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Author Guidelines

Article Submissions

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Guidelines for Authors

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

Please adhere to the following formatting and structural requirements to ensure your manuscript is processed efficiently.

A. General Formatting

1.     File Format: Submit your manuscript as a Microsoft Word file (`.doc` or `.docx`) in A4 paper size. Submissions in PDF or other formats will not be accepted.

2.     Layout:

·       Use double-line spacing throughout the entire document.

·       Set all margins to one inch (2.54 cm).

·       Ensure the manuscript includes continuous page and line numbering to facilitate the review process.

3.     Language: Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors for whom English is a second language are strongly encouraged to seek professional language editing or review by a native English-speaking colleague prior to submission.

B. Manuscript Structure and Content

Prepare your manuscript in the following order:

First Page:

1.     Title: A concise title in lowercase letters (except for proper nouns), without acronyms.

2.     Author Information: The first name(s) and family name(s) of all authors, separated by commas.

3.     Affiliations: The institutional affiliation(s) for each author.

4.     Contact Details: E-mail addresses for all authors.

       The full name and complete postal address of the corresponding author, along with their phone number, fax number (if applicable), and e-mail address.

5.     Acknowledgments: Any acknowledgments for contributions, support, or funding.

6.     Keywords: Provide three to five keywords for indexing.

 

Second Page:

1.     Authors’ Contributions: A description of each author's specific contributions to the work.

2.     Conflict of Interest: A statement disclosing any potential conflicts of interest.

3.     Additional Information: Any other necessary declarations (e.g., funding details, prior conference presentations).

 

Body of the Manuscript:

1.  Headings: Use clear, hierarchical headings to designate the major divisions of the paper (e.g., Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion).

2.  Tables and Figures:

       Place each table and figure on a separate page after the main text.

       All tables and figures must be double-spaced and include a descriptive caption.

       Number them consecutively and ensure each is cited in the text.

Articles (Research / Analysis) (min 2500 words, abstract 300 words max, 60 references max, min 3 tables and/or figures): In general, this kind of publication should be divided into an Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References.

Reviews (min 2500 words, abstract 300 words max, 60 references max. They should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. Following a short introduction, putting the study into context and defining the aim, reviews will concentrate on the most recent developments in the field. A review should clearly describe the search strategy followed (key words, inclusion, exclusion criteria, search engines, etc.).

Reports (min 1250 words, abstract 250 words max, 40 references max. Short reports of results from original researches. They should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. Incomplete findings cannot be considered for publication.

Methods (min 1000 words, abstract 250 words max, 40 references max. They must provide conclusive findings: preliminary observations or incomplete findings cannot be considered for publication. These articles describe a new experimental or computational method, test or procedure, and should have been well tested. This includes new study methods, substantive modifications to existing methods or innovative applications of existing methods to new models or scientific questions.

References

All references must be presented in the Roman alphabet (Latin script) and formatted strictly according to the latest IEEE citation style. Correct formatting is essential for publication readiness.

Please adhere to the following guidelines and examples:

Key Principles:

·       Numerical Citations: In the main body of your text, cite references using sequential numbers in square brackets (e.g., [1], [2], [5]).

·       Reference List Title: The list of references at the end of your manuscript must be titled "References" in bold.

·       Order: List references in numerical order (the order in which they are first cited in the text).

·       Completeness: Include all authors' names (do not use "et al." in the reference list for fewer than six authors; for six or more, list the first author followed by `et al.`).

·       Abbreviations: Use standard IEEE abbreviations for journal names (e.g., IEEE Trans. Power Electron., Proc. IEEE, J. Lightw. Technol.).

Formatting Examples:

Below are examples of common reference types formatted in the IEEE style.

1. Journal Article:

[1] A. Author, B. Coauthor, and C. Senior, "Title of the article," Abbreviated Title of Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 45-67, May 2021, doi: 10.1109/XXXX.2021.1234567.

2. Conference Paper:

[2] D. Researcher, E. Presenter, and F. Advisor, "Title of the conference paper," in Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Advanced Technology, Paris, France, Jul. 2020, pp. 123-128.

