Guidelines and publication policy

Akademos, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary and Culture Studies is a Bi-Annual, Peer-Reviewed journal with ISSN 2583-2875, published in the months of December and June every year. Submitted articles will be selected only on the basis of merit by a process of Double-Blind Single Peer Reviewing by subject experts. No Publication Charges is required at any stages of the publication.

The CFP for the December issue is released in July and the one for the June issue is released in January. Generally, the deadline is fixed 3 months after the publication of the CFP.

Submission (in .doc/ .docx) format should be made directly to the webpage of the journal or using the following link  https://journal.skbu.ac.in/arts/english1/Submit_Paper  or using "Submit Paper" button in the journal website 

All submissioms must be mailed to editorakademos@gmail.com

Any other forms of submission will not be considered.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Research Articles (5000 to 7000 words) or Book Review (within 2000 words) may be submitted for publication. It should be original and unpublished. Submission will imply that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
2. All submissions should be typewritten in Times New Roman 12, alignment Left, justified, double spaced with 1″ margin on all sides, in doc/docx format. Title should be in Times New Roman, 14, centred.
3. With in-text citations and a Works Cited list complying with MLA Stylesheet (8^th Edition).
4. Citations must be made MANUALLY, not using MS Word mechanism. Endnote is preferred instead of footnote.
5. A separate cover page should include the author’s name, designation, an abstract of 250 words with a maximum of 5 keywords and a short bio-note of 50 words.
6. The main article should not in any way contain the author’s name. Otherwise the article will not be considered.
7. The contributors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any material, including photographs and illustrations for which they do not hold the copyright.
8.  Format your paper following the template available here. 

Ethics: 

• The journal also expects the contributors to abide by international ethical standards for publication, details of which may be found here.
• We also expect our reviewers to follow the Ethical Guidelines published by the Committee on Publication Ethics which may be found here.

In brief, we expect all concerned to abide by the following norms:

The research being reported should have been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and should comply with all relevant legislation.

• Researchers should present their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation.
• Researchers should strive to describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others.
• Researchers should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarised, and has not been published elsewhere.
• Authors should take collective responsibility for submitted and published work.
• The authorship of research publications should accurately reflect individuals’ contributions to the work and its reporting.
• Funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed.

Review Process:

• All academic and research articles submitted for publication in Akademos are subject to screening and editorial review and Double-Blind Single Peer Review.
• Editorial review reserves the right to reject a paper without sending for peer review if submission guidelines are grossly neglected or cannot clear the editorial screening.
• Identities of the authors and the reviewers are strictly kept concealed in compliance with the Blind Peer Review policy. After receiving review report, the author of the article is informed about the status of the article along with the review report and reviewer’s comment(s).
• In all cases the author of an article is informed through e-Mail. In general it takes at least six to eight weeks from the deadline of submission to receive peer review report. However, we do not believe in rushing reviewers. So, there is no process for a rapid review and contributors are requested to be patient.