Author Guidelines

  • At maximum, only two manuscripts of an author shall be published in a single issue, i.e., one as a principal author and another as a co-author, or both as a co-author.
  • The corresponding author shall ensure that there is no plagiarism in the manuscript, that the similarity is less than 10% (if any) and is properly cited with the original source(s) where required.
  • The author(s) shall ensure that any data or ideas taken from other sources are properly cited according to international standards of academic publishing and format/requirements of JADHUR.
  • The international standards of research ethics must be followed and ensured by the author(s) during the designing, conducting, writeup and publication of the manuscript. 
  • The author(s) must insert their ORCID iD at the submission stage within the relevant section of their user account in JADHUR.
  • The author(s) must allow their ORCID iDs to be embedded into the article metadata in the online system of JADHUR.
  • Complete affiliation details of the author(s) shall be provided at the submission stage of the manuscript and for all affiliations if the author(s) are affiliated with more than one institution.
  • Title, author(s), and affiliations should all be included on a title page. They follow the order: Title, Authors, Affiliations, author contribution, data availability, ethical statement, acknowledgment and funding. Thus, two separate files as the main documents without author details and titles page with author details need to be submitted by the authors.
  • Both the official and personal Email IDs of the corresponding author and ORCID iD of all authors will be inserted/printed on the final approved/published manuscript.
  • The minimum word limit for a manuscript of a quantitative study is 6000 words, including the list of references.
  • The length of a manuscript with qualitative and/or mix-method study must be 8000-12000 words, including the list of references.
  • The manuscripts shall be edited by an English language expert, preferably a native speaker, before submission to JADHUR.
  • Style of the referencing and citations must be ensured according to APA guidelines (latest edition) as provided in the article format section in the journal.
  • An in-text citation style shall be used for citing a reference with a complete list of references at the end of the manuscript.
  • The author(s) shall reflect on their citation practices and ensure that globally reputed authors have been cited and, in particular, the authors from the country or countries of which the manuscript is written about.
  • JADHUR reserves the right to edit, modify, make addition or deletion to the article or may request the corresponding author to do so at any stage if necessary.
  • Manuscripts should be submitted in MS Word files by one of the manuscript's authors.
  • The text of the manuscript shall be single-spaced, using 11-point font size.
  • All illustrations, figures and tables shall be placed within the text at the appropriate points rather than at the end of the manuscript.
  • The author(s) shall ensure that the manuscript is not already submitted and/or is under review for publication elsewhere.
  • The manuscript already submitted elsewhere and/or under review for publication shall not be accepted by the JADHUR.
  • The corresponding author shall ensure that there is no conflict of interest between the principal author and the co-authors.
  • A manuscript, once forwarded to the peer-review stage in the JADHUR online system, cannot be withdrawn by the author(s).
  • The manuscripts considered for the peer-review process shall not be submitted/published elsewhere unless rejected by JADHUR.
  • A manuscript considered for the editorial review or the peer-review process does not mean an acceptance or approval for publication in JADHUR.
  • An acceptance letter for the manuscript may be issued after the peer-review processes only if recommended by the editorial committee for publication in JADHUR.
  • The author(s) must allow JADHUR with the non-exclusive right to circulate the manuscript and all other derivative works, such as translations.
  • The author(s) shall carefully read the author guidelines and ensure that all the requirements and conditions of JADHUR are fulfilled before submission of the manuscript.
  • The corresponding author must register and/or log in to his/her user account on the website portal (online system) of JADHUR before submitting the manuscript.
  • The manuscript shall be submitted to the editorial team through our online system in MS Word.
  • The author(s) shall provide a signed agreement form according to our format with an undertaking that all the requirements of JADHUR are fulfilled before and during the manuscript submission.