Author Guidelines
Electronic submission of manuscripts is strongly encouraged, provided that the text, tables, and figures are included in a single Microsoft Word file (preferably in Times Roman ).
Submit manuscripts as e-mail attachment to the Editorial Office at: submission@ijaer.org , info@ijaer.org.
The International Journal of Arts & Education Research will only accept manuscripts submitted as e-mail attachments.
Types of manuscripts:
Three types of manuscripts may be submitted:
Research articles: These should describe and carefully confirmed findings, and research methods should be given in sufficient detail for others to verify the work. The length of a full paper should be the minimum required to describe and interpret the work clearly.
Short Communications: A Short Communication is suitable for recording the results of complete small investigations or giving details of models, innovative methods or techniques. The style of main sections need not conform to that of full-length papers.
Reviews: Submissions of reviews and perspectives covering topics of current interest are welcome and encouraged. Reviews should be concise and no longer than 4-6 printed pages (about 10 pages). Reviews manuscripts are also peer-reviewed
All accepted revised manuscripts are copyedited and typeset. For efficient preparation of the proofs it is important that the authors follow some simple style guidelines rather than excessively format the manuscript. Details of the formatting will be taken care of by the copyeditors.
No copyrighted material is to be included.
Manuscripts are to be prepared in English and submitted as an MSWord document (.doc). All manuscripts should have: title, abstract, keywords, introduction, presentation, discussion, conclusions, references.
Layout: single column throughout (this will help typesetting in the appropriate format).
Font: Times Roman (12 point).
Title: bold; lower case with caps on all main words.
Authors: Times Roman caps; followed by affiliation (complete address including e-mail) on a separate line. If affiliation differs between authors, start a new line for each (group of) author(s). tel. or fax or mobile numbers(Depend on author interest)
Abstract: succinct;no references; no paragraphs; no bullets, etc.
Keywords: Include keywords such as :
keyword1; keyword2; keyword3; keyword4
figures should be in grayscale (avoid color full Fig without need), and included within the manuscript, with no reference to color within the text of the manuscript.
All figures should have meaningful captions and numbered.
Materials and Methods
This section must contain specific details about the materials, chemicals, media, instruments used, specialized chemicals source and related experimental details which allows other research worker to reproduce the work.
Tables: all tables should be supplied in MSWord format (not as pictures) and included within the manuscript. All tables should have meaningful captions, and numbered, e.g. Table 1.
References: within the text of the manuscript should follow the style: [1]; [13]; [1, 3–7] also [4, p. 301]. Listed at the end in the style:
For Book reference
S. A. Edwards. The Nanotech Pioneers, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim, 2006, pp. 1-14.
Journal papers and books
1. F. T. Kendle and P. R. Fried, The article title, The Journal Title, 3(4), 2001, pp. 10–15.
2. F. T. Kendle and P. R. Fried, Book Title, Publisher, Place, date, pp. 10–15.
Conference proceedings:
3. Author, Paper title, Proceedings Title, place, date of conference, date of publication, pp. 1–2.
Websites
4. International Journal of Arts & Education Research, http://www.ijaer.org.ie, Accessed 1 July 2012.
Fees and Charges: Online Publication of an article in the Ijaer is not contingent upon the author's ability to pay the charges There is no charge for the processing of paper but author(s) of each accepted paper is required to pay the publication charge which is very nominal fees. We charge Rs. 1000 for Indian Authors and USD 30$ for International Authors. The fees depends upon the number of pages, number of authors, images etc. Before the accepted paper is published we will intimate the fees in the acceptance letter.
*Certificate: Publication certificate to author in hard copy on author demand. It will be extra charges ( Rs. 250 / USD : $10 )
*Publication of article is subjected to processing fees ( Rs. 1000 / USD : $30 ) in order to maintanance and promotion of journal.
*No hard prints will be provided.