3. Book:

[3] G. Writer, Title of Book, 5th ed. City of Publisher, Country: Publisher, Year.

[3] J. M. P. Martínez, Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Systems. London, U.K.: Academic Press, 2019.

 

4. Book Chapter:

[4] H. Expert, "Title of the chapter," in Title of the Book, I. Editor, Ed. City of Publisher, Country: Publisher, Year, pp. 100-125.

5. Online Resource / Standard:

[5] IEEE Standard for Ethernet, IEEE Standard 802.3-2018, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://standards.ieee.org/standard/802_3-2018.html

Important Notes:

·       Preference for DOIs: Whenever available, include the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for journal and conference articles.

·       Consistency: Ensure that every citation in the text has a corresponding, fully-detailed entry in the reference list, and vice-versa.

·       Verification: Authors are strongly advised to use a reference management tool (such as EndNote, Mendeley, or Zotero) with an official IEEE style file to ensure accuracy, and to manually verify the final output against these examples.

Submission Preparation Checklist

·       As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor field).
2. Articles need to be in MS Word format with file extension .doc or .docx. PDF and other formats cannot be accepted.
3. We fight plagiarism: please understand that your article will be checked with available tools for discovering plagiarism.
4. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed at the end of the manuscript.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
6. All published material should be acknowledged and copyright material should be submitted along with the written permission of the copyright holder.

Peer review policy

All papers submitted to Indian Journal of Engineering are subject to peer review process. All accepted papers will be suitably edited before publication. The Editorial Board of the journal will immediately screen all articles submitted for publication in that journal. Those articles which fail to reach the scientific standards of the journal may be declined without further review. Those articles which satisfy the requirements of the Editorial Board will be sent to a maximum of three referees. These are experts in the field who have agreed to provide a rapid assessment of the article. Every effort will be made to provide an editorial decision as to acceptance for publication within 6-12 weeks of submission. Referees may request a revision of the article to be made. In this case, it is generally understood that only one revised version can be considered for a further appraisal under the peer-review system.

Copyright Notice

We permit our authors an unrestricted copyright and publishing rights to access and reuse their published works. Free access 'Creative-Commons CC BY 4.0 International Licensing' authorized, everyone can access and reuse the published works freely. Furthermore, the work can be reprocessed and recited delivered where the primary version of published paper is cited.

Article Processing Charge

The Article Processing Charge for publication is 270 USD only. Our fees cover DOI, peer review, plagiarism check, Archiving, copyediting, different format of publication (HTML, PDF) and maintenance. There is no other extra or hidden charges. All bank charges shall be borne by the payer. The submitting author assumes responsibility for the Article Processing Charges, and Vallway Research Pvt. Ltd. India will not issue refunds of any kind. The Managing Editor will guide the authors through the payment procedure.

Article Substitution and Withdrawal Policy

Vallway Research Pvt. Ltd. India has its own policy for article substitution & withdrawal. Based on our journal withdrawal policy, we won't withdraw any published articles and won't agree article substitution instead of a peer-reviewed or previously accepted article.

Publication Ethics Statement

Vallway Research Pvt. Ltd. India’s journals obey & follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We plentifully adhere to COPE Core Practices and to COPE Best Practice Guidelines, except Article Withdrawal Policy. Our article withdrawal policy is explained in detail under Article Withdrawal & Substitution Policy.

Our editors & editorial members implements a hard peer-review procedure with strong ethical issues & policies towards enhancement of high-quality science & technical studies to the arena of research publication. Based on the zero-tolerance procedure, our editors of Vallway Research Pvt. Ltd. India takes very serious implementation against falsification of data, plagiarism of scientific-content, and inappropriate author credential, with the rules & regulations of publishing ethical issues.

Ethical Guidelines for Authors

During the submission of articles to Vallway Research Pvt. Ltd. India’s journals, the authors should confirm that their articles are rich in ethical principles and meet current research-industry standards that are guided in policies of Vallway Research Pvt. Ltd. India’s journals.

