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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 National Institute of Science contributors and announcements. Brief reports by authors on
Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR). inventions and discoveries of scientific, technological and
It serves as an information link between science-technology industrial research are covered. A column where readers
and the society. It caters to entrepreneurs, technologists, interact and seek clarifications/additional information on
engineers, technocrats and scientists on one hand, and articles published in the journal, or provide opinions, views
planners, administrators and managers on the other. and suggestions etc.
Original research articles of interest to industry, reviews on
frontiers of science and technology, articles on management Manuscript Preparation
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
topics are encouraged. No case studies will be entertained. Editor of 11–15. All pages should be numbered consecutively. Use
decision will be final for considering MSS and publishing the SI 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-NIScPR 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,
Machine Learning, 3D Printing, TT & Mathematical Short Running Title: Not more than 50 characters. ALL IN
Modeling CAPITALS (9 pt)
Earth, Environment & Atmospheric sciences Author(s): Names of authors to be typed in first letters
Climate Change capital (Capitalize each word), each name separated by
Microbiology commas and ‘&’ before the last author. The names of all the
Biotechnology authors should consist of first name, middle name and last
Rural Technology name. Omit titles, such as Dr, Mr, Prof, Colonel, etc. (10 pt)
Industrial Research (R & D) Affiliation of Author(s): Name(s) and address(es) of the
Chemical institution(s) where the work was carried out including pin
Civil code (space after 3 digit) should be given. Present address of
Computer Science author(s), if different, should also be given. Corresponding
Electrical author’s name should bear asterisk(*) mark with e-mail
Electronics & Telecommunications address as foot note. (9 pt)
Information Technology Main Headings: Each manuscript should be divided into the
Mechanical following main headings: Abstract, Introduction,
Mining Materials and methods, Result and Discussion,
Industrial Research (Utilization) Conclusions, Acknowledgement and References. For
Industrial Technologies including Nanotechnology: review papers the headings are Abstract, Introduction,
Successful at Pilot Scale and Plant Trials subject matter headings, conclusion, acknowledgement
Renewable Energy Technologies and references. The main headings should be typed in 11 pt
Rural Development Technologies bold font, as Sentence case, on the left hand side of the page.
Waste Utilization Technologies Similarly, the next level headings could be presented as
follows preferably without using the decimal classification
S & T Management number:
Technology Management Sub-Headings: Sentence case, 9 pt bold
Industrial Management Sub-Sub Headings: Sentence case, 9 pt Bold-Italics
Energy Management Sub-Sub-Sub Headings: Sentence case, 9 pt Italics
Environmental Management Abstract: Abstract should be self contained. For full papers
Management of Industry & Policy Implementation it should not exceed 200–250 words and for short
R & D Management communications, about 100–150 words. Should contain
scope, methodology employed, and key findings and
Book Reviews: Books, monographs and technical bulletins conclusion in a way that is useful for indexing and abstracting
on industrial methods and techniques, including technology service providers and gives a bird's eye view to a reader.
management and policy, as well as other data like production Use of tabular material, symbols, equations, notations,
and demand statistics are accepted for review. references and abbreviations should be avoided. In case the
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citation of reference is required, the complete reference citation would mention first author et al. (et al. in italics)
(not the reference number) should be given in square without initials of first/middle names. Unpublished work and
brackets. (9 pt) personal communication should be referred to in the text itself
Graphical Abstract: In addition, also provide a graphical in parentheses. Abbreviate journal names in italics as given in
abstract for the content page (avoid duplication of manuscript the International Serial Catalogue (published by International
figures). Council of Scientific Union's Abstracting Board) without the
Keywords: Five or six keywords/phrases (except those in use of any period ('.'). Each reference should provide last
name (full) and initials (first/middle names) of all the authors,
title) best representing the manuscript should be given just
giving coma in between the authors and ‘&’ before the last
below the abstract in alphabetical order. First letter of each
author. Whatever be the number of authors, all authors should
keyword should be capital. 9 pt
be mentioned. Examples are given below for illustration:
Introduction: A brief and precise literature review that Research Papers and Proceedings
provides the essential background and knowledge gap that
 With Author(s) Liotta R, Rose K, Krishnan P K &
evoked the study should be given along with the scope and
Ghosal A, Creep compliance properties of steel cast in
objectives of the research. (11 pt)
space, J Mater Sci, 18 (1999) 243–256. Where issue is
Materials and methods: Details of all materials and present, make it bold. [If accepted for publication, give
methods used should be given with proper citations. If new (in press) in place of volume, year and pages]
method or reference to a hard to obtain source is given then it
should be described in sufficient details for reproducibility.  With no Authors Authors will simply be missing
The section should clearly indicate the experimental design from the style given above. Other parts remain in place.
