Institute of Management Development and Research(IMDR)

Instructions to the Contributors

All manuscripts should be typed in double space on one side only in M S Word using Times New Roman font with size of 12 and send the same in original by post to the Chief Editor, Management Researcher, IMDR, convent road, Trivandrum 695 001, and a soft copy should be send to the official e-mail of the journal imdr.research@gmail.com.
Maximum size of an article is restricted to 10 typed pages including tables, charts and references.
The authors should prepare a brief abstract of their paper not exceeding 100 words and attach at the beginning part of the article, along with a list of key words used.
A declaration by the authors should accompany the article stating that, the article is their original work and has neither been published nor has been submitted for publication elsewhere.
All tables, charts and diagrams should be neatly typed and numbered continuously in Roman numerals as referred to in the text.
All quotations, references etc.. should be properly acknowledged indicating the author’s name, title, publisher, year of publication and page number and should be typed on a separate sheet and should placed on the last part of the article.
The articles submitted for publication would be referred to a panel of experts by the publisher before accepting for publication. The decision of the expert panel would be final.
The institute is aiming at publishing quality research articles through the journal and the articles not conforming to the required standards would be rejected.
The authors who need the rejected article back, should send a self-addressed 28” x12” envelop affixing postal stamps worth Rs. 25.
A proof of the article will be send to the authors and they have to return the corrected copy within one week. The authors are not permitted to make any material alteration in the article or restructure it. However, they shall make all spelling and grammatical corrections.
The articles published in the journal are the property of the institute and shall not be published in full or in part anywhere else without the written permission from the institute.
The views expressed by the contributors are their own and the institute does not have any responsibility on that.

Format for Articles

Title
Author's affiliation (Author Name, Department, College, State, Country, Mobile Number and E-Mail should be provided).
The Abstract should not be more than 100 words.
About 3 to 5 keywords should be provided.
Heading and subheading should be numbered.
e.g.

Introduction
Significance of the study
Statement of the problem
Objectives of the study
Scope of the study
Methodology of the study
Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
References

References: The reference number should follow the following format.
For Journals Format: Author(s) of article (surname initials). Title of the manuscript. Journal title abbreviated Year of publication; volume number (issue number): page numbers.
Standard journal article (If more than six authors, the first six shall be listed followed by et al.)

Rajesh A, Sandeep B, Tourism Management, Management Researcher, Institute of Management Development and Research. 2016; 2(10), Pp 68-71.

Publication Ethics of Management Researcher

Management Researcher is the research publication of Institute of Management Development and Research which successfully completed two decades in research publication. It is a double blind peer reviewed journal which agrees upon standards of ethical behaviour for all stakeholders involved in the publishing i.e. the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the publisher. The ethics statements are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practices Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Management Researcher, which was started in 1994, ensures that reviews are conducted in an objective manner. There shall be no personal criticism of the author. Reviewers are instructed to express their views clearly with supporting arguments. The journal abides by the best practices in publication. The Chief Editor and the Associate Editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's Editorial Board and subjected to such legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

It also assures equity and excellence in publication. Opportunity is given to all authors in commerce and management areas to get it published in our journal. The manuscripts are evaluated solely on their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

The ethical policy of the journal ensures the confidentiality of the manuscript. The Chief Editor, the Associate Editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher.

The Management Researcher also ensures that proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors are instructed to cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. It also ensures that authors have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted. If an author discovers an important mistake in the published work, the author is required to inform the journal editor in order to either correct or withdraw the paper.

Publication Frequency

The Journal frequency is quarterly and publishes 4 issues in a year.

PEER REVIEW POLICY OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCHER

Management Researcher articulates a critical analysis of a manuscript in their specialty by the peer reviewers. All pre reviewers are instructed to provide honest, constructive, careful, justified and positive feedback to the authors. The policy is not to criticize, but to enhance the quality of the research work. The peer reviewer in the respective area of specialisation is instructed to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of the article and the areas that could be improved.

