Article Submissions

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Guidelines for Authors

Manuscripts have to be double-spaced with one-inch margins. Headings must be used to designate the major divisions of the paper. To facilitate the review process, manuscripts should contain page and line numbering.

Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscript checked by a language editing service, or by an English mother-tongue colleague prior to submission.

The first page must contain: i) title (lowercase), without acronyms; ii) first name and family name of each author, separated by commas; iii) affiliation(s) of each author; iv) acknowledgments; v) full name and full postal address of the corresponding author. Phone, fax number and e-mail address for the correspondence should also be included; vi) three to five key words.

The second page should contain: i) authors’ contributions, e.g., information about the contributions of each person named as having participated in the study; ii) disclosures about potential conflict of interests; iii) further information (e.g., funding, conference presentation ...). If tables are used, they should be double-spaced on separate pages. They should be numbered and cited in the text of the manuscript.

If figures are used, they must be submitted as .jpg files, with the following digital resolution: i) color (saved as CMYK): minimum 300 dpi; ii) black and white/grays: minimum 600 dpi; iii) one column width (8.5 cm) or 2 column widths (17.5 cm). A different caption for each figure must be provided at the end of the manuscript, not included in the figure file.

If abbreviations are used in the text, authors are required to write full name+abbreviation in brackets [e.g. Critically Endangered Species (CES)] the first time they are used, then only abbreviations can be written (apart from titles; in this case authors have to write always the full name).

Articles need to be in MS Word format with file extension .doc or .docx. PDF and other formats cannot be accepted.

Articles (Research / Analysis / Survey) (min 2500 words, abstract 300 words max, 60 references max, min 3 tables and/or figures: In general, this kind of publication should be divided into an Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References.

Reviews (min 2500 words, abstract 300 words max, 60 references max. They should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. Following a short introduction, putting the study into context and defining the aim, reviews will concentrate on the most recent developments in the field. A review should clearly describe the search strategy followed (key words, inclusion, exclusion criteria, search engines, etc.).

Reports / Checklist (min 1250 words, abstract 250 words max, 40 references max. Short reports of results from original researches. They should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. They must provide conclusive findings: preliminary observations or incomplete findings cannot be considered for publication.

For New Taxa

Authors who submitting the article with NEW TAXA should follow the NBA Guidelines.

National Biodiversity Authority Guidelines [vide Section 39 (1-3) and 19(1) of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 read with Rule 14(6)(viii) of the Biological Diversity Rules, 2004 and clause 4(6) of the Regulation on ABS Guidelines notified in November 2014] for Designated Repositories To act as Designated Repositories (DR) for safe deposit of holotypes/isotypes/paratypes of new taxa (Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, Lichens, Macrofungi & Macroalgae) discovered in India, should be deposited in National Designated Repositories such as Botanical Survey of India and its Regional Centres , Indian Council of Forestry Research (FRI, Dehradun and IFGTB, Coimbatore) NBRI, Lucknow.

References

The references should be in Roman script {examples (Seenivasagam, 2018), (Seenivasagam and Ishaan, 2018), (Seenivasagam et al., 2018)}. Numeric referencing style {example [3], [7] } cannot be accepted for publication. References to personal communications and unpublished data should be incorporated in the text and not placed under the numbered references [Example: (Wright 2011, unpublished data) or (Wright 2011, personal communication)]. Where available, URLs for the references should be provided directly within the MS-Word document.

References in the References section must be prepared as follows:
i) more than three authors, cite 3 authors, et al. If the paper has only 4 authors, cite all authors (a few journals cite 6 authors, et al.;)
ii) title style: sentence case; please use a capital letter only for the first word of the title;
iii) journal titles mentioned in the References list should be abbreviated according to the following website:
  ISI Journal Abbreviations Index (http://library.caltech.edu/reference/abbreviations/);
iv) put year after the journal name;
v) never put month and day in the last part of the references;
vi) cite only the volume (not the issue in brackets);
vii) pages have to be abbreviated, e.g., 351-8.

Examples:

Journal article

Eiras JC, Zhang J, Molnar K. Synopsis of the species of Myxobolus Butschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxomyxosporea, Myxobolidae) described between 2005 and 2013. Syst Parasitol, 2014: 88: 11–36.

Books

Ali S and Ripley SD. A Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Mumbai, 1987: 278.
Newton I. Human impacts on raptors. Birds of Prey (I. Newton and P. Olsen, Eds.), Facts on File, New York. 1990: 190–207.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor field).
2. Articles need to be in MS Word format with file extension .doc or .docx. PDF and other formats cannot be accepted.
3. We fight plagiarism: please understand that your article will be checked with available tools for discovering plagiarism.
4. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed at the end of the manuscript.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
6. All published material should be acknowledged and copyright material should be submitted along with the written permission of the copyright holder.

Peer review policy

All papers submitted to Species journal are subject to peer review process. All accepted papers will be suitably edited before publication. The Editorial Board of the journal will immediately screen all articles submitted for publication in that journal. Those articles which fail to reach the scientific standards of the journal may be declined without further review. Those articles which satisfy the requirements of the Editorial Board will be sent to a maximum of three referees. These are experts in the field who have agreed to provide a rapid assessment of the article. Every effort will be made to provide an editorial decision as to acceptance for publication within 6-12 weeks of submission. Referees may request a revision of the article to be made. In this case, it is generally understood that only one revised version can be considered for a further appraisal under the peer-review system.

Copyright Notice

We permit our authors an unrestricted copyright and publishing rights to access and reuse their published works. Free access 'Creative-Commons CC BY 4.0 International Licensing' authorized, everyone can access and reuse the published works freely. Furthermore, the work can be reprocessed and recited delivered where the primary version of published paper is cited.

