Presentation

• Double spacing.
• Margins 2.5 cm from all four sides.
• Page numbers included at bottom
• Headings in TITLE Case (Not all capitals) and BOLD.
• Main text should be in Times New Roman font with 12 Font size.
• The references cited in the text should be in superscript before full stop without any bracket.

Language and grammar  

• Spelling should be US English or British English, but consistency throughout the manuscript must be maintained.
• Write the full form for each abbreviation at its first use in the title, abstract, keywords and text separately unless it is a standard unit of measurement.
• Numerals at the beginning of the sentence should be spelt out.
• Italics should be used for the name of species. Do not underline any text.
• Grammar should be correct. Manuscripts with serious flaws in grammar and typology could be rejected even before undergoing peer review.

Tables and figures  

• Only relevant figures and tables (not more than 5 each) should be used in the manuscript.
• Redundancy should be avoided as much as possible in context of table, and figures
• Tables, figures and numbers should be in Arabic letters (not Roman).
• Tables, figures and numbers should be followed by a colon, a space and the title. For example, Table 1: Age-wise distribution of diseases.
• Tables and figures should be cited in the text as well within large brackets. For example: Facebook was the most commonly used social media among participants [Table 1].
• All figures/images should be of high quality (Pixels: more than 300 DPI) and should be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
• Credit note should be provided after proper citation in Vancouver style for every borrowed figure/table.
• Write the full form for each abbreviation used in the table as a footnote.