Author Guidelines
Here are the author guidelines for preparing a manuscript for submission, considering the points mentioned:
File Format: The paper should be prepared in Word format and submitted as a single column document.
Fonts: The headings in the paper should be in 12-point Times New Roman font and the content should be in 10-point Times New Roman font.
Formatting:There is no specific format required for the paper submission. However, authors should ensure that the manuscript is well-organized and easy to follow, with clear headings and subheadings to break up the text.
Writing Style: The paper should be written in clear and concise language, avoiding technical jargon and overly complex sentences. The paper should also be free of spelling and grammar errors.
Citing Sources: All information and ideas that are not original to the author should be properly cited using the standard citation style of Journal [The guidelines for references and citations can be found in the manuscript preparation section].
Ethical Considerations: The author should ensure that the paper is free of plagiarism and that all data, findings, and results are accurately represented. If the author is using any previously published work, permission should be obtained from the original authors.
Proofreading: Before submitting the paper, the author should carefully read and proofread the manuscript to ensure that it is free of errors and meets the guidelines outlined above.
It is suggested by our publishing team that the same article should not be forwarded to multiple journals simultaneously. The submitting author takes responsibility for the submission on behalf of all the authors.
The following manuscript types can be considered for publication.
- Research Articles
- Reviews
- Mini Reviews
- Case Reports
A research paper typically consists of the following sections:
Title Page: This includes the title of the paper, the author's name and affiliation.
Abstract: A brief summary of the research paper, including the main objectives, methodology, results, and conclusions.
Introduction: This section sets the context and background of the research, outlines the research question or problem, and provides an overview of the paper's structure.
Literature Review: This section reviews relevant literature and previous studies related to the research problem or question. The purpose is to provide context, identify gaps in the literature, and build a case for the research.
Methodology/ Materials and Methods: This section describes the research design, sample, data collection methods, and data analysis techniques used in the study.
Results: This section presents the findings of the research, including any statistical analyses, tables, and figures.
Discussion: This section interprets the results and draws conclusions based on the findings. It also discusses the implications of the results and any limitations of the study.
Conclusion: This section summarizes the main findings and provides a conclusion to the research problem or question.
References: This section lists all the sources cited in the paper, following the Journal standard citation style.
Appendices: This section includes any additional material that supports the research, such as data sets, tables, figures, or supplementary information.
A systematic review is a type of literature review that uses a systematic and transparent approach to identify, evaluate, and synthesize the available evidence on a particular research question. The outline of a systematic review paper following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) style typically includes the following sections (Authors can adopt their own outlining style while considering the PRISMA style.):
Title Page: This includes the title of the paper, the author's name and affiliation, and the date of submission.
Abstract: A structured abstract that provides a brief summary of the systematic review, including the main objectives, methods, results, and conclusions.
Introduction: This section sets the context and background of the systematic review, outlines the research question or problem, and provides an overview of the paper's structure.
Methods for the selection of the study: This section describes the systematic review protocol (inclusion and exclusion criteria, identification of studies, study selection, data extraction, quality assessment, data analysis), including the eligibility criteria, data sources, and search strategy used to identify relevant studies, the methods used to assess the quality of the studies, and the methods used to synthesize the data.
Results: This section presents the findings of the systematic review, including the number of studies identified and screened, the number of studies included and excluded, and a summary of the characteristics of the included studies.
Discussion: This section interprets the results and draws conclusions based on the findings. It also discusses the implications of the results, any limitations of the systematic review, and recommendations for future research.
Conclusion: This section summarizes the main findings and provides a conclusion to the research problem or question.
References: This section lists all the sources cited in the paper, following the Journal citation style.
Appendices: This section includes any additional material that supports the systematic review, such as data sets, tables, figures, or supplementary information.
Manuscript Preparation
The length of the manuscript should range from 8 to 45 pages. EIS can exceptionally accept shorter or longer manuscripts. The contents in the section heading should be presented in the following way.
Title-The title should be particular, brief but comprehensive and reflect your paper ideas. Except for abbreviation(s) and acronym(s), only the first letter of the first word in the title/subtitle needs to be capitalized.
List of authors–Include all the author's names with the name of their department, college / university / industry, state, city, and country. Also list the email addresses of all the authors and make a star for the corresponding author.
Abstract–Abstract is the core of the manuscript. It should contain the research background, objective, method and results achieved and to the point not exceeding 350 words. Authors are suggested not include any reference in this section.
Keywords–Five keywords are the minimum requirement, which should be separated by commas to differentiate them.
Introduction-The introduction section should provide the significance of the author's study. It can contain background, motivation, objectives, contribution and paper organization.
Literature-In this section author's should list the publication and summarize with the pros and cons. They can explain the findings by tabular/graphical representation also. Findings can be in a separate section.
