FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. WHAT JOURNAL SHOULD I SUBMIT TO?
A. First of all a journal should have an ISSN ( International Standard Serial Number). Go through the journal specifications in details, and ascertain as to which journal caters to the subject area covered by you in your research paper. Accordingly send your paper for consideration in that journal only.
Q. HOW DO I PREPARE MY MANUSCRIPT FOR SUBMISSION?
A. We highly recommend authors to use the Author’s guidelines and format their papers according to JPAST style. (guideline for manuscript)
Q. HOW CAN I SUBMIT MY PAPER?
A. Please send electronic version of your paper as a single MS Word file to md@nlss.co.in, vaibhav.editor@nlss.co.in or jain74vaibhav@gmail.com and hard copy in duplicate to VAIBHAV JAIN, Managing Director, Jain Villa, HIG- 526/1/3, Avas Vikas First, Bulandshahr – 203001 ( U.P. ) India. Ph.:-+91-9897850584,.
Q. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF MY ACCEPTED PAPER?
A. To know the status of your accepted paper please contact our journal office: Jain Villa, HIG- 526/1/3, Avas Vikas First, Bulandshahr – 203001 ( U.P. ) India. India or md@nlss.co.in or jain74vaibhav@gmail.com
Q. HOW CAN I ORDER ADDITIOAL PRINTS OF MANUSCRIPT?
A. Please go to the Order Form. Take a print out, fill the relevant details and send to our journal office: Jain Villa, HIG- 526/1/3, Avas Vikas First, Bulandshahr – 203001 ( U.P. ) India or md@nlss.co.in and jain74vaibhav@gmail.com.
Q. DOES JPAST INFORM AUTHOR ABOUT THE REVIEWER’S COMMENT ON HIS/HER MANUSCRIPT?
A. The comments of the anonymous reviewers will be forwarded to the corresponding author on request, and when author is ready to submit the revised manuscript, read the comments of the editors and reviewers, and respond to them by telling what modifications author have made in his/her manuscript or why he/she has not made the suggested changes. Note that revisions must be completed and submitted within two weeks after author received the reviewers’ comments. Late manuscripts may be rejected. The Editor evaluates the recommendation and notifies the author of the manuscript status.
Q. IS THERE ANY CHARGE(S) FOR PAPER- PUBLICATION IN JPAST JOURNALS?
A. There is a submission fee which should be submitted with manuscript.
Q. WHY DOES JPAST HAS ARTICLE-PROCESSING CHARGES?
A. Publication fees are used to pay for several expenses:
1. Manuscript handling from submission to publication.
2. Electronic composition and production.
3. Server and website update and maintenance.
4. Electronic archiving.
5. Publication Certificate.
6. Administrative expenses and other overheads.
Q. CAN I JOIN THE JOURNAL AS A MEMBER OF ADVISORY OR EDITORIAL BOARD?
A. You can download the Membership form of related board. Fill the form and send the same along with the payment to the given address. Filling up the form does not allow any one to become the member of the Board. It is managing director’s discretion to allot membership.
Q. HOW CAN WE SUBSCRIBE THE JOURNAL (S)?
A. You can download the Subscription form and send the same with prescribed fee.
Q. WHAT IS THE FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATIONS?
A. It is bi-annual.
Q. MY PAPER HAS NOT BEEN ACCEPTED. WHAT DO I DO NOW?
A. Papers not accepted on the first review round are sending back to authors either for major revisions or subject to complete reject. In case a paper is not accepted (major revision required), we highly recommend authors to revise and implement the reviewers recommendations and re-submit within time. If article is rejected then fee will be returned after deducting registration fee.
Q. PUBLICATION CERTIFICATE. WHY AND WHEN?
A. JPAST will issue a Publication Certificate. The certificates are normally sent (via mail) within 15 days from the date of publication. All certificates will be sent to the corresponding authors only. Co-authors need to contact the corresponding author.
NOTE :- IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM OR QUESTION NOT ANSWERED HRER, PLEASE CONTACT: Vaibhav Jain, Jain Villa, HIG- 526/1/3, Avas Vikas First, Bulandshahr – 203001 ( U.P. ) India or md@nlss.co.in and jain74vaibhav@gmail.com.
