1. Authors should submit only papers that have been carefully proof read and polished. Before submission please make sure that your paper is prepared using properformat. Online Submission of paper is strongly encouraged.
2. Online submission of the manuscript is strongly recommended. One can send paper through e-mail to chronicleofaquaticscience@gmail.com
3. All manuscripts are subjected to rapid peer review process and those of high quality (which are not previously published and are not under consideration for publication by another journal) would be published without any delay in subsequent issue.
4. It is necessary to follow the principles of copyright and plagiarism which are entirely managed by the authors.
• Manuscript must be written in English, MS-Word (doc or docx format only), Single Column format is preferred.
• Only “Times New Roman” font should be used.
• Prepare the manuscript in Times New Roman font using a font size of 12 and it should be typed 1.5 spaced. There shall not be any decorative borders anywhere in the text including the title page
• Research article should be your own genuine work
• Manuscript should be free from any plagiarism (Maximum 10%)
• Manuscript should contain minimum 4000-6000 words (Research paper), 4000-10000 words (Review papers), 3000-4000 words (mini-review), 2000-2500 words (Popular Articles).
• All the diagrams, graphs, tables, flowcharts equations should be neat and clean
• Mention the appropriate references taken
• Every article should properly reference all the citations taken into consideration in the research
• The title must reflect the content
• The abstract must be a new one, as new items were added
• The Keywords must be updated accordingly. Minimum 5-8 keyword are necessary.
• The Conclusion must be updated to capture the new content
• New figures and new and/or enhanced experiments are mandatory
• Once the paper is accepted authors can Pay Online anytime using credit card, Debit card, Net Banking, GPay, Phone-pay, etc..
• Authors should submit the payment receipt through email id: chronicleofaquaticscience@gmail.com
• To avoid unnecessary errors, the authors are strongly advised to use the "spell-check" and "grammar-check" functions of the word processor.
Plagiarism Policy
• Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else’s prior ideas, processes, results, or words without explicit acknowledgment of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilizes a large part of his/her own previously published work without using appropriate references.
• Chronicle ofBiological Sciences is strictly against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. Plagiarism is said to have occurred when large portions of a manuscript have been copied from existing previously published resources.
• Authors are advised to check the plagiarism before submission of articles. There should be minimum plagiarism in the articles (preferably below 5%).
• Articles found to be plagiarized during the initial stages of review are out-rightly rejected and not considered for publication.
• Authors need to declare that their article is original and is not plagiarized/ unethical in any form, without which the manuscript shall not be considered for publication.
