Author’s Guidelines
Submission of a paper to INSIGHT implies that the manuscript has not been published or under consideration in any other journal. The manuscripts should be submitted by email (shankerazad@yahoo.com).
No hard copy submissions will be accepted. Receipt will be automatically acknowledged. After an assessment of the paper’s suitability for publication in INSIGHT, the editor will send it electronically to a minimum of two referees, they will decide whether to recommend it for publication or rejection or publication with suggested changes. The process is tracked electronically, including any dialogue with the author. The identities of authors and reviewers are not revealed to each other. Accepted papers, when in final form, are assigned to an issue of INSIGHT, for publication.
Papers should be between 2,000-3500 words in length excluding footnotes and References. Author’s are advised to use the APA referencing style. Submissions that do not confirm to the journal’s guidelines will be returned to the authors for modification; no review will be undertaken if authors have not followed these guidelines. Papers can be written in English/Hindi.
Please use the typeface Times New Roman throughout your article. The main text of submissions should be typed in 1.5 spacing in a font size of 12pt. For papers in Hindi language use font Kurti Dev 10 and font size-15pt. The text should be justified on the left margin only (not justified on the right). Do not use all capital letters to write the title of the paper or headings or subheadings. The Reference List should be single-spaced 10pt, with distinctions between references marked by single carriage returns and hanging indents. References are to be in the APA style. Make sure that all the abbreviations used in the manuscript have been defined upon its first mention in the text. Footnotes should be avoided but where notes are necessary please use footnotes. Additively, ensure that citation of references within the text of the manuscript is present.
The beginning of a new paragraph should be indicated by a space made by a double carriage return (not an indent). Insert page numbers on the bottom right hand corner of each page. Capitalize the first letters of words in titles and headings. Subheadings should be separated from the preceding paragraph by a space, but do not put a space before the paragraph immediately following the subheading. For articles written in English, British or American English spelling is acceptable provided usage is consistent. Foreign words and phrases not in common (English) usage should be italicised. Please do NOT submit compressed files. Do not use any word processing options/tools, such as: strike through, hidden text, comments, merges, and so forth.
All authors are jointly and individually responsible to the concerned authorities for the contents of the manuscripts. The Editorial Committee/Publisher shall not be held responsible in any manner whatsoever to the contents of the manuscript and the views and interpretations expressed by the authors in the manuscripts. The decision of the Editor is final in all matters pertaining to the publication of the manuscripts. Editor has the right to do editorial revision of the accepted manuscripts, restriction of number of pages, tables and figures. No reason shall be given for the non-acceptance of the manuscript. In case of acceptance of the article and completion of publication formalities by the author, journal reserves the right of making amendments in the final draft of the research paper to suit the journal’s requirement.