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.
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).
The submission file is in Microsoft Word document 97-2003 format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Submission Guideline
Articles can be submitted electronically from the website. Registration and login are required to submit an article online, this process is a simple self-explanatory process. This is an online manuscript processing system that allows submission of articles with tracking of its progress till the proof stage. If the article is submitted electronically, there is no need to send a hard copy.
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.
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).
The submission file is in Microsoft Word 97-2003 document format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Submit only original research paper, which should not be submitted to any other journal for publication. Plagiarism policy: Authors may use www.duplichecker.com or any other software or website to check and avoid plagiarism. Number of words: 3500-5000 (excluding abstract and references) and in MS word Font: Times New Roman, size 12 Reference Style: Follow APA 6th style The full paper should be organized under the following subheadings:
Abstract: The abstract should not be more than 300 words. The abstract should be organized in, a brief introduction, methodology, results and conclusion with 3-5 keywords. The names, email, phone numbers and institutional affiliations of the authors must be mentioned in the footnote)
Introduction: Includes background of the study, the rationale of the study, the scope of the study, a brief review of literature etc.
Methodology: Includes design of the study, sampling methods, institute ethics clearance, statistical analysis etc.
Results: Only the main results
Discussion: Do not simply repeat what showed in the results, illustrate the relevance of findings
Conclusion
Mention: Funding source, acknowledgement and Conflicts of interest
References: APA 6th style
The cover letter must include: Covering Letter by the first author may address the Editor of NJPSW, requesting to consider the paper for publication and attach an author declaration stating that the current paper is not submitted or presented elsewhere and add a table contains names, contact number, address, email IDs and signatures of all authors. You may specify the corresponding author in the covering letter.
Editorial Correspondence
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