Innovations in Information and Communication Technology


Instructions for Authors


IJAICT India Publications Book Series - Instructions for Authors

The series publishes monographs, edited volumes, Conference series and textbooks. To submit a proposal, please fill in the “Book Proposal Form”, available under “Services for the Series”.

Each proposal and manuscript are reviewed by the IJAICT India Publications Editorial team or other subject experts. The peer review workflow is as follows: a proposal is accepted for inclusion in the series after it meets the required standards of the Publisher in that it addresses the reviewers' recommendations.

The review of manuscripts is as follows: edited volumes are reviewed by the editors of the book (the manuscript submitted to the publisher is final); monographs are peer reviewed by subject experts.

Ethical Requirements:

Authors and editors have to follow our Publication Ethics which can be found https://www.ijaict.com/books_series/iictseries/publication_ethics.html
Manuscripts are checked for plagiarism.

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

Please follow our standard Manuscript guidelines for English books and the Key style points. The documents can be downloaded at: http://ijaict.com/books/book_series/aist/instructions_for_authors.html

Length

Volumes published in the series usually have approx. 200-300 pages (approx. 90,000-170,000 words). We calculate 550 words per page. Volumes should have at least 180 pages (approx. 70,000 words).

Illustrations

There is no limit in the number of illustrations that can be included in the book and those can be full color without costs for authors or editors.

Structure

Manuscripts should follow a specific structure. We recommend the inclusion of a Preface (written by the editor or author) and a Foreword (from an expert in the field who has not participated in the book) if possible.

Please use this internal structure for the chapters of the book:

Chapters in edited volumes:

  • Chapter Title
  • Author(s) name(s), affiliations, email address, corresponding author
  • Abstract (consisting of 150 words summarizing the content)
  • Keywords (6-10)
  • Introduction
  • Main part (choose headings)
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgement
  • References

Chapters in authored volumes:

  • Chapter Title
  • Abstract (consisting of 150 words summarizing the content)
  • Keywords (5-10)
  • Main part (choose headings)
  • Summary
  • References

Citations:

We follow IEEE standard citations.

Reference List:

Personal information is not accepted in the reference list as we generate a direct link to the cited reference via Crossref.

Index:

Please select and clearly mark about 10 terms per page as items for the subject index at the end of the book.