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Guidelines for Authors
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GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
This journal aims to provide a snapshot of the latest research and advances in the field of Rock Mechanics. The
journal addresses what is new, significant and practicable. Journal of ISRM (India) is published twice a year (January-
June and July-December) by Indian National Group of ISRM. The Journal has both print and online versions. Being
peer-reviewed, the journal publishes original research reports, review papers and communications screened by Editorial
Board.
The original manuscripts that enhance the level of research and contribute new developments to the Rock Mechanics
are encouraged. The journal is expected to exchange the ideas and information between Rock Mechanics practitioners
and help researchers, technologist and policy makers in the key sectors of Water Resources, Infrastructure
Development (including underground infrastructure), Hydro Power, Mining, and Petroleum Engineering, etc.,
to enhance their understanding of it. The manuscripts must be unpublished and should not have been submitted for
publication elsewhere. There are no Publication Charges.
1. Guidelines for the preparation of manuscripts for publishing in “ISRM (India) Journal”
The authors should submit their manuscript in MS-Word (2003/2007) in single column, double line spacing as per the
following guidelines. The manuscript should be organized to have Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Material &
Methods, Results & Discussion, Conclusion, and Acknowledgement. The manuscript should not exceed 16 pages in
double line spacing.
• Take margin as 1.” (Left, Right, Top & Bottom) on A4 paper.
• The Title of the paper should be in bold and in Title case .
• The next item of the paper should be the author’s name followed by the co-authors.
• Name of the corresponding author should be highlighted by putting an asterisk, with whom all the future
correspondence shall be made.
• This should be followed by an affiliation and complete official addresses.
• Providing e-mail id is must.
• Please keep the title, author’s name and affiliation center aligned.
• Use the following font sizes:
Title: 14 point bold (Title Case), Author’s name(s): 12-point bold, Author’s Affiliations: 10-point normal, Headings:
11-point bold & caps, Sub-headings: 11-point normal & caps, Body Text: 10-point normal.
• The manuscript must be in English.
• Manuscripts are accepted on the basis that they may be edited for style and language.
• Use Times new roman as the font.
• Words used in a special context should appear between single quotation marks the first time they appear.
• Lines must be double-spaced (plus one additional line between paragraphs).
• Tables and figures must be included in the same file as the text in the end of the manuscript. Figures must be
inserted into the document in JPEG or Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) format.
• Abbreviations should be spelt out in full for the first time they appear and their abbreviated form included in
brackets immediately after.
• Communicating author will receive a soft copy of his/her published paper at free of cost.
• Diagrams and Figures: Only black & white figures are accepted. Figures should be entered in one column (center
aligned) and should not exceed 6-inch total width. A minimum line width of 1 point is required at actual size.
Annotations should be in Times New Roman 12 point with only the first letter capitalized. The figure caption should
be preceded by ‘Figure’ followed by the figure number. For example, ‘Figure 10.
• Photographs and illustrations: No color photographs are allowed. Image files should be optimized to the minimum
possible size without compromising the quality. The figures should have a resolution of 300 dpi.
Volume 1 No. 2 July 2012