GUIDLINES FOR AUTHERS

Open access and CC user licenses
Open Access

Shuchitabodh: An International Journal of Humanities (SIJH) is an open-access journal. The open-access means all content is freely available without any fees or charges to the user or user’s institution. They are permitted to read, download, distribute, or recreate information in any medium or format like a print, copy, or can use it for any lawful purpose. They are free to search, remix, transform, and build upon the material, or link to the full texts of the articles, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author according to BOAI definition of open access.

CC Licenses

With Creative Commons licenses, the author retains copyright while the public is allowed to reuse the content. This work licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Paper Review Guidelines – SIJH
  • The minimum standard requirements of Shuchitabodh: an International Journal of Humanities (SIJH) must be Written in multi languages.
  • The length of the submitted paper is at least 4 pages and no more than 15 pages. Editors will evaluate if an article needs more than 15 pages.
  • Use of a tool such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote for reference management and formatting, and choose APA Style
  • Make sure that your paper is prepared using the Shuchitabodh paper template
Download Shuchitabodh Paper Template (MS Word)
Plagiarism Policy
  • UGC (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2018 has been constituted as plagiarism Policy. These regulations apply to all students, faculty, researchers, and staff in HEIs (Higher Education Institutions), including those submitting research for the journals. SIJH has generally accepted a similarity index of up to 10% in research papers, as per the UGC regulations,2018.
  • Turnitin software has been recommended by UGC for the use of reliable plagiarism detection for the research journals. Therefore, it has been implemented by the SIJH.
Structure of the Manuscript
  • Title: The title of the paper should describe research aims, method/model, and objective, without Acronym or abbreviation.
  • Abstract: The Abstract has a maximum 300 WORDS; No citation; State in the abstract a primary goal, research design, methodology, main outcomes and results, and the conclusions.
  • Keywords: A minimum 5 keywords for paper required.
  • Section structure: Authors are suggested to present their articles in the section structure: Introduction - Method - Results and Discussion – Conclusion.
  • References: Expect a minimum of 10 references. In APA style, adhere to Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC).
Expected Structure of the Research Paper Declaration Form

Article Processing Charges

NON INDIAN AUTHORS $55.00 USD
INDIAN AUTHORS ₹1,500 INR
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