The institute is grateful for the interest you have shown in reading the information of the article and manual. “Shodh Sahitya” is a monthly e-research magazine. Its twelve normal issues are published in a year. Ordinary issues are completely different from special issues. Information about whether the work has been accepted for publication or not is given only ten days before the date of publication and not before that.

The following efforts have been made to provide all the necessary information related to the e-research magazine as much as possible.

(1) Area of the graph – Literature and Humanities (Multi Disciplinary)

(2) Format of the article –
(A) It is prescribed as per rules for the faculties of Social Science, Literature, Education, Engineering, Medicine, Management etc.

(3) Form of publication -No printed issue of our e-magazine is published. We also do not print and send any PDF issues. Only the PDF of your article and the PDF of the index page are e-mailed to you after the issue is printed.

(4) General Issue/Special Issue –Generally: Only the normal issue of the e-magazine is published. If there is any plan to publish a special issue, it will be announced on the portal of our e-magazine. Writers should send only unpublished works.

(5) Technical aspect –

1. Before sending the composition, please Google and see if the composition around that title has been published before in ‘Shodh Sahitya’ ? If it has already been published then it will be somewhat difficult to get your work published.
2.  Language: Hindi / English
3.  Font: Mangal / Times New Roman
4.  Font size : 14 / 12
5. References: End Note (Foot notes will not be accepted.)
6. File: Word 2007
7.  PDF file is not valid.
8.  Articles are accepted only on mail and not on WhatsApp.
9.  Word limit: 2500 to 4000 maximum
10.  References: At least 10
11.  Spacing: Top 1cm, Bottom 1cm, Left 1.5cm, Right 1cm
12.  Research abstract: 100 to 150 words
13.  ‘Key Words’: Minimum ten
14.  Conclusion is necessary at the end of the article.
15.  Order of writing in the context: Name of the author of the book, Surname of the author, Name of the book, Name of the publisher, Year of publication, Page number.
16.  It is mandatory to write the author’s name, position, address, e-mail, mobile number at the end of the article. Lack of complete information makes it difficult for our team to contact you at any stage of editing.
17.  Our e-mail editor@shodhsahitya.in
18.  If there are spelling mistakes in the article, the article has the highest chances of getting rejected

(6) Attachments –

1. It is mandatory to send verification of originality and unpublishedness of the article by writing in e-mail.
2. Send your photo, article photos, tables, graphs etc. included in the article by attaching them separately.
3.  Any one of your identity cards which has a photograph on it.

(7) Priority –
Annual subscribers of the e-magazine are given first priority when including articles. If the name of your PhD guide/research director is also included in the research article or a written recommendation by your research director to send the article for publication in ‘Shodh Sahitya’ is attached, then such article is given additional preference.

(8) Final decision –
The final decision on content selection, editing and publication will rest with the editorial board. We will not add any information from our side during editing in your composition but will be able to cut and remove it as per requirement.

(9) Method of article selection –
The e-magazine has some regular columns and apart from this there may be research articles

(10) Things to keep in mind for proof –

1. At the top, first write the name of the genre like – poem, research article, article, interview, story etc.
2. If there are more spelling errors in the first five lines, the article will be rejected.
3.  Bold the title of the composition.
4.  Bold the author’s name.
5.  Bold the ‘research abstract’.
6.  Bold the ‘seed word’.
7.  Keep a gap of one interval after each paragraph.
8.  Place a tab at the beginning of the paragraph.
9.  Avoid any kind of formatting in the article.
10.  Mathematics Figures International Standard Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , , , , , , Write in only.
11.  When each reference is taken exactly from somewhere else, write “….” within commas. At the end of the reference write the reference number like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. , , , , , , And list its detailed references in the same order at the end of the article.
12.  Do not include your own photo in the Word file of the article.
13.  These brackets should be adjacent to the words written between ( ).
14.  The words on both sides of the hyphen (-) sign should be adjacent to the hyphen.
15.  Only single space is valid between each word
16.  Use of unnecessary words apart from the necessary context should be avoided in the article.
17.  Bold the words ‘original article’.
18.  The sub-heading of an article can be bolded.
19.  It is mandatory to write ‘Conclusion’ at the end of the article.
20.  No reference should be used in the research summary and conclusion, it should be in your own language.
21.  If it is not a research article but an ordinary article, there is relaxation in technical aspects like research abstract, key words, conclusion etc ten days before the date of publication and not before that.