Guidelines for the Authors

1. Dogo Rangsang Research Journal (ISSN 2347-7180) is a peer-reviewed bilingual journal published in English and Assamese. It deals with social science and the humanities. After the completion of its glorious seven years, this journal is recognised by the UGC-CARE (Sl. No. 67 in the Social Sciences Category). The Journal publishes Research articles, Research papers, Review papers containing original Research works of good standard.

2. All the Research papers and articles should be submitted by e-mail in soft copy along with PDF file tested by Plagiarism checker. Soft copy should be in MS Word or Page Maker. In English all the matters should be typed in Times New Roman Font (Size 11 Point). In Assamese the matters should be typed in Geetanjali light Font (Size 13 Point) of Ramdhenu Software.

3. Maximum pages of a paper should be 10 pages in A4 size (for such excess pages will be charged extra amount).

4. Papers must be included Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Methods, Conclusion, Acknowledgement and References/Sources. Heading and sub-headings should be capitalized and bold faced.

Abstract: It should not exceed 250/300 words in a single paragraph and does not require sources, sub-headings and should be a brief summary of the work carried out including the objectives of the study, the techniques used and what was accomplished in a concise manner.

Keywords: It should contain up to 4-10 key terms related to the work separated by commas.

Introduction: It should represent the background significance, brief survey of the previous works, purpose, scope and novelty of the research work and should not have subheadings.

Methods: Sufficient information in detail regarding the materials and the methods used to carry out the research works (analytical, statistical and experimental procedures) should be mentioned to enable the others to repeat the author’s work. Source of chemicals and drugs, animals used, ethical committee permission should be mentioned.

Results and Discussion: It should contain summary of the research, results, interpretations, speculations and assessment of future research or prospects.

Conclusion: It should include outcome of the work, important findings and researcher’s view(s).

Acknowledgements (if any): It should have the brief information regarding any research grant support or the assistance of colleagues or institutions.

References/Sources: They should be arranged at the end of the manuscript in order of their appearance in the text. References should follow the MLA Citation Style.

5. Peer review process of the Research Papers: After receiving the Research Papers, the Papers will be sent to peer review team for approval. Without approval of the team the papers will not be published. Manuscripts are scrutinized through a special procedure:

i) At first all papers sent through proper channel will come under the scanner of qualitative value in 3 categories in broadly. A category means Excellent and the Paper may be accepted for publication after minor corrections. B category means that the Paper need reviewing and C category means that the Paper needs major correction/rewriting or it is totally rejected if the author fail to submit the corrected or rewritten manuscript within the given time frame allowed by the Editorial Board of Dogo Rangsang Research Journal.

ii) Then each paper is subjected to anti-plagiarism check. If the paper is found to be plagiarized, it is rejected and immediate communication is made to the author to revise or resubmit or make other decisions. If it is plagiarism free, the editor deletes the author’s details, codes it and sends the coded manuscript to two reviewers of the particular field one after another simultaneously. Once the reviewers have gone through the Paper, they send back the manuscript to the editor with comments and the author is given a chance to make corrections as per the reviewers’directions.

iii There will be two Internal and two External reviewers for scrutinizing of each research paper. If the first reviewer has no objection concerning the Methodology, Content etc. of the Paper then it is not sent to the second External reviewer. If the first reviewer has some queries regarding the Paper or some objections on its content, then it is sent to the second reviewer for review and necessary corrections/ rewriting as the case may be.

The process is repeated until the reviewers and the editors are convinced that the manuscript is ready for publication.

6. The Editorial Board reserves the right to take the final decision of accepting or rejecting a Paper and make changes in the articles.

7. Authors will be solely responsible for factual accuracy of their contribution.**

8. The manuscript will not be returned in any case whether accepted or rejected.

9. Authors and co-authors may or may not be members of Dogo Rangsang Research Society but the authors should purchase at least 10 copies of the Journal (In which Volume their articles are printed) for broad circulation.

10. The date for releasing the Journal are on 2nd January i.e.,”Saralatar Din” on the Birth Anniversary of Professor Upen Rabha Hakacham and than each equal interval of three months i.e. on 2nd April, 2nd July and 2nd October consecutively.

11. The Research Articles must be accompanied by a copy right certificate duly signed by the

contributor(s) in the following format.***

12. Publication Ethics: When an author submits a manuscript for publication consideration, he or she agrees to abide by publication requirements of International Academic & Research Consortium.

i) Agree that his or her manuscript presents work that is original, not plagiarized; that he or she has not submitted the manuscript under review for publication elsewhere; and that he or she will not submit the manuscript under review to another publication during the review period.

ii) Take full responsibility for the work he or she submits to and publishes with the International Academic & Research Consortium.

Manuscript Submission: Authors should submit their manuscript by email to dogorangsang@rediffmail.com

i) Manuscripts should be sent at least 6 months prior to the particular issue of the Journal for the convenience of smooth processing However the society reserves the right to consider limited manuscript on the basis of tatkal service.

Annexure-I: Self Declaration Form:

Certified that the manuscript / paper titled ................................................................... is original, unpublished and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Further, it will not be submitted for publication elsewhere until a decision is conveyed regarding its unacceptability for publication in ‘Dogo Rangsang Research Journal’. If accepted for publication, I/we agree that it will not be published elsewhere in whole or in part without prior permission of the Editorial Board of Dogo Rangsang Research Journal.

I/we, the undersigned author (s), hereby transfer/assign all copyrights of my/our papers titled

.............................................................. to Dogo Rangsang Research Journal.

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Annexure-II : Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the articles published in this Journal are the opinions of the author. The members of the Editorial Board or Publisher of Dogo Rangsang Research Journal (DRRJ)- are in no way responsible for the opinions expressed by the authors or the conclusions deduced by them.

N.B.: Any correspondences including mailed documents (Article, Paper etc.) to be communicated in our own email-id (dogorangsang@rediffmail.com). The Publication Board will not bear any responsibility for those documents communicated to other email-ids or any other media.

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