding author Handling of manuscripts A manuscript will be acknowledged by e-mail. It will be passed to three reviewers for refereeing. On receipt of the two reports from referees, the author will be contacted and as soon as possible and asked if needed: • to make minor revisions • or major revisions (which will have to be returned to the original reviewers for checking before the paper can be accepted) • or to rethink and rewrite the paper and resubmit it at a later date • or the paper may be rejected on scientific grounds. If the author supplies an e-mail number, progress reports can be given as soon as they are received..
After acceptance
The Author will be notified to proceed with publication fees' payment(US$ 300) .
Preparing Manuscripts for Short Communications
A Short Communication is intended for the presentation of brief observations that do not warrant a full-length paper. Short communication should be submitted the same way as a full-length paper. Total length should not exceed 10 double lined standard pages including illustrative material (in total no more than 3 figures and tables) Each Short Communication must have an Abstract limited to 100 words All the required parts (Introduction, Materials & Methods, Results and Discussion) must be given Should be typed in 12 points Cambria
Title The title should briefly describe the contents of the paper. Below the title, the manuscript should include full name (including first name and middle initial) of each author and affiliations of all authors. Address, telephone number and e-mail address should be given only for the corresponding author and placed at the bottom of the first page.
Graphical abstract A graphical abstract should be a one image file and represent the article’s topic in an attention-grabbing way. The graphical abstract should have a clear start and end, preferably “reading” from top to bottom or left to right. Authors must provide an image that represents the work described in the paper. The graphical abstract should be a high-quality illustration or diagram in any of the following formats: JPEG or PNG. Graphical abstracts should be submitted as a separate file.
Abstract for short communications. Limit the Abstract to 200 words or fewer. It should be written in an impersonal form. Abbreviations, diagrams and references are not allowed. Keywords Five keywords or short phrases should be given below the abstract. If names of microorganisms are used, they should precede the key words, and be followed by the latter in alphabetical order. All keywords should be relevantly connected with the subject matter. Literature (and references) In-text references and the reference list at the end of the paper should be prepared according to the Harvard reference system. Processing Short communications undergo the same review process as full-length papers.
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