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INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS
Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research (JSIR)

The Journal was started in 1942 and published monthly in Author-Reader Platform: A platform for instructions to
English language by CSIR-National Institute of Science contributors and announcements. Brief reports by authors on
Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR). It inventions and discoveries of scientific, technological and
serves as an information link between science-technology and industrial research are covered. A column where readers
the society. It caters to entrepreneurs, technologists, engineers, interact and seek clarifications/additional information on
technocrats and scientists on one hand and planners, articles published in the journal, or provide opinions, views and
administrators and managers on the other. suggestions etc.
Original research articles of interest to industry, reviews on
Manuscript Preparation
frontiers of science and technology, articles on management
and policies relating to science, technology and industrial General: Manuscripts should be in MS Word format in
applications are invited for publication. Reviews on current single space (11 pt, Times New Roman font) with page limit of
topics are encouraged. No case studies will be entertained. Editor 11–15. All pages should be numbered consecutively. Use SI
decision will be final for considering MSS and publishing the units throughout, and where other units are used for some
research paper. The detailed coverage is given below: reason, give equivalent SI units in parenthesis. Symbols should
conform to standard CSIR-NISCAIR guidelines (check
Subject Coverage previous JSIR issues online).
Scientific Research (Applications-based) Title: It should be short & informative formatted in
Biofuels ‘Sentence case’. Latin names are to be given in italics. (15 pt)
Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Short Running Title: Not more than 50 characters. ALL IN
Machine Learning, 3D Printing, TT & Mathematical CAPITALS (9 pt)
Modeling
Earth, Environment & Atmospheric sciences Author(s): Names of authors to be typed in first letters capital
Climate Change (Capitalize each word), each name separated by commas and
Microbiology ‘&’ before the last author. The names of all the authors should
Biotechnology consist of first name, middle name and last name. Omit titles,
Rural Technology such as Dr, Mr, Prof, Colonel, etc. (10 pt)
Affiliation of Author(s): Name(s) and address(es) of the
Industrial Research (R&D) institution(s) where the work was carried out including pin
Chemical code (space after 3 digit) should be given. Present address of
Civil
author(s), if different, should also be given. Corresponding
Computer Science
author’s name should bear asterisk(*) mark with e-mail address
Electrical
Electronics & Telecommunications as foot note. (9 pt)
Information Technology Main Headings: Each manuscript should be divided into the
Mechanical following main headings: Abstract, Introduction, Materials
Mining and methods, Result and Discussion, Conclusions,
Acknowledgement and References. For review papers the
Industrial Research (Utilization) headings are Abstract, Introduction, subject matter
Industrial Technologies including Nanotechnology: headings, conclusion, acknowledgement and references.
Successful at Pilot Scale and Plant Trials The main headings should be typed in 11 pt bold font, as
Renewable Energy Technologies Sentence case, on the left hand side of the page. Similarly, the
Rural Development Technologies next level headings could be presented as follows preferably
Waste Utilization Technologies without using the decimal classification number:
Sub-Headings: Sentence case, 9 pt bold
S & T Management
Technology Management Sub-Sub Headings: Sentence case, 9 pt Bold-Italics
Sub-Sub-Sub Headings: Sentence case, 9 pt Italics
Industrial Management Abstract: Abstract should be self contained. For full papers
Energy Management
it should not exceed 200–250 words and for short
Environmental Management
communications, about 100–150 words. Should contain scope,
Management of Industry & Policy Implementation
R & D Management methodology employed, and key findings and conclusion in a
way that is useful for indexing and abstracting service
Book Reviews: Books, monographs and technical bulletins providers and gives a bird's eye view to a reader. Use of tabular
on industrial methods and techniques, including technology material, symbols, equations, notations, references and
management and policy, as well as other data like production abbreviations should be avoided. In case the citation of
and demand statistics are accepted for review.
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reference is required, the complete reference (not the reference communication should be referred to in the text itself in
number) should be given in square brackets. (9 pt) parentheses. Abbreviate journal names in italics as given in the
Graphical Abstract: In addition, also provide a graphical International Serial Catalogue (published by International
abstract for the content page (avoid duplication of manuscript Council of Scientific Union's Abstracting Board) without the
figures). use of any period ('.'). Each reference should provide last name
Keywords: Five or six keywords/phrases (except those in (full) and initials (first/middle names) of all the authors, giving
title) best representing the manuscript should be given just coma in between the authors and ‘&’ before the last author.
