Guidelines

·         The manuscript should be original, not submitted, or published elsewhere.

·         The ideal length of the manuscript is expected to be within 6,000 words. It should be in a MS Word file, A4 size page with 25 mm margins on all sides, font type should be Times New Roman of size 12, and line spacing of 1.15 lines.

·         All manuscripts should be prepared in English.

·         Title: The title should be concise, not more than three lines, within 20 words, and truly reflect the content of the manuscript.

·         The author’s details appear below the title. It includes the names, affiliations, and email addresses of the authors. The corresponding author should be indicated with an asterisk (*), and details of the corresponding author, including email, should be provided.

·         Abstract: A concise abstract with a length of 150–250 words should be inserted after the author details. It should include the context and need of the study, objectives or research questions, methodology, key results/conclusions, and implications of the study. No references are included in the Abstract until they are explicitly necessary. The font should be Times New Roman 12.

·         Keywords:  Insert 4-6 keywords after the abstract in alphabetical order, formatted in italics.

·         Main Body: The main body of the manuscript is expected to include an introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, and conclusions. However, depending upon the nature of the manuscript, the authors may structure it in different ways as well. The introduction is expected to provide an adequate review of earlier studies to set the context and needs of the study, followed by clearly spelling out research questions and/or objectives.

·         Sections/subsections: Manuscripts are divided into appropriate sections and subsections. They are numbered 1, 1.1, and 1.1.1. No more than three levels of subdivision are allowed. Abstract: Keywords, acknowledgements, and references are not numbered.

·         Tables and Figures: They should have adequate resolution [minimum of 300 dpi], be embedded right in the manuscript at an appropriate location, and have clear and concise captions. The font size in the table was 10. Tables/figures should be numbered sequentially, starting with 1, 2, 3, and so on.

·         Equations:  All the equations should be numbered sequentially as 1, 2, 3, etc. They should be prepared using MS Word’s built-in “Equation Editor”.

·         References and citations: The IEEE style must be followed for the references and citations.

https://journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/IEEE_Reference_Guide.pdf

·         Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted through the online submission system or [email protected] 

·         Template for manuscript is available at: https://research.puse.edu.np/