Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

The Rajshahi University journal of Arts & Law is an open access peer reviewed journal published by University of Rajshahi that provides rapid publication of articles in all areas of Arts, Law and Fine Arts. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance. Papers will be published shortly after acceptance. Manuscript should be submitted online (or offline). A free registration is needed for online submitting manuscript for the first time to RUJAL Journals (No need to register separately for different journals). However, author who will fail to submit online should contact for technical support.

ARTICLE TYPES

Two types of manuscripts may be submitted: Regular articles and reviews.

Regular Articles: These should describe new and carefully confirmed findings, references should be given in sufficient detail for others to verify the work. The length of a full paper should be the minimum required to describe and interpret the work clearly.

Reviews: Submissions of reviews and perspectives covering topics of current interest are welcome and encouraged. Reviews should be concise, but there is no page limitation. Reviews are also peer-reviewed.

REVIEW PROCESS

After submission, Editorial Assistant will check the paper’s composition and arrangement against the RUJAL’s Author Guidelines to make sure it includes the required sections and stylizations. The quality of the paper is not assessed at this point. If a manuscript passes this stage, it will be forwarded to the EIC checks that the paper is appropriate for the journal and is sufficiently original and interesting. If not, the paper may be rejected without being reviewed any further. If the manuscript is accepted at this level, it would be sent to two reviewers for in depth review. Based on their reports, final decision will be made by the EIC / Handling Editor. An additional review by a third reviewer may be carried out if it becomes difficult to reach a decision from the comments made by initial reviewers (1st and 2nd reviewers).  Four types of decisions can be yielded this time after in depth review-

• Accepted (with no change of manuscript)
• Accepted after minor correction
• Accepted after major correction
• Rejected

Decisions on the submitted manuscript will be made as rapidly as possible, and the journal strives to return reviewers’ comments to authors promptly. If the manuscript is accepted with minor/major correction, it would be returned to corresponding author to perform necessary correction according to the reviewer’s comment. Author will get one months to resubmit the manuscript. The Editorial board will re-review manuscripts that are accepted pending revision. Finally the manuscript will be reviewed by the Chief Editor at the last stage of publishing.

PUBLISHING THE PAPER

Accepted paper will normally be published online and a printed version will be in the current/forthcoming issue .

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Basic formatting style of the manuscript

• File type: MS Word document (.doc or .docx)
• Language: English (US or International but no mixing please)
• Paper size: A4 (8.27×11.69 inches or 210×297 mm)
• Page border: At least one (1) inch on all sides
• Font face: Arial/Calibri/Verdana
• Font size: 10-12
• Page number: Should start from the title page

Title page

Tile page should contain following information-

1. Title (Should be a brief phrase describing the contents of the paper)
2. Running head / Short title (less than 50 characters including space between words)
3. Author name/s and affiliation/s (Full name/s of the author/s with their affiliation/s must be given with an asterisk* after the name of corresponding author; email addresses and ORCID ID (if any) of all the authors must be mentioned).
4. Corresponding information (Phone, and Email address of the corresponding author must be included)
5. Conflict of Interest declaration
6. Acknowledgements (if any)
7. Authors' contribution

Abstract

The abstract should be placed on a separate page after the title page. It should be informative and self-explanatory. It should briefly present the topic with background, objectives, methodologies, major findings and conclusion. Please note that abstract of a submission without covering these points will not be considered for further processing. Abstract should be 100-200 words in length and written in past tense; complete sentences, active verbs, and the third person should be used. Any citation of literature and abbreviations should be avoided. 

Keywords

Following the abstract, 5-7 keywords in alphabetical order, separated by semi colons, should be listed.

Introduction

It should start from a new page. It should provide a clear statement of the problem, the relevant literature on the subject and the proposed approach. It should be understandable to wide range of academicians and researchers around the world.

Methodology

The methodology should be complete enough to allow experiments to be reproduced. Previously published procedure should be cited and any modification of the published produce should describe briefly. Only truly new procedure should be described in detail. Subheading should be used. Study and location must be mentioned. Subheadings should be used.

Results

Results should be explanted, but largely without referring to the literature. Discussion, speculation and detailed interpretation of data should not be placed here, put those into the discussion section. Subheadings can be used.

Discussion

Discussion, speculation and detailed interpretation of findings should be written here in a view of the results obtained in the present study and in past studies on the topic. At the end of the paper, a state of the conclusions should be given in a few sentences. However, Results and Discussion section can be used instead of separating these two sections.

Acknowledgement

If necessary, it should be mentioned briefly on the title page. For those who received grants/funding for the study please mention name of the donors/funding source and grant number.

Tables

The tables should minimum in number and it should be designed as simple as possible. Each table should be placed in the text where appropriate (appropriate position). Table should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and with a heading and a legend. Same data should not be presented in both table and graph forms or in the text. Table must be prepared in MS Word. You must not apply any custom formatting (e.g. alignment changes, text wrapping, inserting table in a textbox, changing border thickness etc.) to the table.

Figures

The figures should be typed in numerical order and should be placed in the text where appropriate (appropriate position). separate sheet. Graphics should be prepared using application software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop) capable of generating high quality image files (JPEG or TIFF) before pasting in the manuscript file. Title and labeling of the figure should be indicated in such a way that the figure is understandable without reading the text of the manuscript. Information given in the legend should not be repeated in the text.

References

In the text of the manuscript, a reference should be cited by means of author’s name following date of the reference. Digital object identifier (DOI) number must be mentioned where available. This journal follows a specific citation style and that is Chicago style (17th edition) latest.