Evaluation and analysis–Evaluate the performance and analysis. It should be based on the previous research work comparing with the current one.
Materials and Methods-Algorithm, flowchart, dataset used and method explanation should be included in the materials and methods.
Results-Detail results and analysis should be included in the results section. Results should be understandable and real. It contains a series of figures and tables which can be described in detail. The figures and tables should support the declaration by the authors and embellish the new insights. The discussion section can be included in the result section or in a separate section.
Discussion-The author's interpretation and opinion through the results can be included in this section. A comparison between measured and modeled data can be included here. Comparative discussion with the previous method published should be included in the discussion section.
Conclusions and future work-A conclusion is where you summarize the findings of the manuscript and generalize their importance, relevance and recommends further research gaps.
Acknowledgments–The name of the persons who made some significant contribution in improvement of the authors' paper will be included in the acknowledgement section. The sources of funding can also be included in this section.
Conflicts of interest-All potential conflicts of interest must be stated within the text of the manuscript, under this heading. Please state "The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare" if no conflicts exist.
References-EIS uses the sequential numbered citation, and respective ordering should be maintained on the list at the end of the manuscript. It should be arranged in the order of citation in text. The Vancouver system of referencing should be used. Only published and "in press" references should appear in the reference list.
Please be sure to format all references as follows:
The first six authors' names plus ", et al." can be used in case of more than six authors. The title of the reference, only the first letter of the first word in the title of a reference needs to be capitalized except for the letters and words that are originally capitalized.
Journal reference
Author(s). Article title. Journal Title. year; volume (issue): pages.
Ghosh P. A framework of email cleansing and mining with case study on image spamming. International Journal of Advanced Computer Research. 2014; 4(4):961-5.
Batista GM, Endo M, Yasuda T, Urata M, Mouri K. Using science museum curator's knowledge to create astronomy educational content. International Journal of Advanced Computer Research. 2015; 5(20):284-97.
Abc P. Remarkable science. XYZ Journal. 1999; 36:234-5.
Conference reference
Author(s). Article title. Conference name year (pp. 1-7). Publisher/Organizer.
Agarwal A, Xie B, Vovsha I, Rambow O, Passonneau R. Sentiment analysis of twitter data. In proceedings of the workshop on languages in social media 2011 (pp. 30-38). Association for Computational Linguistics.
Culotta A. Towards detecting influenza epidemics by analyzing Twitter messages. In proceedings of the first workshop on social media analytics 2010 (pp. 115-22). ACM.
Complete book reference
Author(s). Book title. Publisher; year.
Ukens LL. 101 ways to improve customer service: training, tools, tips, and techniques. John Wiley & Sons; 2007.
Chapters in book reference
Author(s). Book title. Publisher; year. page number.
Ukens LL. 101 ways to improve customer service: training, tools, tips, and techniques. John Wiley & Sons; 2007. p. 251-306.
Website reference
Author(s). Web article title. Website title. Publisher of website. Accessed DD Month YYYY.
Travel and Transportation. https://www.nyu.edu/life/travel-and-transportation/ university-transportation/routes-and-schedules.html. Accessed 26 October 2015.
Abc P. Travel and Transportation. https://www.nyu.edu/life/travel-and-transportation/ university-transportation/routes-and-schedules.html. Accessed 26 October 2015.
Appendices
An appendix contains information that is not essential to understand the paper, but may be proved useful for further clarification.
Authors Biography
All authors should include biographies with photos at the end of the paper. The first paragraph may contain a place and date of birth. Next, the author's educational background is to be listed. They have also penned down their professional membership, current position in the professional job, publications, achievements and research areas, etc.
Figures and Tables
Except for abbreviation(s) and acronym(s), only the first letter of the first word in the figures and tables caption needs to be capitalized. Figures and tables must be numbered separately. The caption for a figure appears below the figure; for a table, above. Do not be afraid to use lengthy figure and table captions better that than confusing or incomplete ones.
If your figure or table is essentially the same as or based on another author, but you recreated or adapted it, in this case provide proper citation of the source. The most logical place for the citation to appear is at the end of the caption.
Authors Contribution Statement
The EIS Journal requires that all authors take public responsibility for the content of the work submitted for review. The contributions of all authors must be described in the following manner:
Sample authors contribution statement for more than one authors:
Ashutosh Kumar Dubey: Conceptualization, Investigation, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing. Arun Lal: Data collection, Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Analysis and Interpretation of results. Ramesh Sharma: Study Conception, Design, Data collection, Supervision, Investigation on challenges and Draft manuscript preparation.
An author name can appear multiple times, and each author name must appear at least once.
Sample author contribution statement for single author:
The author confirms sole responsibility for the following: study conception and design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of results, and manuscript preparation.
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
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