Management Researcher being the guardian of the high quality research, always expects the peer reviewers to ensure the trustworthiness and confidentiality of the articles being reviewed by them. This silver jubilee publication always keeps improving the quality of the paper published in our journal, thus increasing the research quality besides enhancing the rating among the publishers

Management Researcher has a transparent policy in reviewing articles received for publication. A double blind peer review process is applicable for our journal and the author is informed about the status of their contribution whether accepted or sent back to them for improvements

As a first step there is an initial screening done in order to check the paper’s theme. Then the paper is reviewed by the Subject Expert and the Editorial Review Members. The journal employs the double-blind peer review process, where both reviewers and authors remain anonymous throughout the review process. Based on the reviewers' recommendations, the Chief Editor decides whether a paper can be accepted or accepted subject to change. If it is found totally unacceptable the article will be rejected.

For papers which have been suggested to modify, the same reviewers will be assessing the resubmitted paper in order to ensure the suggestions are accepted and the paper is revised.

If the paper is accepted by the reviewers, author(s) will be informed by acceptance letter. Author/Corresponding Author will be informed about the possible date of publication.

The entire process takes a maximum of 1-2 months

PEER REVIEWER’S REPORT

Management Researcher has instructed the peer reviewer as to how the matter may be reviewed and prepares a report on the following line. He/ She should note down all the points in a collative manner and submit the same to the Chief Editor.

1	Article Type	(Original article, review article, case study, editorial review etc.,)
2	Word Count	Whether the article meets / exceeds or recedes the word count specification of the journal. If not met, whether the author(s) is suggested to increase/decrease the word count?
3	Title	Whether the title correctly conveys the essence of the paper and meeting the title word count requirements
4	Abstract	Whether the abstract is complete and summarizes the entire paper within the said word count
5	Keywords	Whether the author(s) provided minimum to maximum number of keywords
6	Introduction	Whether it conveys the background, setting, purpose and objective of the research
7	Literature review	Whether it is precise, informative, cites only recent articles (not less than five years), presents the research gap and properly developed
8	Methodology / Materials and Methods	Whether listed out each and every component with justification?
9	Results	Whether the research results are properly tabulated and illustrated through graphs with correct calculations
10	Conclusion/Discussion	Whether the manuscript answers the research question(s) and concludes it properly with proper justification
11	Limitations / Recommendations	Whether the study limitations are provided with recommendations for future studies
12	Tables, Figures, Images	Whether all the tables, figures, images are properly cited with source, cited in-text, cited with permission etc.,
13	Plagiarism	Whether the content is plagiarism-free or the plagiarism is within the limits.
14	Conflict of interest	Whether the authors have no conflict of interest
15	Contribution of authors	Whether the authors’ contributions are present with required information (for example, author x provided concept, author y collected data and author z helped in data analysis (or) all the authors contributed equally)
16	Acknowledgement and study sponsors	Whether the authors have acknowledged or cited the study sponsors
17	Comments suitable for transmission to the authors	Whether the comments provided inside the paper are clear, suitable and justified
18	Language	Whether the manuscript needed language editing
19	Supplementary Materials	Whether the author need to submit the supplementary materials (such as interview transcripts or data in excel sheet or permission requests) if any during resubmission
20	Reference/ Bibliography	Whether the author has followed correct method in preparing the reference/bibliography

Indexing

Copy of ownership statement

Statement about the Ownership and Other Particulars about the Management Researcher

Form IV (See Rule 8)

1	Place of Publication	Trivandrum, Kerala
2	Frequency of Publication	Quarterly
3	Printer’s Name and Address	Navadhara Printers, Sreekaryam , Trivandrum - 695 017.
4	Editor’s Name and Address	Dr. C V Jayamani, TC 8/123, Pooja, Kavil Lane, Cheruvakkal, Sreekaryam, Trivanrum - 695 017.
5	Ownership	Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR), Trivandrum. Convent Road, Trivandrum 695 001.

I, Prof. M. Sivaraman, hereby declare that the particulars given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(Sd/-)
Prof. M. Sivaraman,
Publisher

Scrutiny Fee

The fee for scrutiny is fixed at 2500 for each article. One year subscription is complimentary to this amount.