Publication Protocol

• Authors should register themselves in the OJS first as new users and then upload their manuscripts from the make a submission link. In case of any problems manuscripts can be E-mail directly to mapana@christuniversity.in explaining why the submission could not be made on the OJS.
• In case where an article has more than one author, the person registering on the OJS is required to click on the tab 'Add contributor' and enter names of all authors who have written the paper. This is important as at the time of publication on the OJS, the names of authors are taken directly from the meta data.
• Any change in authorship must be reflected by the registered author on the OJS.
• Once the issue is addressed, authors would be required to submit on the OJS.
• Articles are sent to the Editorial Board Members based on their research areas for double blind review.
• After receiving the review comments from two reviewers and collectively drawing the conclusion, the decision along with comments are sent to the authors.
• The articles can be fully acceptable or completely rejected or may be asked carry out minor corrections or may be resubmitted after major revision.
• The revised articles are received from the authors, they are sent to the editorial team for final decision.
• Accepted articles are sent for typesetting and proof reading.
• The authors initially receive the Gally Proof of their articles which are sent to them by E-mail for any corrections which has to be incorporated.
• Once the editing and corrections are done, corresponding author will receive the Final Gally Proof (PDF) with doi, QR code, issue details including page numbers for final approval.
• After incorporating the final corrections, the articles are sent for online publication and printing.
• Authors receive the Electronic Reprint of their articles and hardcopy of the Journal as complimentary copy.
• In case of some discrepancies Erratum is provided in the subsequent issue.