To ensure high-quality academic research the Southern Journal of Research, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan follows the Higher Education Commission’s Ethical Guidelines. The following principles are key to the journal’s Policy:
The reviewers are supposed to treat the manuscript(s) received for peer-reviewing as confidential and must not use the information obtained from them for personal advantage.
Southern Journal of Research strictly follows Plagiarism Policy as per guidelines of HEC. The Similarity Report on Turnitin should be below 19 percent.
Submissions are open throughout the year.
The authors are requested to submit well-researched and original paper with a length of 5000 to 7000 words, including references. The paper must be contained an Abstract with a length of 200-300 words, including Keywords.
First page of the article should contain title of the research paper, name of the author, designation, institution affiliation and contact details. All the articles must be composed in MSWord, however, Font for English Articles; Times New Roman. An article should be typed on A4 size paper in double space, on one side of the page. Font size for title headings for English Articles 16 Bold, and for sub-headings 14 Bold, however, font size for references is 10. The main headings 16 Bold, sub-headings 14 Bold, and main body of text 13 and for references font size is 12.
All citations should follow the Chicago Manual of Style and the detail of the style can be observed on “http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org”>http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org.
Articles are required to be submitted by Email: .[email protected] to the editor for the publication.
The articles are double blind peer reviewed by the experts before publication. However, the Editorial Board reserves the right to exclude the paper without showing cause for it. The decision of the Editorial Board will be considered exclusive for publication of the article.
The research paper must comprise an original and unpublished work. The article sent for publication is without plagiarism. The author has to submit article along with similarity report and he will be legally responsible for any objection in this regard.
Southern Journal of Research follows the double-blind peer review and open access policy. Under this policy, we remove the name of the author(s) before sending an article to the reviewers. Likewise, the name of the reviewer is never revealed before the author(s) or any other in any case. We have very dynamic and well-read scholars, researchers and renowned literary figures in our review panel to get the papers reviewed.
The journals are bi-annual in its nature. The first issue is from January to June and published in June while the second issue is from July to December and published in December.
Southern Journal of Research is an open access journal. All articles published in our journal are open access, freely available online and allowed readers to read, download, copy, print and to use them any other lawful purpose.
The authors retain copyright under the CC BY license. However, author have to sign a form agreeing to the publication of their article under the CC BY license.
Southern Journal of Researc is licensed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/”>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The authors retain copyright under the CC BY license. However, author has to sign a form agreeing to the publication of their article under the CC BY license.
Facts and theories published in Southern Journal of Research demonstrate only the opinions of the respective authors. Authors are responsible for their text, citing of sources, accuracy of references and bibliographies. The editor or editorial board cannot be held responsible for any lack or possible violations of third party rights.
Southern Journal of Research strictly follows Plagiarism Policy as per guidelines of HEC. The Similarity Report on Turnitin should be below 19 percent. Submissions are open throughout the year.