ARTICLE SUBMISSION

A complete guideline for preparing the manuscript for submission in JMRA is given below. Authors are request to follow the guideline properly for a fast publication after acceptance.

Title: The title should be concise, well-defined and it must reflect the work by the author(s) in a nutshell.

Author information

  • The name(s) of the author(s)
  • The affiliation(s) of each author with address [(department), (College/University/Institution), (City/District/State), (Country)]
  • Valid email address
  • Superscripts/subscripts can be used to clearly indicate the affiliation, address, email of first author and other co-authors.
  • Clearly indicate Name and Email address of the corresponding author using special characters

Abstract: A manuscript must have an abstract with word count not more than 500 words. Abstract must clearly express the motivation, aim, objective, methodology and novelty of the research work.

Keywords: Manuscript must contain atleast 4 to 6 keywords relevant to the research so that the published paper can be searched online.

Text: All the manuscripts are accepted in MS Word format (preferably in MS Word 2010 or above). During submission the author must submit the manuscript in PDF format and after the acceptance the corresponding author must supply the source file in MS Word format for necessary editing and formatting. A manuscript in English language is accepted in Georgia Font with Font Size 12. A manuscript written in Bengali language can keep the same font size and edit them in AVRO writing tool.

Linespacing is 1.15 unit with double spacing within a line. The margin is 2.5 inches from each side.

Headings:

  • For numbering the Headings use decimals , 2., 3. ….
  • For numbering the Subheadings under a given heading keep the format [Heading number].[Subheading number] e.g.: 1.2 means subheading 2 under the heading 1, 2.3 means subheading 3 under the heading 2.
  • For numbering the Subsubheadings under a given subheading keep the format [Heading number].[Subheading number].[Subsubheading Number]e.g.: 4.3.5 means Subsubheading number 5 under the Subheading number 3 which is again under the Heading number 4.

Please keep the headings with not more than three levels i.e. maximum to Subsubheading level.

Abbreviations: If any abbreviation is used at any part of the manuscript then it must be defined above by the author before using and the same abbreviation must be used consistently throughout the manuscript from the point where it is defined. Definition of an abbreviation can be ignored if it comes under the standard notations/SI units which are well-defined and commonly used globally. Author must not use any abbreviations in the Title of the manuscript and if any abbreviation is used in the Abstract then it must be defined within Abstract only.

Figures: Author(s) must consider the following instructions before adding any figure in the manuscript.

  • The figure must not be copied/steal from other sources. If figures are adopted then keep a footnote to describe the source of the figure along with its importance in the manuscript and citation of source.
  • All the figures must be labelled with decimal numbers and an appropriate caption [Figure <Number>: Caption].
  • Place the Figure number and the Caption below the figure.
  • Journal desires to accept the figures in PNG, TIFF or EPS format.
  • Cite all the figures in the text at the appropriate places.
  • Size of the figure must not exceed 5MB.

Tables: Author(s) must follow the instruction before adding a Table in the manuscript.

  • All the contents of the Tables must be clearly visible.
  • All the Tables must be labelled with decimal numbers along with an appropriate caption. [Table <Number>: Caption].
  • Cite all the Tables in the text at the appropriate places.

Footnotes: Authors can use any number of footnotes in the manuscript in order to supply the additional information. Author must remember that, the footnotes cannot be figures, tables, citation only and bibliographic contents.

 Acknowledgements: Author is free to mention any people, grants, funds or institution to express his/her gratitude in the Acknowledges section just before the Reference Section.

References

  • Citation: The references are cited in the text by Name & Year.
  • For single author, [Name(Year)] or [(Name, Year)] or [Name [Reference Number]]. For example: Nitin (2021) or (Thomson, 2022) or Smite[24].
  • For two authored manuscript, [Author 1 & Author 2(Year)] or [(Author 1 & Author 2, Year)] or [Author 1 & Author 2 [Reference Number]]. For example: Sen &Saha (2016), (Amin & Kadir, 2003) or Ruther & Thomson [16]
  • For more than two authors, [First Author et al. (Year)] or [(First Author et al. Year)] or [First Author et al. (Reference Number)]. For example: Rafi et al. (2023), (Sona et al., 1995) or Adam et al. [15].
  • Referencing Style: The desired format of referencing style for JMRA is APA or MLA. However, authors are free to choose any referencing style in the manuscript but they must follow a single referencing style for the given manuscript.
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