followed and the statistical methods used. (11 pt)  ProceedingsRao N V, Bakhetia D R C & D'Souza L,
Results and Discussion: Results should be coherently The ultimate form of power function as derived from
presented and appropriately linked to tables, figures and other fractional derivatives, Proc Int Conf Appl Math Stat
illustrations, but restricted to bare minimum. The section (Iowa State University Press, Iowa) 2000, 224–229.
should also compare findings with those of others, as deemed  Avoid citation of papers from fake/ predatory Journals.
necessary by the authors, and its relevance be discussed to the
problem tackled, in particular, and for the branch of science, Books, Conferences and Symposia
in general. Any weakness of the study undertaken, or any  BooksHearle J W S & Peters R H, Fibre Structure
other peculiarity must also be pointed out. New findings, new (Academc Press, London) 1987, 87–123. [If the reference
interpretations, etc should be clearly spelt out, and also is to a work of an author published in a book by another
confirmation of important concepts, models, theorems, etc author, the fact should be indicated by prefixing ' in'
should be indicated. Same data should not be presented in appropriately].
both table and figure form. Results should be exclusively for  Roels O A & Mahadevan S, Vitamin A, in
self work and if based on past work then give proper citations. The Vitamins: Chemistry, Pathology and Methods,
Discussion should be relevant and should not be mere 2nd edn, vol VI, edited by P Gyorgy & W N Pearson
compilation. (11 pt) (Academic Press, New York) 1967, 139–210.
Conclusions: Conclusions should address the main  Symposia/ConferencesKapoor B C, Managing in the
findings, research outcomes and policy implications, if any, face of not-so-developed and organised environment, in
relating to the objectives. It should not include any extra Nat Symp Manag Dev (Institute of Public
material or the previous background. It should also include Administration, Jaipur) 23–25 July 2000.
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,
References: The literature as referred to in the text should Dhanabad, India, 1998.
be put under this section and number sequentially in the order Patents
of its first use or mention in the text. Indicate sources  Trepaginer J H, New surface finishings and coatings,
(references) in the text as superscript Arabic serial numbers as US Patent 1276323 DuPont Inc, USA) 27 June 2000;
illustrated in this paragraph itself.1 If the reference number Chem Abstr, 49 (2000) 27689.
comes at the end of the sentence, it should be placed after the Personal Communications and Unpublished Data
full stop.2 Including two consecutive numbers2,3, more than
 If referred are to be so indicated in the text itself rather
one citations1,2,4 will be separated by comma without space.
than putting under references. Indicate like: ...and
Three1–3 or more1–4 consecutive citations will be presented by
first number and last number separated by ‘en dash’. If the has a blood pressure lowering properties (Gupta G D,
reference number comes on any numeral 67 (5), it should be All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,
given within parentheses. Where a mention of authors in the unpublished data) as well as a fairly good glucose
body text is required, two authored citation would mention regulating function (Rajpurohit B D, National Institute
both authors separated by ‘&’, and more than two authored of Nutrition, personal communication) …
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in column headings. The table headings should be in sentence one equation is to be referred to, use Eqs (2)–(4), etc.
case. In the text, tables should be written as: Table 1 or Tables
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