- All submissions must be made via this Google form.
- All submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by any other journal.
- Co-authorship is permitted (maximum of two authors per submission, including the first author).
- Plagiarism and AI-generated content will be checked rigorously, and any submission found in violation will be rejected without further review. For purposes of plagiarism, the similarity tolerance is 10 percent.
- Please include a brief acknowledgment of any research funding received, placed as a short note following the main text. Acknowledgments may be attributed to peers/colleagues and/or other individuals in the same manner too.
- Non-English words should be italicized, with an English translation provided in the endnotes.
- Authors are responsible for obtaining necessary permissions for any reproduced images, tables, etc. All figures and tables should be numbered sequentially (e.g., Figure 1, Table 2).
- Quotations under four lines should be in quotation marks; those exceeding four lines should be set as block quotations with a single line space and indented from the left margin.
- Submissions should be in MS Word format (.docx or .doc) and named with the title of the paper.
- Each submission should include a brief abstract (150–200 words).
Formatting Specifications:
- Title: Times New Roman, Size 14, Bold, ALL CAPS, 1.5 Line Spacing.
- Main Body: Times New Roman, Size 12, 1.5 Line Spacing, single line space between paragraphs.
- References: APA Citation Style in footnotes, Times New Roman, Size 10, 1 Line Spacing.
- Submissions should not contain any author-identifying information to ensure an unbiased review process.
Evaluation Process :
- Each submission will undergo a double-blind peer review process.
- Peers will review submissions for:
originality of the questions/problems posed;
originality of the solutions/responses to the problem/question;
clarity and integrity of research tools/methods deployed;
thoroughness of literature review
Submission Process:
- Submissions must be submitted here.
Review Process
- Each submission would go through a double blind peer review process in addition to initial filters of plagiarism and AI checks.
Deadline: 31st January, 2025
Contact us at lhssjournal@mnlumumbai.edu.in