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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 OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-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.

Author Guidelines

  • Title: The title of the article should be bold, centered and typed in capital letters (in 14 point) Times New Roman Font.
  • Author(s) Details: Author(s) details includes full name (bold), affiliations and contact details should be in (12 point) Times New Roman Font and should be centered below the title.
  • Abstract: All manuscripts must be accompanied by a brief abstract. Abstract should not exceed 150-200 words. It should be properly formatted as justified in italicized text in Times New Roman Font (10 point). It should highlight Research Background, Methodology, Major Finding(s) and Conclusion in brief.
  • Key Words: Authors must mention 5-7 key words. Key words should be listed alphabetically, separated by commas, and full stop at the end.
  • Page Setup: Size of the page should have 7 inches Width and 9.5 inches Height with 1- inch margin on all four sides. Header and Footer Layout should be 0.5 inches from edge.
  • Manuscript: Manuscripts must in between 4000 – 6000 words (all inclusive). It should be 1.0 line spaced, Times New Roman font 12 point with.
  • Tables and Figures/Images: All important tables and figures/images should be incorporated into the body of the paper. Heading of the Table should be in Times New Roman, Bold, 12 Points and 0.25 inches indent (Left). Heading of the Figure/Images Should also be of the same specifications as Tables but below the Image/Figure and Centrally Aligned.
  • References: All references should be listed alphabetically at end of the article using APA reference style only.
  • Citations in the Text: Kindly make sure that every reference cited in the text should also be presented in the reference list and vice versa. Authors should avoid using citations in the abstract of the manuscript.
  • Author(s) Biography: Every author must submit a brief biography, and a photograph along with the Copyright Agreement form. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively.
  • For any other query please email us at (Email: jhss@ucp.edu.pk).

Articles

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Copyright Notice

All articles published in UCP Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (UCPJHSS) are open-access and free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute. JHSS protects the work of our researchers defined by the License Agreement under Creative Commons Attribution License. Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all Open Access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

Publication Fee:

According to the revised policy, following fees will be charged in order to have sustainability and maintain quality of the journal.

  1. Article submission fee  (Processing fee): Rs.10,000 (Non-refundable)
  2. Publication Fee: Rs. 10,000

Processing fee can be deposited in the following account and its receipt submitted at OJS at the time of submission of article. However, after receiving positive review reports from two reviewers, then the author should be asked to deposit publication fee and submit its receipt at OJS.

Account title: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL PUNJAB

Account No. 0102044055163

IBAN: PK23AIIN0000102044055163

AlBaraka Bank (Pakistan) Ltd, Johar town, Lahore.

 

Note:

  • Without depositing submission fee, the article will not be put in the review process.
  • Without depositing, publication fee, the reviewed article having positive reports will not be published.

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