Review, Publishing and Fee Policy

 

• The research contribution is blind peer reviewed by two reviewers of International repute before publication. The review reports if positive then research contribution accepted for publishing. However, the Editorial Board reserves the right to exclude the paper without showing cause for it. The decision of the Editorial Board will be considered exclusive for publication of the article.
• The journal accepts only those research contributions which are free from plagiarism. The author has to submit article along with similarity report and author will be legally responsible for any objection in this regard.
• The management usually publishes the views and research of Authors. It is not necessary to agrees with the view of authors and cannot be responsible for any statement, comment or information.
• Research Journal, strictly follows Plagiarism Policy as per guidelines of HEC.
• Usually, a research contribution gets published in 04 to 12 weeks, while time could be increased subject to the review reports of reviewers.
• Authors are expected to submit research contributions in time.
• Usually, the management announces call for papers four times in a year for quarterly journals and twice in a year for Bi Annual Journal.
• Furthermore, the management encourages authors to contribute researches for special issues on particular aspects of the society which will be announced time to time.  

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Publishing Fee

• THE RESEARCH JOURNAL is an open access research journal. Readers are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full text and to use for education and any lawful purpose under the Government law of open access.
• THE RESEARCH JOURNAL has no funding agencies. The Management decided publishing fee of 50,000 PKR to bear the cost of Publishing Research Contributions. It consists of National and International reviewer, publishing, long time archiving, website running, typesetting, copyediting and other necessary charges. 
• This is also decided by administration that the processing fee of 15000 PKR, once the research article is processed, is not refundable by any mean.  
• Habibia Research Academy has no funding and sponsorship from Govt. or any funding agency. The organization accommodates expenses of publishing only through fee collections from Authors, which includes expenses of editorial team, computer operator, website management, indexing with International agencies, charges of reviewers, payments of doi and publishing. 
• Authors are encouraged and invited to contribute in term of donations with organization other than publishing fee charges as well. 
• For submission of publishing fee the following account details may kindly be used. 
• Account Title: MUHAMMAD KASHIF  
• Bank Name and Branch Code: (2381) HABIB BANK, Karachi University HBL Branch, Karachi Pakistan.
• IBN : PK  HABB 0023817917765403
• Account No.  23817917765403

Plagiarism Policy

• Research Journal, strictly follows Plagiarism Policy as per guidelines of HEC. The Similarity Report on Tunitin or similar software should be below 19 %.  You can find HEC Policy here:

  

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The Objective of Research Journal is to provide the reliable source of information on current developments in the field, to publish quality research articles and making them available to researchers worldwide. The journal will be essential reading for researchers for the latest developments in the field. It actively endeavors to participate in the development of new scholarly approaches and problematics. In addition to original research articles in Arabic, Urdu and English.

Copy Right and Publishing Authority

• The research paper sent for publication must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The clearance certificate must be filled by each author to avoid duplication and copy right issues.
• All research contributions published by Journal rights are reserved by copyright. Copyright @ U.S. Copyright Office 101 Independence Ave. S.E. Washington, D.C. 20559-6000 All Rights Reserved © 2020.

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 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 Open Office, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file 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.

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Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Contact

Principal Contact

President Contact Dr. Muhammad Kashif Editor, JLSMS Phone 0332 344 35 14 jolsms95@gmail.com m03002616437@yahoo.com

Support Contact Jawad Rashid  Phone 0333 230 18 18 jolsms95@gmail.com

 

 

 Guidelines for Authors

Authors are advised to follow the following steps each and every one in their research contributions to avoid delay in publishing of research articles.  If you do not follow any step, the editorial team will send it you again and again. This is wastage of precious time.

• The contributors are expected to submit their original contributions consist length of 5000 words, it is desired to complete your contribution in even number ie 12, 14 1nd 16, including references and 150 to 200 words Abstract in English with English Keywords. Keywords should be specific and in line with the research contribution. Authors are expected to avoid choosing general words as keywords. 
• Translate the title of the research article into English as well if it is in Arabic or Urdu languages.
• First page of the article should contain title of the research paper, name of the author, designation, institutional affiliation and contact details. Email ID and ORCID ID is essential. You may access for ORCID ID here. These details should be provided in English Language and will be displayed on website.
• Research Contributions must be composed in MS Word.
• Font for English is Times New Roman, for Arabic is Traditional Arabic and for Urdu is ALVI NASTALEEQ.
• Research contribution’s page set up would be: A4 size: Width: 8.27 and Height: 11.69, Page Margins: Top: 1.5, Bottom: 1.5, Left: 1.25, Right: 1.25.
• The given size paper in single space, on one side of the page. Font size for title headings for English 12 Bold, for sub-headings 11 Bold, however, font size for references is 10 and remaining material will be in 12 normal. For Arabic and Urdu articles, main headings 14 Bold, sub-headings 13 Bold, and main body of text 13 and for references font size is 12.
• References should be inserted as Endnotes and numbered consecutively. All citations should follow the APA (American Psychological Association) Style.
• References should be translated in English if the research contribution is in other than English Language.
• Soft copy of the research paper only email to the given email on each website of journal or submit online on OJS to follow the link of journal.

• The research contributions are blind peer reviewed by the International experts before publication. However, the Editorial Board reserves the right to exclude the paper without showing cause for it. The decision of the Editorial Board will be considered exclusive for publication of the article.
• This is sole responsibility of Author to make sure that the research paper sent for publication in THE RESEARCH JOURNAL must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

• The article sent for publication is without plagiarism. The author has to submit article along with similarity report and he/she will be legally responsible for any objection in this regard.
• The Journal Board usually publish the views and research of Authors. It is not necessary to agree with the view of authors and cannot be responsible for any statement, comment or information.
• HEC Guidance can be seen on Ethical Guidelines for Journals by HEC

 

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