below the abstract in alphabetical order. First letter of each Whatever be the number of authors, all authors should be
keyword should be capital. 9 pt mentioned. Examples are given below for illustration:
Research Papers and Proceedings
Introduction: A brief and precise literature review that
 With Author(s) Liotta R, Rose K, Krishnan P K & Ghosal
provides the essential background and knowledge gap that
evoked the study should be given along with the scope and A, Creep compliance properties of steel cast in space, J
objectives of the research. (11 pt) Mater Sci, 18 (1999) 243–256. Where issue is present,
make it bold. [If accepted for publication, give (in press) in
Materials and methods: Details of all materials and methods place of volume, year and pages]
used should be given with proper citations. If new method or
reference to a hard to obtain source is given then it should be  With no Authors Authors will simply be missing from
described in sufficient details for reproducibility. The section the style given above. Other parts remain in place.
should clearly indicate the experimental design followed and  ProceedingsRao N V, Bakhetia D R C & D'Souza L,
the statistical methods used. (11 pt) The ultimate form of power function as derived from
Results and Discussion: Results should be coherently fractional derivatives, Proc Int Conf Appl Math Stat
presented and appropriately linked to tables, figures and other (Iowa State University Press, Iowa) 2000, 224–229.
illustrations, but restricted to bare minimum. The section  Avoid citation of papers from fake/ predatory Journals.
should also compare findings with those of others, as deemed
necessary by the authors and its relevance be discussed to the Books, Conferences and Symposia
problem tackled, in particular, and for the branch of science, in  BooksHearle J W S & Peters R H, Fibre Structure
general. Any weakness of the study undertaken, or any other (Academc Press, London) 1987, 87–123. [If the reference
peculiarity must also be pointed out. New findings, new is to a work of an author published in a book by another
interpretations, etc should be clearly spelt out, and also author, the fact should be indicated by prefixing ' in'
confirmation of important concepts, models, theorems, etc appropriately].
should be indicated. Same data should not be presented in both  Roels O A & Mahadevan S, Vitamin A, in The Vitamins:
table and figure form. Results should be exclusively for self Chemistry, Pathology and Methods, 2nd edn, vol VI,
work and if based on past work then give proper citations. edited by P Gyorgy & W N Pearson (Academic Press,
Discussion should be relevant and should not be mere New York) 1967, 139–210.
compilation. (11 pt)  Symposia/ConferencesKapoor B C, Managing in the
Conclusions: Conclusions should address the main findings, face of not-so-developed and organised environment, in
research outcomes and policy implications, if any, relating to Nat Symp Manag Dev (Institute of Public
the objectives. It should not include any extra material or the Administration, Jaipur) 23–25 July 2000.
previous background. It should also include negative results
and recommendations based on the results. (11 pt) Theses and Dissertations
Acknowledgements: It should be brief and meaningful when  Ghosh G, Structure and fracture properties of coal in
invoked; trivial formalities should be avoided. (11pt) India, Ph D Thesis, Indian Coal Mining Institute,
Dhanabad, India, 1998.
References: The literature as referred to in the text should be
put under this section and number sequentially in the order of Patents
its first use or mention in the text. Indicate sources (references)  Trepaginer J H, New surface finishings and coatings, US
in the text as superscript Arabic serial numbers as illustrated in Patent 1276323 DuPont Inc, USA) 27 June 2000; Chem
this paragraph itself.1 If the reference number comes at the end Abstr, 49 (2000) 27689.
of the sentence, it should be placed after the full stop.2 Personal Communications and Unpublished Data
Including two consecutive numbers2,3, more than one  If referred are to be so indicated in the text itself rather
citations1,2,4 will be separated by comma without space. Three1– than putting under references. Indicate like: ...and has a
3
or more1–4 consecutive citations will be presented by first blood pressure lowering properties (Gupta G D, All
number and last number separated by ‘en dash’. If the reference India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,
number comes on any numeral 67(5), it should be given within unpublished data) as well as a fairly good glucose
parentheses. Where a mention of authors in the body text is regulating function (Rajpurohit B D, National Institute
required, two authored citation would mention both authors of Nutrition, personal communication) …
separated by ‘&’, and more than two authored citation would Website
mention first author et al. (et al. in italics) without initials of
first/middle names. Unpublished work and personal Reference to information downloaded from a website should
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give full address of website without underline (remove and/or publisher(s) and the acknowledgement of the source
hyperlink), followed by the date of download, if data are should be included.
dynamic. [e.g.. www.niscair.res.in (23 April 2020)] Equations: Punctuate all the equations in text and in display
Tables and Figures: The same data should not be repeated in according to their function in the sentence. Displayed
both figures and tables. All figures, tables and equations should equations and text are not separated by punctuation. They
be in editable form so that they can be edited wherever should be given in a separate line, e.g. Distance is calculated as
required. Also, no bold face of symbols and letters in figures follows:
and tables are allowed. Both tables and figures are serially D = x(y) …(1)
numbered in Arabic numerals and referred to in the text in the Where D, is distance; x, time; and y, rate.
same way. Legends to figures should all be on a separate sheet.
