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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.
  • 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).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • When available, the URLs to access references online are provided, including those for open access versions of the reference. The URLs are ready to click (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca).
  • 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 within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Double Blind Review) have been followed.

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for contributors

Banko Janakari is a refereed journal. Research articles, short notes, or book reviews may be submitted. The submissions are accepted on the understanding that the editor may shorten or alter them in an appropriate way. In the case of research articles, authors will be consulted as far as possible depending on the difficulties of communication. Please state whether an article submitted to Banko Janakari, relates to work that has been commissioned by any government or other organization, or done in any connection with a course of study at a university or other institution. The author should also declare that the submitted article has not been published elsewhere, or submitted to another journal for publication. Articles should be of interest to the broad categories of forestry professionals in general and be understandable to non-specialist also. Articles should be written in plain and concise language and jargons should be avoided.Technical terms that may be unfamiliar to readers should be defined when they appear for the first time. Footnotes should be avoided as far as possible.

Manuscript should be in English, typed in double space and submitted in duplicate. The length of the manuscript should be between 3000 and 4000 words for longer articles, and 1000 and 2000 for short notes. However, shorter or longer articles may be considered in certain cases. Articles should follow the journal’s format:

  • Title
  • Author (s)
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Materials and methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Postscript and Appendix

The first page of the article should provide the full name, title and complete address of the author(s) including e-mail address.

Subsequent pages should be numbered sequentially. The article should commence with a concise and informative abstract in one paragraph without reference to text or figures. It should be about 200 words. The abstract should be followed by four to six keywords.

Authors are requested to provide supporting illustrative materials (tables, graphs, maps and drawings) with manuscripts. Such materials must be numbered and supplied on separate sheet. Photographs should be of high resolution and good contrast. All measurements should be given in the metric system. Exchange rate of Nepali Rupees with US dollars is a must where monetary figures are supplied. All the tables more than half of A4 size paper and those other than results should be kept as annexes. Hatching and patterns should indicate different divisions of maps and graphs instead of different colours.

References should be given at the end of the article on separate sheet of paper. Reference cited in the text must be listed alphabetically. References used in the text should indicate the name of the author(s) and date of publication at appropriate points (As per the American Psychological Association Manual, 7th Edition). Based on article types, citation of peer review article,authentic institution reports will be preferable in scientific research paper. Citation of news paper secondary sources not reviewed journal can include only sometimes in discussion part of paper.

Authors must not use the words, figures, or ideas of others without attribution. All sources must be cited at the point they are used, and reuse/rephrase  of wording must be limited and be attributed or quoted in the text. Banko Janakari uses Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate) and our own software to detect submissions that overlap with published and submitted manuscripts. Editors can see our similarity check page for more information on how to interpret these reports. Manuscripts that are found to have been plagiarized from a manuscript by other authors, whether published or unpublished, will be rejected and the authors may incur sanctions. Any published articles may need to be corrected or retracted.

For the convenience of authors, some examples of citation of different publications are given below. Please also note the case, italicization and bold typeface etc. of the referencing style given below.

In-Text Citations

 For single Author

 (Abrams, 2018)

For Two Authors

 (Wegener & Petty, 2019)

Three or more Authors

 (Harris et al., 2018)

For Corporate Author

First time with an abbreviation:

(Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2019)

Then all subsequent citations: (CDC, 2019)

 Reference: Book
Adhikari, P. R. (2010). Educating academic writing skills in engineering (3rd ed.). Ekta books.

Bromiley, P., & Rau, D. (2017). Behavioral strategic management. Routledge. doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315232980

Book Chapter
Jones, C. G., & Coleman. J. S. (1991). Plant stress and insect herbivory: Toward an integrated perspective. In H. A. Mooney, W.E. Winner, & E. Pell (Eds.), Responses of plants to multiple stresses (pp. 249-280). Academic Press.

 Journal Articles
Sharma, R. P. (2006). Modelling height-diameter relationship for Chir pine trees. Banko Janakari, 16(2), 30-36. doi: https://doi.org/10.3126/banko.v16i2.989

Dennis, R., Hoffman, A., Applegate, G., Von Gemmingen, G. and Kartawinata, K. 2001. Large-scale fire: creator and destroyer of secondary forests in Western Indonesia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 13(3): 786-799.

Huang, S., & Titus, S. J. (1993). An index of site productivity for uneven-aged or mixed forest stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 3(1), 558-562. doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/x93-074

Williams, I., & Hills, D. (2004). Understanding the breast cancer experience of women: A qualitative study of African American, Asian American, Latina and Caucasian cancer survivors. Psycho‐Oncology, 13(6), 408-428. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.750 

Gaudio, J. L., & Snowdon, C. T. (2008). Spatial cues more salient than color cues in cotton-top tamarins (saguinus oedipus) reversal learning. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 12(2), 441-444. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.122.4.441

Books
Draper, N. R. and Smith, H. 1981. Applied Regression Analysis. 2nd edition. Wiley and Sons, New York, USA.

