Pearl Multidisciplinary Journal

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author’s Guidelines

The Journal invites submission of articles in the following disciplines:

1. Commerce and Accounting Management
2. Physics
3. Social Work

Guidelines for Contributors:

1. The manuscripts could be in any of the following four categories

                        Abstract                                              : 200 word limit

                        Journal Articles                                  : 4000 word limit

Professional and Practice Forum      : 3000 word limit

Research Briefs                                  : 2000 word limit

Book Reviews                                    : 1500 word limit

2. 2. The manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft word format with Times New Roman font 5 spaced in A4 page format. Title should be in sentence case format font 14 pt bold, body 12 pt and authors’ names must be accompanied by affiliation and personal Email Id. The manuscript must be emailed to the editor. Email: pearljournal@spcputtur.ac.in
3. 3. Each manuscript should be accompanied with a declaration by all the authors that:

They are the authors of the manuscript in the order in which listed

The manuscript is original, has not been published earlier, and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere.

4. 4. If the author has quoted more than 500 words/a table/a figure from a published work, in the manuscript, a copy of permission obtained from the respective copyright holder needs to be
5. 5. The manuscript will be peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the editorial board will take the final decision of accepting the manuscript or not for

The criteria for peer reviewing will be as follows;

• Contemporary relevance and contribution to respective knowledge field
• Clarity in thinking and content with logical analysis
• Methodology for research papers and appropriate references
• Originality
• Language

6. 6. Copy right: The copy right of the manuscript will be exclusively assigned to the Journal once the manuscript is accepted for Reprint of the same requires written permission from the editor.
7. 7. Reference: The citation or paraphrasing from other works should be supported by the author’s explanation and logical continuation should be maintained throughout. Using the works of others without citing the source is plagiarism and fraud and author will be solely responsible for any act of such plagiarism which would be legally binding upon him/her.
8. 8. Reference format:
9. a. Book: Author’s last name, initials, year of publication, title of the book (underlined/italicised), place of publication and name of the

For example: Kurtz, L. F. (1997). Self-help and support groups: A handbook for practitioners, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

1. b. Edited book: Author’s last name, initials, year of publication, name of the article, initials and last name of editors, /s. in parentheses, title of the book (underlined/italicized), place of publication, name of the publisher and page numbers.

For example: Merta, R. (1995). Group work. In J. Ponterotto, J. Casas, L. Suzuki, and C. Alexander, (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural  counseling,  Thousand  Oaks,  CA:  SAGE.  567-585.

1. c. Journal articles: Author’s last name, initials, year of publication, name of the article, name of the journal (underlined/ italicized), volume number, issue number in parentheses, and page

For example: Agresta. (1997). Coping with negative symptoms of schizophrenia, Schizophrenia  Bulletin,  23(2):  329-339.

1. d. Institutional report: Write full name of the institute as the

For example: National Mental Health Association (2001), Mental Health center, Alexandria.

1. e. More than one author: List all the authors’ names.

For example: Mueser, K.T., Valentiner, D. P., Agresta, J. (1997). Coping with negative symptoms of schizophrenia: patient and family perspectives.  Schizophrenia  Bulletin.  23(2):  329-39.

1. f. More than one reference of the same author: list the earlier publication before the later publication.

For example: Lefley, H. P. (1990). Culture and chronic mental illness, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 41(3): 277-286.

Lefley, H. P. (1992). Expressed emotion; conceptual, clinical and social policy issues. Hospital and Community Psychiatry,43(6): 591-598.

1. g. More than  one  reference  of  the  same  author  in  the  same publication year are arranged alphabetically by the title, and suffixes a, b, c and so on are added to the year. The same suffixes should be added in the text also.

For example: Lefley, H. P. (1987a). Aging parents as caregivers of mentally ill adult children: An emerging social problem. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 38: 1063-1070.

Lefley, H. P. (1987b). Culture and mental illness: The family role. In A. B. Hatfield and H. P. Lefley (eds.), Families of the mentally ill: Coping and adaptation, New York: Guilford Press, 30-59.

1. h. When a reference has no author: type the first two to three words, ellipses and year and the name of the work and publisher could be followed.

For example: The problems of respite… (1997). Stepping stone crisis respite program, NEC Newsletter, 10.

1. i. When a reference has no year: state ‘no date’ in place of the year.

For example: Murthy Srinivasa R.(ed.) no date Mental health in India, People’s Action for Mental Health, Bangalore.

9 .   Colour art work: Please make sure that artwork files are in acceptable format and with the correct resolution.

10. 10. Figure captions: Ensure that each illustration has a caption. A caption should comprise a brief title and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations
11. 11. Tables: Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase Avoid gridlines in the formation of tables
12. Number System: No bullets permitted. Use only regular numbers.

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