Authors Guidelines
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International Journal of Research in Technology and Management (IJRTM) is having ISSN 2454-6240 (online), bi-monthly international journal, being published in the months of Februray, April, June, August, October, December and some times special issue by IJRTM Bhopal (M.P.), India since year 2015 and processed papers will be forwarded for inclusion in the ISI database.
Open Access
International Journal of Research in Technology and Management is an open access, Double blind peer-reviewed journal. Each article received by peer review is made liberally accessible online without any delay upon publication. Publication costs of the journal are covered by the collection of article processing charges which are paid by the funder, institution or author of each manuscript upon acceptance. There is no charge for submitting a paper to the journal.
Article Processing Charge: Your manuscript is accepted for publication after Double blind peer review process, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable. The IJRTM Article Processing Charge for Indian authors is Rs. 2500 Plus Banking Charge.
For the others is 75 USD Plus Banking Charge.
Publication Fee: There is no publication fee, Journal is free, it will not take any kind of fee/handling fee/review fee.
Types of Paper:
Research Paper: Describes a section of entire or significantly full research, or several feature of design development, or engineering culture.
Review Paper: A vital review of the state-of-the-art with examples of applications in proposes and gainful produce without broad analysis.
Case Study Paper: This may be a Research Paper or a Review Paper that is proper for the subject matter of the particular Collection. Any paper deemed not to be suitable for the subject matter of a particular group will be considered for typical publication.
Submitted manuscripts must describe original research not previously published and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Review Process
Firstly Authors are requested to submit papers which are not already published and are not currently under consideration by any other journals. and be sure that Plagiarism Check, Quality Check, Paper Submission Criteria, Review Criteria, eCopyright, Template, Updation in the Paper.
Once a paper is submitted for publication, the paper is check by the journal’s to ensure its plagiarism that it is appropriate to go through the typical review process. Once this is done, the paper is sent to an appropriate Editor/Reviewer based on the subject of the paper and the availability of the Editors/Reviewer. All papers shall be handling by an Editor who does not have any conflict of interest with any of the paper’s authors.
If the Editor finds that the paper cannot be of satisfactory quality to go through the normal peer review process, or that the subject of the paper may not be appropriate for the journal’s scope, the paper shall be rejected with no further processing.
If the Editor finds that the submitted paper is of satisfactory quality and falls within the scope of the journal, they should allot the paper to at least two external reviewers for Double blind peer-review process, provided that no conflict of interests exists between these reviewers and the paper’s authors. The reviewers will then submit their reports on the paper along with their recommendation to the Editor.
When all reviewers have submitted their reports, the Editor can make one of the following editorial recommendations:
- Accept
- Minor Revision
- Major Revision
- Reject
If the Editor/ Reviewer recommend “Accept” the paper will undergo a final check by the journal’s editorial office in order to ensure that the paper and its review process adhere to the journal’s guidelines and policies. Once this is done, the authors will be notified of the paper’s acceptance.
If the Editor/Reviewer recommends “Minor Revision” or “Major Revision”, the authors are requested to revise their paper in accordance with the changes recommended by the reviewers and to submit their revised paper in a appropriate manner. Authors are requested to upload a detailed reply to the reviewer comments along with the revised version of their paper. The Editor reviews the revised paper after the revisions have been made by the authors. Once the Editor is satisfied with the final paper, the paper can be accepted.
If the Editor/ Reviewer recommend rejecting the paper, the rejection is instant. Also, if the majority of the reviewers recommend rejecting the paper, the rejection is instant.
The editorial workflow gives the Editors the authority to reject any paper because of inappropriateness of its subject, lack of quality, or incorrectness of its results. The Editor cannot assign himself/herself as an external reviewer of the paper. This is to ensure a high-quality, fair, and unbiased peer-review process of every paper submitted to the journal, since any paper must be recommended by two or more external reviewers along with the Editor in charge of the paper in order for it to be accepted for publication in the journal.
IJRTM are committed to provide that appropriate assessment of paper and authors are informed of the publication assessment as soon as possible.
The name of the Editor recommending the paper for publication is published with the paper to indicate and acknowledge their invaluable contribution to the peer-review process and the indispensability of their contributions to the running of the journals.
Editors/Reviewers will recommend whether the manuscript should be accepted, revised or declined.
Plagiarism Policy
International Journal of Research in Technology and Management take issues of copyright agreement. Plagiarism of best observes in publication. We look for to protect the privileges of our authors and we always examine claims of copying or use wrongly of published paper. Evenly, we seek to protect the standing of the journal against malpractice. Submitted paper may be checked with Plagiarism software.
If paper content has been previously published, it is not acceptable for publication in a IJRTM.
Copyright Form
Appropriate attribution can be provided by simply citing the original work. No permission is required from the authors or the publishers. For any reuse or distribution of a work, users must also make clear the license terms under which the work was published.
IJRTM Copyright Form: Download Copyright Form
Research Papers for the regular issues of the journal can be submitted, round the year, electronically at editor1@ijrtm.com/ eijrtm@gmail.com After the final acceptance of the paper, based upon the detailed review process, the paper will be published (on last date of publishing month) online.
If you need to submit a revised manuscript for review, prepare and submit a revised manuscript.
Preparing your paper
Word processing formats: Manuscripts must be written in English, although papers may be submitted by authors from any country. Authors who are not native English speakers may appreciate assistance with grammar, vocabulary, and style when submitting papers to IJRTM.
Paper submissions are accepted only in the document format (Abstract, keywords, Introductions, figures and tables, Mathematics equations, subtitles, literature survey, methology, results and discussion, conclusions, proper citation, Reference style )according to the journal specific format.
You can download Paper format of IJRTM: Download Paper Format