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book with Authors
Hartley, J. T., Harker, J.O., & Walsh, D.A. (1980). Contemporary issues and new directions in adult development of learning and memory. In L. W. Poon (Ed.), Aging in the 1980s: Psychological issues (pp. 239-252). American Psychological Association.

Tsuchida, K. 1983. Grassland vegetation and succession in eastern Nepal. In Structure and Dynamics of Vegetation in Eastern Nepal (ed) Numata, M. Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, 47-87. 

Reports
EPC. 1993. Nepal Environment Policy and Action Plan : Integrating Environment and Developmen. Environment Protection Council, Kathmandu, Nepal. 87p.

Paper (Seminar/Workshop)
Alder, P. and Kwon, S. 1999. ‘‘Social Capital: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’’ paper presented at the Academy of Management, Chicago, USA.

Thesis
Shrestha, S. M. 1993. Comparison of Different Sampling Techniques in Forest Inventory in Southern Nepal. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland. 35 p.

Newspaper Article
Von Drehle, D. (2000, January 15). Russians unveil new security plan. The Washington Post, p. A1.

Electronic Sources

Online magazine article
McGinn, D., & Springen, K. (2017, July 30). Express medicine. Newsweek. http://newsweek.com/nw-srv/printed/us/so/a54599-2000jan23.htm

Online newspaper article
Doulin, T. (2006, November 9). Smoking goes poof. Columbus Dispatch. http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/contentbe/dispatch/2006/11/09/20061109-A1-03.html

Webpage
International Writing Centers Association. (2015). IWCA rapid research survey results: Undergraduate tutor hourly pay rates. http://writingcenters.org/2014/10/iwca-rapid-research-survey-results- tutor-hourly-pay-rates/

Online publication with no author

(Move title to author position).
Mandela celebrates with global leaders. (2008, June 27). CNN.  http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/27/mandela.concert/

Course handout/Lecture notes
Archard, S., Merry, R., & Nicholson, C. (2011). Karakia and waiata [PowerPoint slides]. Moodle. http://elearn.waikato.ac.nz/mod/resource/view.php?id=174650

Online dictionary or reference entry with no author
Merriam-Webster. (n. d.). Syntax. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syntax

Online video
Harvard University. (2019, August 28). Soft robotic gripper for jellyfish [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRoWTYfxMs

Tweet
Gates, B. [@BillGates]. (2019, September 7). Today, it’s difficult for researchers to diagnose #Alzheimers patients early enough to intervene. A reliable, easy and accurate diagnostic would. [Thumbnail with link attached] [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/1170305718425137152

Facebook Post
News from Science. (2019, June 21). Are you a fan of astronomy? Enjoy reading about what scientists have discovered in our solar system—and beyond? [Image attached] [Status update]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNOW/photos/a.117532185107/ 10156268057260108 type=3&theater

Unpublished dissertation / Thesis
Zaragoza, K. (2005). A moral psychology of blame [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Princeton University.

Niraula, K. (2015). Addressing the neglect of local peacebuilding practices through documentaries: A case of everyday Gandhis [Unpublished master’s thesis]. University of Notre Dame.

Submission of Manuscript

Submit manuscripts at https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BANKO/about/submissions  to make submission or send as an e-mail attachment to the Editorial Office at frtc2020@gmail.com

Banko Janakari is using Peer-Review and Editorial Manager Systems for quality review process. Editorial Manager System is an online submission, where authors can submit manuscripts and track their progress. Editors can manage the whole submission/review/revise/publish process. Editorial Office can see what manuscripts are in the pipeline awaiting publication.

A manuscript number will be mailed to the corresponding author same day or within four days.

Peer Review Process

Peer review process is double blind and it generally takes  six to eight weeks and published two issue in a year. Journal does not any charge authors for article submission and peer review process fees. Please see the flow chart of the peer-review process

Copyright:

© Forest Research and Training Center
Authors are required to transfer copyright to the Forest Research and Training Center.

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  • As part of submitting an article for publication, you will need to provide personally identifying information which will be used for the peer review process, and will be published. This can include ‘Affiliation’, ‘Competing interests’, ‘Acknowledgements’.

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  • Published personal data that accompanies an article or a book forms part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.

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  • When registering an account we ask you to log in and provide certain personal information (such as your name and email address), and there is the option to register using an ORCiD which will pre-fill the registration form.
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  • The data entered is used to invite the reviewer to peer review the article or book, and to contact the reviewer during and the review process.
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  • Author names, affiliations and emails are required for publication and will become part of the permanent cited record.

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  • The co-author’s personal data is stored in the author database. This personal data is only used in relation to the publication of the associated article.
  • Any co-author data collected is added to the author database and is only used in association with the article the user is co-author on.

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  • To conform to publication ethics and best practice any personal data that is published alongside an article or book cannot be removed. If you have a query about a publication to which you are attributed please contact info@ubiquitypress.com

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(Updated: 18 May 2018)