Article Processing Charge

There is no processing or publishing charge. Its absolutely free. Discovery Scientific Society believes that the interests of the researchers to contribute innovative work can best be served by an immediate, worldwide, unlimited, open access to the full text of research articles.

Article Substitution and Withdrawal Policy

Discovery Scientific Society has its own policy for article substitution & withdrawal. Based on our journal withdrawal policy, we won't withdraw any published articles and won't agree article substitution instead of a peer-reviewed or previously accepted article.

Publication Ethics Statement

Discovery Scientific Society’s journals obey & follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We plentifully adhere to COPE Core Practices and to COPE Best Practice Guidelines, except Article Withdrawal Policy. Our article withdrawal policy is explained in detail under Article Withdrawal & Substitution Policy.

Our editors & editorial members implements a hard peer-review procedure with strong ethical issues & policies towards enhancement of high-quality science & technical studies to the arena of research publication. Based on the zero-tolerance procedure, our editors of Discovery Scientific Society takes very serious implementation against falsification of data, plagiarism of scientific-content, and inappropriate author credential, with the rules & regulations of publishing ethical issues.

Ethical Guidelines for Authors

During the submission of articles to Discovery Scientific Society’s journals, the authors should confirm that their articles are rich in ethical principles and meet current research-industry standards that are guided in policies of Discovery Scientific Society’s journals.

Researchers’ interest to publishing their manuscripts in Discovery Scientific Society’s journals must accept the following terms:

• Authors / Researchers should disclose the conflicts of interest in the manuscript during submission to the journal.
• Authors / Researchers must present research results of their work accurately and include a discussion about the importance of their results.
• In the manuscript, Authors / Researchers must present methodology data with appropriate & adequate details.
• If requested, the raw data from authors should be readily accessible for the journal editors & referees.
• The researchers are requested to confirm necessary procedures are taken, subsequently that the full raw data retained after the publication, in reasonable time.
• Multiple submission (submitting manuscript to multiple journals at simultaneous time) attitude is not accepted & tolerated.
• If the Authors / Researchers found any mistakes, false, inaccuracies, miscalculation and any errors in scientific issues after the publication of their article, they should be punctually conveyed the issues to the respective journal editors, for consequent actions.
• Manipulation of image, fabrication of data, and plagiarized data are not accepted.
• For formerly published data (includes illustrations, questionnaire and tables etc…,), the author must acquire the authorization to publish from the patent / copyright owner.

This list of terms are not comprehensive, and the authors / researchers must be conscious of all indigenous regulations and recognised norms within data publication.

If required, the research funders or authors' organization must be communicated & investigated by our in-house editorial team for any allegations regarding publication misconduct. If any proof for misconduct of publication is identified, proper action shall be taken towards correction of article or retraction of published study. While publishing with Discovery Scientific Society’s journals, Authors / Researchers are anticipated to obey with the best practices about ethical publication.

Plagiarism, Data Fabrication and Image Manipulation

Discovery Scientific Society won't accept or tolerate plagiarism. Without providing proper credential to the main (first) source, the imitation and replication of content, theme, concepts, illustrations or content from other source, or from the author’s own published articles are includes in plagiarism.

Reuse of the copied content from other source(s) should mention within the quote symbols and the primary source should be cited. If a work’s blueprint or language or the article design & structure has been enthused by earlier works, these work/research should be clearly cited.

All Discovery Scientific Society manuscript submissions are evaluated for plagiarism through the standard software (Plagiarism Checker X and Grammarly) for clean-data. The submission will be rejected, if plagiarism identified in the progress of peer review procedure. The plagiarised manuscript will not proceed further and subjected to rejection as per our ethical policies.

The main illustration files should not be subjected for adjustment or manipulation at anyhow which might lead towards information misconception. Uneven / asymmetrical manipulation covers; 1) outline, overview, improvement, alteration, removing and fine-tuning features of the original illustration; 2) combining separate illustrations as a single image purposely; 3) tuning of color, enhancement of color balance, brightness adjustment and contrast modification

At the time of peer-review progress, our members must reject the submitted work, if the illustration manipulation is found. We might retract or correct the article, if the illustration manipulation is identified after the regular publication.

Submission data should be novel & unique and not incorrectly picked, worked, designed or improved. This consists 1) to the implication of conclusion significance, omission of data-points; 2) inappropriate designing of data; 3) selection of research reports which support a specific finding on the expense of inconsistent data; 4) intentionally choosing particular investigation tool & method to enhance a specific conclusion.

Potential Conflict of Interests

Based on the guidelines of ‘International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’, the researchers/authors should not interfere/impede with agreement of sponsors for-profit and non-profit. The sponsors may interfere with researchers in every step of research work progression like restrict the data collection, interfere with researcher’s science ability for experiment, in the preparation of manuscript & in choosing the journal for publication.

Researchers or Authors must declare any personal circumstances which influence the interpretation of the results. For eg. potential conflicts of interest includes fiscal and non-monetary interests: - private or professional relations, memberships, affiliation, employment, stocks/share ownership, consultancies.

Role of funding sponsors in any part of there research work should be mentioned in the declaration part. If the sponsers doesnt have any role in their research work, then the author should states that 'The study has not received any external funding'.

During the submission of article, the authors should include potential conflicts of interest in the article itself, under the heading of “Conflicts of Interest” after the conclusion section or before the reference-list section.

For example:

Conflict of Interests: Researcher W has received funds from Institution 1 .
Researcher X has acquired a facilitators allowance from Institution 2 and shares stocks in Institution 3.
Researcher Y has been involved as an advisor and observer in Institution 4.
Researcher Z is the author of patent 5.

If there is no potential conflict occurs, the researchers must state:
Conflicts of Interest: “The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interests”.

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