Invitation To Authors

The Editorial Board of the Optimization welcomes the submission of unpublished original articles, research papers, book reviews, and case comments for its forthcoming issue from members of the bar, bench, and the academia.

Submission Guidelines

All the submissions must follow the guidelines mentioned below:

• Research papers should be the original work of the author/s.
• The authors should send a declaration stating that the paper has neither been published nor will it be submitted elsewhere till the editorial decision from ‘Optimization’ has been communicated.
• Manuscript should have an abstract of 200-250 words along with 4-5 keywords and the complete details of the author/s (name, designation, affiliation, email address, and mobile number).
• Manuscript should on A4 MS Word in double space and 1.5 inch margin on all the sides and it should be between 3000-8000 words double space and 1.5inch margin on all the sides and it should be between 3000-8000 words.
• All tables, charts, and graphs should be numbered (such as Table 1, Graph 1) with minimum descriptive text and labelled axis.
• Cited references are to be provided at the end of the manuscript in APA style, with authors names arranged alphabetically at the end of the manuscript in APA style, with authors names arranged alphabetically.
• A soft copy of the MS Word format manuscript should be submitted through our journal management system in indianjournal.com
• The permissible level of plagiarism allowed in the manuscript is up to 10% only.

We request authors to follow the APA Style developed by the American Psychological Association.




Book: Single Author




In-Text Citation: (Pegrum, 2009) Reference List: Pegrum, M. (2009). From blogs to bombs: The future of electronic technologies in education. Crawley, W.A: UWA Publishing.




Book: Two Authors




In-Text Citation: (Page & Stritzke, 2015) But when outside parenthesis: Page and Stritzke (2015) suggested that ...

Reference List: Page, A. C., & Stritzke, W. G. K. (2015). Clinical psychology for trainees: Foundations of science-informed practice (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.




Book: Chapter [ie. article] in Edited Book




In-Text Citation: (Groundwater-Smith, 2007) Reference List: Groundwater-Smith, S. (2007). As rain is to fields, so good teachers are to students. In S. Knipe (Ed.), Middle years schooling: Reframing adolescence (pp. 151- 170). Frenchs Forest, N.S.W: Pearson Education Australia.




Journal Article in Print: 8 or More Authors




In-Text Citation: (Sohrabi et al., 2011) Reference List: Sohrabi, H. R., Weinborn, M., Badcock, J., Bates, K. A., Clarnette, R., Trivedi, D. Martins, R. N. (2011). New lexicon and criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Lancet Neurology, 10(4), 299-300.




Journal Article Online




In-Text Citation: (Gagné et al., 2015) All Correspondence should be addressed to:




Editor




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