Author Guidelines

LBS CHRONICLE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH (LBSCMR) A National Journal of LBS Group is an effort to motivate the scholars and researchers towards the research attitude. It is a peer reviewed journal which invites review and research papers in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Social science, Science, Physiotherapy and Education . Promoting researchers is a way to find out the solutions for the problems of humanity. LBSCMR accepts original research papers, review articles, special reports, current topics, short communications, technical papers, conceptual papers, case study and letters to the editor etc. Authors are required to sign a copyright form granting the Publisher rights for all papers accepted for publication.

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT

All manuscripts are subject to rapid peer review, keep the review time as short as possible and all the decisions to accept, revise, or refuse a paper will be made by the editors. All manuscripts are to be sent to the editor via e-mail as "attachment" to the electronic addresses editor@lbsacademy.edu.in or online submission procedures are also available on journal website www.lbscmr.com

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT & STYLE

The journal is bilingual both in English and Hindi using “Times New Roman” font in English and Kruti Dev 010 in Hindi. The preferred format of all manuscripts is “MS Word” with 1.5 cm margin on all sides (Top, Bottom, Left and Right side) of the page. Headings should follow font styles, Introduction, font 14 bold; subheading, font 12 bold and subheading, font 12 italics. The manuscripts should be prepared using double-spacing throughout, including the Title page, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement and References. Each table with its legend must be typed double-spaced on a separate page at the end of the manuscript. Tables should be numbered with arabic numerals and the title should be above the table. All figure legends should be typed on a separate page and the title should be below the figure. Standard International Units (SI Units) and standard abbreviations should be used throughout the manuscript. Numerals are always used with abbreviated units (e.g. 9 mm2 not nine mm2). All plant and microorganism's scientific names should be written in italic. All pages must be numbered consecutively, appear in the lower right hand corner of each page, beginning with the title page.

The Manuscript Should Be Assembled In The Following Sequence:

TITLE PAGE

It must be informative, specific, descriptive and concise. The title page should include the names (s) of author(s), affiliation, and mailing address with e-mail of corresponding author, a running short title not exceeding 45 characters. By-line should contain the place (organization) where research was conducted.The full name of all authors with highest academic degree(s) and institutional affiliation; with mailing addresses including telephone, fax number, email ID, state/ province name, postal code and country name etc.The name of the corresponding author must be marked with an asterisk (*).If the institutional affiliations of the authors are different. Then it should be marked with superscript numeral designation.

ABSTRACT

An abstract must be concise (not exceeding 250 words), clear and informative and should describe the purposes of the study or investigation, the method adopted in the investigation, the findings of the investigation and the main conclusions reported in the paper.

KEYWORDS

It must be reflecting the scientific content of your study (maximum 7) and words should be in italics and bold.

INTRODUCTION

A brief introduction should start on a new page. Introduction part should be brief and limited to the problem or the aim and scope of the experiment.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Significant details should be given including experimental design and the technique (s) used along with applicable statistical methods used clearly along with the year of Field experimentation as well as laboratory experiments.

RESULTS

The results should be presented concisely without comments. Illustration of observations must be in a proper sequence using text, tables and figures. The data given in tables or figures should not be repeated in the text.

DISCUSSION

The aim of this section is to interpret the results clear and precisely and relate them to other relevant studies and mention the implications of the findings and their limitations, including implications for future research. Extensive reviews of the literature and repetition of information given in any part of the text should be avoided.

CONCLUSION

Relate the conclusions with the goals of the research stated under introduction and point out the strengths and weaknesses of the study.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

It should be placed in a separate section before the references. Authors should acknowledge the sources of financial and material support and also acknowledge the names of persons whose contribution to the study, to generate the research results.

REFERENCES

References should be typed double -spaced on separate page(s) and numbered in one consecutive series by order of mention in the text. List each reference alphabetically on the first author’s last name; when the reference has five or more authors, list (alphabetically on 2nd, 3rd, etc. author’s names) only first four and the others should be represented with the Latin expression "et al." Unpublished work should not be included in the list of references. Journals published electronically are cited in the same way as the printed version, with volume and pages, but including URL, ISSN and date it was accessed or read. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their references. References should be listed using the following order:

Citation journals: Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", Journal Name (Abbreviated), volume (Number), pages.

Example:

  • Capizzi, MT and Ferguson, R (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 (2), 72-80.
  • Alfassi, ZB; Mosseri, S and Neta, P (1989), “Reactivities of chlorine atoms and peroxyl radicals formed in the radiolysis of dichloromethane”, J PhysChem, Vol.93 (8), 1380-1385.

Citation of Books: Author(s) or editor(s) Surname, Initials (year), “ Title of Book ”, Edition or volume, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.

Example:

  • Hahn, DR (1985), “Modern Pharmacognosy”, 4, Hankook Teaching Material Co, Seoul, Korea, 332.

Citation of Chapters in books: Author(s) or editor(s) Surname, Initials (year), "Chapter title", Title of Book, Edition or volume, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.

Example:

  • Sand, R (1982), “Structure and conformation of hydrocolloids”, Food Hydrocolloids, Vol. I, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 19-46.

Citation of Web pages: Journals published electronically are cited in the same way as the printed version (Section A); with volume and pages, but including URL and the full URL should be placed at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed or read.

Example:

  • Capizzi, MT and Ferguson, R (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 (2), 72-80, Available in: http://informativejournals.com/journal papers Accessed: July 2010.

Citation of Patents: Inventor (s)Surname, Initials (year), “Title”, Name of country issuing the patent and the patent number.

Example:

  • Shi, YC and Trzasko, PT (1997),“Process for producing amylase resistant granular starch”, U.S. patent 5,593,503.

COPYRIGHT

The manuscript submission for publication represent that it is an original work, has not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. The corresponding author is asked to sign “Copyright form” including all authors before the manuscript is published. The corresponding author is requested to download the “Copyright form” from the journal website and after getting author(s) signature it must be send as an attachment file (form after scanning) to the LBS CHRONICLE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH (LBSCMR) A National Journal of LBS Group) through email to editor@lbsacademy.edu.in The ownership of every article published in our journal rests with us. Prior permission is required for any form of reproduction or distribution.

GALLEY PROOFS

Unless indicated otherwise, galley proofs are sent to the E-mail address given for correspondence. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that the Galley proofs are returned without delay.

ARTICLE PUBLICATION CHARGE

As per the policy of the journal, in an Open Access Journal, the publication costs of an article may be paid from an author's research budget, or by their supporting institution, in the form of Article Publication Charges.LBS CHRONICLE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH (LBSCMR) A National Journal of LBS Group) does not have any income from selling print or online versions, for maintenance of paper in secured data storage system, various overhead expenses like employees charges etc. These article publication charges replace subscription charges and allows publishers to provide immediate, worldwide, free access to the full-text of all published articles for the scientific community in the world. However as per initial policy of the journal, there is no charge for the processing and publication of papers till December 2026. Such a decision will be taken by the Chairman of LBS Group of Educational Institutions.

PLEASE BE SURE YOUR MANUSCRIPT IS FORMATTED AS OUTLINED IN THE AUTHOR GUIDELINES BEFORE SUBMIT YOUR PAPER

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