Researchers’ interest to publishing their manuscripts in Vallway Research Pvt. Ltd. India’s journals must accept the following terms:

• Authors / Researchers should disclose the conflicts of interest in the manuscript during submission to the journal.
• Authors / Researchers must present research results of their work accurately and include a discussion about the importance of their results.
• In the manuscript, Authors / Researchers must present methodology data with appropriate & adequate details.
• If requested, the raw data from authors should be readily accessible for the journal editors & referees.
• The researchers are requested to confirm necessary procedures are taken, subsequently that the full raw data retained after the publication, in reasonable time.
• Multiple submission (submitting manuscript to multiple journals at simultaneous time) attitude is not accepted & tolerated.
• If the Authors / Researchers found any mistakes, false, inaccuracies, miscalculation and any errors in scientific issues after the publication of their article, they should be punctually conveyed the issues to the respective journal editors, for consequent actions.
• Manipulation of image, fabrication of data, and plagiarized data are not accepted.
• For formerly published data (includes illustrations, questionnaire and tables etc…,), the author must acquire the authorization to publish from the patent / copyright owner.

This list of terms are not comprehensive, and the authors / researchers must be conscious of all indigenous regulations and recognised norms within data publication.

If required, the research funders or authors' organization must be communicated & investigated by our in-house editorial team for any allegations regarding publication misconduct. If any proof for misconduct of publication is identified, proper action shall be taken towards correction of article or retraction of published study. While publishing with Vallway Research Pvt. Ltd. India’s journals, Authors / Researchers are anticipated to obey with the best practices about ethical publication.

Plagiarism, Data Fabrication and Image Manipulation

Vallway Research Pvt. Ltd. India won't accept or tolerate plagiarism. Without providing proper credential to the main (first) source, the imitation and replication of content, theme, concepts, illustrations or content from other source, or from the author’s own published articles are includes in plagiarism.

Reuse of the copied content from other source(s) should mention within the quote symbols and the primary source should be cited. If a work’s blueprint or language or the article design & structure has been enthused by earlier works, these work/research should be clearly cited.

All Vallway Research Pvt. Ltd. India manuscript submissions are evaluated for plagiarism through the standard software (Plagiarism Checker X and Grammarly) for clean-data. The submission will be rejected, if plagiarism identified in the progress of peer review procedure. The plagiarised manuscript will not proceed further and subjected to rejection as per our ethical policies.

The main illustration files should not be subjected for adjustment or manipulation at anyhow which might lead towards information misconception. Uneven / asymmetrical manipulation covers; 1) outline, overview, improvement, alteration, removing and fine-tuning features of the original illustration; 2) combining separate illustrations as a single image purposely; 3) tuning of color, enhancement of color balance, brightness adjustment and contrast modification

At the time of peer-review progress, our members must reject the submitted work, if the illustration manipulation is found. We might retract or correct the article, if the illustration manipulation is identified after the regular publication.

Submission data should be novel & unique and not incorrectly picked, worked, designed or improved. This consists 1) to the implication of conclusion significance, omission of data-points; 2) inappropriate designing of data; 3) selection of research reports which support a specific finding on the expense of inconsistent data; 4) intentionally choosing particular investigation tool & method to enhance a specific conclusion.

Potential Conflict of Interests

Based on the guidelines of ‘International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’, the researchers/authors should not interfere/impede with agreement of sponsors for-profit and non-profit. The sponsors may interfere with researchers in every step of research work progression like restrict the data collection, interfere with researcher’s science ability for experiment, in the preparation of manuscript & in choosing the journal for publication.

Role of funding sponsors in any part of there research work should be mentioned in the declaration part. If the sponsers doesnt have any role in their research work, then the author should states that 'The study has not received any external funding'.

During the submission of article, the authors should include potential conflicts of interest in the article itself, under the heading of “Conflicts of Interest” after the conclusion section or before the reference-list section.

If there is no potential conflict occurs, the researchers must state:
Conflicts of Interest: “The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interests”.