Call for Papers
The Department of Economics of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (University of Delhi), New Delhi, is
pleased to inform the academic community that it is planning to publish the first edition of the Indian
Journal of Economic Studies (IJES) in the third quarter of 2024. It is a double-blind, peer-reviewed
annual journal. The scope of this journal includes research works pertaining to economics and related
areas.
The editorial board of the journal invites research papers/articles for its first issue latest by 31st May
2024 with the following guidelines for the authors:
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Authors can submit research papers/articles pertaining to economics and related areas. However,
methodological and empirical papers would be given priority.
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Authors are required to submit the manuscript in both Word and PDF formats. If the author is
writing the manuscript in LaTeX, kindly submit the LaTeX file along with the PDF file.
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The word limit is up to 6000 words, including everything (title, abstract, main body of the paper,
tables, figures, references, etc.).
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The font type and size must be Times New Roman and 12 points, respectively. Line spacing should
be 1.5 for the text and 1 for the footnotes and endnotes, if any.
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For the purpose of citations, follow the 7th edition of APA style referencing. For this purpose,
Mendeley/Zotero reference manager software is recommended.
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All figures and tables should be embedded within the text and editable format. They should be
labelled and numbered properly along with the source. Equations should be numbered and typed
in MathType.
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The cover page should include title of the paper, name of the author and co-authors, name of the
institution, contact number, email address and course/year of study (in case of student). The
number of authors, including co-authors, should not exceed three. Correspondence will be done
with the first author only.
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Submissions must include an abstract of a minimum of 200 and a maximum of 300 words followed
by a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 keywords.
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The Acknowledgements and Declarations section should be after the text of the manuscript and
before the references section. The declaration, as applicable, on funding, conflict of interest,
authors’ contribution, data source, ethics approval, use of AI, etc. must be provided.
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Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited. This would lead to the rejection of entry in the first
stage only. In this context, the University Grants Commission Regulations 2018 (Promotion of
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Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions), dated 23
July 2018, will be strictly followed. For this purpose, the Turnitin software or any other software,
as per the guidelines of the University of Delhi will be used.
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Author(s) whose paper is accepted for publication will be required to sign a copyright agreement,
a declaration of originality of work and no plagiarism in the work.
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Only original and unpublished entries will be considered for publication. Entries received should
also not be a part of consideration for publication in any other form.
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Different sections of the paper should be in the following order. These include the following:
Introduction:A general overview of the research needs to be presented, including an
introduction to the area of research, topic of research, background of the research topic,
etc. However, authors may write the introductory section of the paper according to the
needs and structure of the paper.
Literature Review:Aspects such as the evolution of theory/thought/responses to a topic
and personal reactions or thoughts on the same should be covered in this section.
Additionally, a critical analysis of the existing literature on the research topic, with
relevant references wherever applicable, is expected to be included in this section. The
literature review needs to be followed by research questions and objectives of the study.
Methodology:Research methodology, techniques used, sampling methods, data sources
and related aspects are to be included here.
Results and Analysis:The results of the study and their analysis and interpretations are
expected in this section.
Conclusion:This section should include the conclusions drawn from the study. The
limitations of the study and the scope of further research in this area should be mentioned
in this section.
References:Each of the cited works in the text of the study must be included in the
reference list in the referencing style recommended above.
Description
We do not charge any processing fee or any other fee for publishing your contribution. All copyrights are
reserved with the Department of Economics, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi. The
author(s) are accountable for copyright permissions if any. The views expressed in the article of this journal
would be those of the author(s) and would not reflect the opinions of the college. The name of the journal
is tentative. It may be changed at the time of registering for an ISSN number. The decision of the editorial
board regarding the publication of papers/articles in the journal would be final.
The deadline for the submission of articles and papers is 31st May 2024. The manuscript needs to be
submitted by the first author only at ijes@sbs.du.ac.in. In the case of any query, contact the Editor-in-
chief at the contact details given below.
Dr. Jai Ram Meena (Editor-in-chief)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of
Delhi, Sheikh Sarai (Triveni) Phase-II
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College,New Delhi-110017
Mobile:91-9868911743
E-mail:ijes@sbs.du.ac.in
Professor Arun Kumar Attree (Principal)
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of
Delhi, Sheikh Sarai (Triveni) Phase-II,
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College,New Delhi-110017
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