A. Paper Submission Guideline
- Complete, unpublished papers should be submitted online in PDF format.
- Papers should reach us before the last date of submission. All submissions will be reviewed and the authors of accepted papers will be informed by email. The peer-review process will be followed for the selection of the best paper awards.
- Authors should anonymize manuscripts prior to submission. This entails removing or replacing author names and affiliations, acknowledgment, as well as any self-citations or URLs that would clearly disclose their identity. The paper should start from the title, abstract, keywords followed by the main paper.
- Papers exceeding plagiarism levels of 20% will be rejected in the screening process.
- Authors should submit their papers online in pdf format only and should not name the pdf file in their name.
- Authors of accepted papers may be requested to act as discussants for other papers.
- Full and unpublished papers must be submitted online in PDF format.
- Abstracts and extended abstracts will not be accepted.
The last date for submission of full paper is 31st March, 2026. Early submission is greatly appreciated.
B. Paper Formatting Guidelines
- The manuscript should be formatted using Times New Roman 12-point font and 1.5 line spacing. References may be formatted with single spacing.
- Kindly ensure that each page of the manuscript is numbered.
- Bibliographical references need to be cited using the American Psychological Association (APA) style.
- Footnotes of the table should be in subscript lowercase letters and need to be placed below the table body. The table font should be 10, Times New Roman, and it should be properly aligned. Table numbers and figure/chart numbers should ideally appear above the tables and charts.
- All figures and tables need to be numbered and titled in chronological order. The figures should not be blurred.
- Paper layout should be One-column Portrait.