GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
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Communication with reference to articles should be addressed to the Associate Editor, The Indian Journal of Social Work (IJSW). The Associate Editor (IJSW) will correspond with the main author.
If you are making an e-submission for the IJSW, please mail your article to p_unit@tiss.edu or ijsw@tiss.edu
Each article should be accompanied with a declaration by all the authors that:
• they are the authors of the article in the order in which listed; and
• the article is original, has not been published earlier, and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere.
If the author has quoted more than 500 words/a table/a figure from a published work, in the article, a copy of permission obtained from the respective copyright holder needs to be enclosed.
The preliminary requirements of an article, before it is processed for peer review, are as follows:
If an article meets the preliminary requirements, the article will be processed for review, which could take up to 6 months. All articles are peer reviewed.
The criteria used for reviewing articles are:
The author owns the copyright of the article until the article is accepted by the IJSW for publication. After the acceptance communication, the copyright of the article is owned by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. It should not be reproduced elsewhere without the written permission of the Associate Editor (IJSW).
The accepted articles are scheduled for publication in the chronological order in which they are accepted. The publication lag of an accepted article is generally a year. Each author gets a complimentary copy of the journal issue in which his/her article is printed.
Citation/Paraphrasing in the Text
Each statement in the article may be supported by the author with a logical explanation, the author's opinion, illustration, or citation/paraphrasing of another author's work. Without citing the source, use of other's written work amounts to plagiarism and, thereby, fraud.
Citation in the text briefly identifies the source for the readers, and enables them to locate the details of the source in the References at the end of the article. The last name of the author and the year of publication are cited in the text.
References
The References, at the end of the TS, should provide complete information necessary to identify and retrieve each source cited in the article: text, tables or figures. Conversely, each entry in the References must be cited in the text. Both should be identical in spellings and year. Arrange entries in the References in the alphabetical order by the last name of the first author and then by his/her initials. The IJSW Reference Style requires the following format.
1. References should be listed in two columns, separated by a colon. The left hand column contains the details of the author(s) and the year of publication. The right hand column contains the title of the publication and other data related to that publication.
2. An article published in a journal should contain the following details: Author's last name, initials, year of publication, name of the article, name of the journal (underlined/ italicised), volume number, issue number in parentheses, and page numbers. For example:
Joseph, H. : |
Social Work with Groups: A Literature Review, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 58(2), 195–211. |
3. An article published in an edited book should contain the following details: Author's last name, initials, year of publication, name of the article, initials and last name of editors, Ed./s. in parentheses, title of the book (underlined/italicised), place of publication, name of the publisher and page numbers of the article. For example:
Silverman, M. : |
Approaches to Suicide Prevention: A Focus on Models. In R.F. Ramsay and B.L. Tanney (Eds.), Global Trends in Suicide Prevention: Towards the Development of National Strategies for Suicide Prevention, Mumbai: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 25–94. |
4. A book should be listed in the following format: Author's last name, initials, year of publication, title of the book (underlined/italicised), place of publication and name of the publisher. For example:
Tilak, D. : |
Destination Unknown: A Case Description of a Mentally Handicapped Daughter, Mumbai: Tata Institute of Social Sciences. |
5. When a reference has more than one author, list all the authors' names. For example:
Desai, M., : |
Towards People-Centred Development, Mumbai: Tata Institute of Social Sciences. |
6. For an institutional report, write full name of the institution as the author. For example:
Tata Institute: |
Towards People-Centred Development: Report of TISS Diamond Jubilee Conference on Movements and Campaigns for the Empowerment of Marginalised Groups, Mumbai. |
7. For a government report, the author is the name of the country/state and the name of the Ministry/Department, separated by a colon. For example:
India: Ministry : |
Directory of Social Work Education Facilities in India , New Delhi. |
8. When ordering more than one reference by the same author, list the earlier publication before the later publication. For example:
University Grants: |
Social Work Education in Indian Universities, New Delhi. |
1980 : |
Review of Social Work Education in India : Retrospect and Prospects, New Delhi. |
1990 :
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Report of the UGC Curriculum Development Centre in Social Work Education, New Delhi. |
9. References by the same author with the same publication year are arranged alphabetically by the title, and suffixes a, b, c and so on are added to the year. The same suffixes should be added in the text also. For example:
Lingam, L. : |
Locating Women in Migration Studies: An Overview, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 59(3), 715–726. |
1998b :
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Migrant Women, Work Participation and Urban Experiences, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 59(3), 807–823. |
10. When a reference has no author, type the first two to three words, ellipses and year in the left column. This entry should be alphabetised by the first letter of the title.
People's Global...: |
People's Global Action, Lokayan Bulletin, 14(5), 41–64 |
11. When a reference has no year, state ‘no date' in place of the year.
Chatham, L. : |
Psychotherapy for the Laity (mimeograph), Reading: University of Reading |
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