Authors are requested to go through the following requirements and ensure adherence to these before mailing the technical papers for publishing in JIPHE. Possibility of delayed publication or non-publication can thus be avoided to a great extent. It is to be noted that acceptance of a paper for publication in JIPHE depends finally on the decision of the advisory council.
(A) Contribution : Papers based on practical experience, case studies and popular issues related to Public Health Engineering/Environmental Engineering are particularly welcome. Research findings related to above may also be sent.
(B) Length : Not more than 3000 words all inclusive (i.e. space for tables, figures etc duly considered as included) - preferably within 2500 words.
(C) Manuscript :
(a) Mode of presentation: Third Person.
(b) Quality of presentation : Brief, to the point, lucid and without repetition.
(c) Error-Freeness : Free from errors and omissions - typographical, grammatical, syntactical, punctuationwise and in spelling. Spelling should be British English as per concise Oxford Dictionary.
(d) Page Number : All pages must be numbered indicating serial number of each page and total number of pages contained in the paper, e.g. 3 of 5 indicating third page of a five paged paper.
(e) Identification : Each page must bear an identification of Article and name(s) of Author(s) in short at the top of each page.
(f) Choice of Types : Must be neat and sharp and should be such that differentiation of similar characters (e.g. 1, I&l) is possible such as Times New Roman, for example.
(g) Order of contents :
(i) Brief Title.
(ii) Name(s) of Author(s) with designation
(IPHE Membership grade and number is to be mentioned for a member author for our record.)
(iii) Abstract.
(iv) List of Notation.
(v) Body of Paper - with preferably not more than two (2) grades of subheadings.
(vi) Acknowledgement.
(vii) References and/or Bibliography
(viii) Full contact address(es) with postal PIN Codes, e-mail, Fax and Telephone Nos. of the Author(s) – Corresponding Author being specially marked.
(h) References and/or Bibliography : References shall be sequentially numbered (denoted by bracketed superscript numeral) in order of citation in the text. A list provided at the end under the title References shall have the details in the same numerical order of citation in the text. Whichever has been listed in the Reference List must be cited in the text and whichever has been cited in the text must be listed in the Reference List.
Bibliography is the title under which publications generally used in preparing the paper as help or source — but without any specific citation in the text — shall be listed.
Bibliography shall come after References if both are provided in the paper.
(i) Photographs, Illustrations, Graphs, Bar charts, Pie charts etc.These we are not in a position to print in colour and hence: these, in Original Photographs & Tracings and/or in Soft Copy must be of such quality that clear, sharp and legible Black & White reproduction is ensured. Photocopies or clippings of printed matters shall not be accepted unless very essential.
(j) Tables : Each must be numbered and be cited in the text.
(k) Unit : Shall be SI Units along with other units in parenthesis if necessary.
(D) Special Information :
(a) Paper-sheets used in the manuscript shall be in A4 size. Typing shall be on one side in double space leaving ample margin at the left side.
(b) Hard copies of manuscripts, securedly stitched, must be sent in Duplicate along with a soft copy secured enough against damage or breakage during transit.
(c) A paper is to be sent under coverage of a forwarding letter signed by the author(s). The forwarding letter shall contain a declaration ensuring :
(i) that the paper submitted is original
(ii) that the article has not already been sent for publication/published in JIPHE or anywhere else.
(d) Papers shall be submitted to : Editor, JIPHE, Institution of Public Health Engineers, India, CK-58, Salt Lake City (Near Tank No. 9), Kolkata - 700 091.
List for Last Minute Checks before sending a paper
Clause B : Length /Word limit.
Clause C (c) : Error-freeness.
Clause C (d) : Page numbers.
Clause C (e) : Identification.
Clause C (f) : Choice of types.
Clause C (g-ii) : Name(s) of Author(s)/IPHE Membership
Clause C (g-viii) : Contact address(es)/corresponding author.
Clause C (h) : References and/or Bibliography.
Clause C (i) : Photographs Illustrations, Graphs, Bar Charts, Pie Charts etc.
Clause D(b) : No. of hard copies/soft copy/securedness.
Clause D(c) : Forwarding Letter/Declaration.
Clause D(d) : Correctness of postal address/addresses.
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