But if the same equation is run into the text (i.e. not displayed),
Figures and illustrations should be double the final size, which
use a comma, e.g. Distance is calculated as D = x(y), where D
will normally be restricted to a column width (85 mm),
= distance, and… . In equations, variables are italicized; the
drawings should be on white drawing paper. (9 pt)
surrounding parentheses are not (a, s, m). All the symbols used
Tables: Tables (maximum 4–5) should be typed in ‘Table for variables and constants in equations should be explained at
Grid’ Design in MS Word in single space with proper headings the first time of their occurrence. Spaces, three dots, and the
and numbered consecutively and should contain horizontal equation number in parenthesis should follow displayed
cells only. Standard abbreviations should be used in column equations. While referring to a single equation in the text, one
headings. The table headings should be in sentence case. In the should use Eq. (2); in case more than one equation is to be
text, tables should be written as: Table 1 or Tables 3–5. A referred to, use Eqs (2)–(4), etc.
column should not contain any blanks. Use em rules or
Ethical Issues
abbreviations where data are missing, e.g. NA for “not
JSIR values publication ethics and guidelines as
applicable” or ‘—’. Additional information should be given in
defined by the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE)
the form of footnotes, generally identified with superscript of
(https://publicationethics.org/). For human/animal experimental
small alphabets placed in the appropriate order in the table
model, authors should follow ethics prepared by Indian National
from left to right and top to bottom. The same mark may be
Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, India; Animal Welfare
used on two or more elements if the corresponding note
Division of the Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India,
applies. The footnotes marked in tabular matter should be
New Delhi; Council of International Organization of Medical
printed at the bottom of the table before the rules. In case of
Sciences (WHO/UNESCO), NIH and PHS. In such research
tables that extend to more than a page, the complete title
communications, it is mandatory for authors to mention about the
[incorporating (Contd)] after the table number, and column
approval for the particular research work obtained from the
headings are to be repeated on the next page. The term (Contd),
relevant/respective institutional committee on ethics. JSIR
should also be given at the end of the table (before the rule) on
supports the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
previous page, to indicate that the table is still continuing. In
(ICMJE) Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing
the text, capitalize the word “table” when referring to a specific
and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals
table, but use lower-case letters when referring to a generic
(http://www.icmje.org/urm_main.html). Studies involving human
table, e.g. The data in Table 1 shows the mortality rate. The
subjects should follow the required procedure of securing
table below presents the data.
‘informed consent’. A statement on ‘conflict of interest (COI)’ has
Figures: Figures (maximum 5–6) as illustrations, to be included in the declaration at the time of submission of the
photographs, graphs etc. will be accepted in TIFF or JPEG manuscript.
format as supplementary files in online submission. Text
figures should be numbered in Arabic numerals. In the text,
Manuscript Submission
figures should be written as: Fig. 2 or Figs 2–8. Each figure
Paper can be submitted (maximum 11-15 pages) online in MS
should have a brief self-explanatory caption. Additional
Word format. For online submission, authors are required to
information, if necessary, may follow the caption in brief
register themselves at http://op.niscair.res.in by following ‘Author
within brackets. The caption should be given as ‘Fig. 3 —
guidelines for online submission’ which is available via
Design of a case-control study’. The end of the caption should
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not have a full stop. Graphs should have their axes clearly
bmission.pdf. The Online Publishing ensures end to end
labeled with the relevant units of measurement included in
automation of editorial processes. Once published, the copyright
parentheses. Each curve inside the figure should be
of the paper will be transferred from the author to publisher.
distinguished by using various patterns (avoid colours unless
unavoidable) and should necessarily be explained inside the
figure or in caption. Lettering, numbering, symbols and lines Essentials for Manuscript Submission
in the graphs/illustrations should be sufficiently clear and large It is mandatory on the part of the corresponding author to
to withstand reduction up to 50%. Captions and legends to furnish the following certificate at the time of submission of
illustrations should be typed after References. If a figure is the manuscript for publication:
reproduced from material previously published by another A declaration by authors as per certificate given below:
publisher, permission must be obtained from the author(s)
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This to certify that the reported work in the paper entitled “…………..” submitted for publication in the journal is an original
one and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere. I/we further certify that proper citations to the previously reported work
have been given and no data/tables/figures have been quoted verbatim from other publications without giving due acknowledgement
and without the permission of the author(s). The consent of all the authors of this paper has been obtained for submitting the paper
to the journal “………………”.
[Signatures and names of all the authors]

The Editor
Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR)
National Institute of Science Communication And Information Resources (CSIR-NISCAIR)
Dr K S Krishnan Marg, New Delhi - 110 012, India

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