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Prepare your manuscript for IETE Journal of Research.
Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.
Checked 2026-08-01
Article types
Review
Editorial
Original Article
Letter
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Lectio
Readiness requirements
Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.
Abstract length
- Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 100 words.
Keywords
- Provide 6-15 keywords chosen by the author.
- Each paper should have 6 to 15 keywords.
Reference style
- Articlo formats your supplied references in Vancouver style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
- Manuscripts should be limited up to 10 pages in IETE JR format, including figures, references, author biographies and photos.
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- Use en rule between spans of numbers (e.g. 20–40), including page numbers in references.
- The references should be formatted exactly in the IETE JR format.
- A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the whole content, including accuracy of references.
- Citations are numbered in text with square brackets [1].
Figure and table rules
- Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
- Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
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- Authors submitting PDF manuscripts must also submit an editable Word source file, including all tables and figures as appropriate.
- Please provide the highest quality figure format possible.
- Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.
- As an author, you are required to secure permission to reproduce any proprietary text, illustration, table, or other material, including data, audio, video, film stills, and screenshots, and any supplemental material you propose to submit.
Funding statement
- Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- You should declare only the acquired funds and grants that are directly relevant to the work reported in your article; for example, This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].
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- Please supply all details required by any funding and grant-awarding bodies in a separate paragraph.
Competing interests
- Include or confirm the competing interests required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
Cover letter
- Permission to reuse must be obtained from the rightsholder.
Author contributions
- Submitting authors should be prepared to submit CRediT roles for themselves and their co-authors (where applicable) as part of the submission process.
Title page and author information
- Authors must give their names and affiliations just below the title.
- All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
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- One author should be identified as the corresponding author.
- The affiliations of all named co-authors should be the affiliation where the research was conducted.
Article structure and word limits
- This statement should be a summary of no more than 300 words of the contribution paper.
- Abstracts of 100 words are required for all papers submitted.
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- Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
- Review / Editorial: Contributions to Journal of Research must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.
- Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
- Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
- Letter: Manuscript preparation A statement of contribution must be provided for all original articles and uploaded upon submission as a covering letter for your submission.
- You will also need to upload your LaTeX source files, which should be uploaded as a single zip file alongside your submission and marked as “LaTeX Source Files”.
- Authors should not give their degrees (dr, prof., etc.) or positions (or military ranks) before the name.
- When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trademark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.
- Authors are required to sign an Article Publishing Agreement to facilitate this.
- Should you have any queries please contact us here.
- A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Originality and accuracy of content has been confirmed by the authors.
- Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.
- Authors must retain the original and revised versions which must be shared upon request.
- The PLSP guidelines for authors must be followed at all times.
- In biographies the authors' names should not have “Dr” or “Prof” or any other salutation, no full stops (.) in between their names (e.g., K V Singh), and no full stops (.) between their degrees (BSc, MSc, PhD, etc).
- Sexist or racist terms should not be used.
- Authors must adhere to SI units.
- Please supply a short biographical note (no more than 100 words for each author) together with a photograph and a current email address.
- Initialisms (e.g. BBC) do not have full points between them.
- Image descriptions are typically used by systems such as pronouncing screen readers to make images accessible to people that cannot read or see the object due to a visual disability.
Reporting guidelines
- Include or confirm the reporting guidelines required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
Preprints and prior publication
- If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed.
Artificial intelligence disclosure
- Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
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- Use of AI tools as part of ethical research studies is permitted.
- A declaration must be included within the submission stating: The name and version number of the AI tool used.
- Systematic Review: Use of AI tools as part of ethically conducted literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and bibliometrics studies is permitted.
- Use of AI tool assisted plain language summaries (PLS) of authors own work is permitted.
- Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparation to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.
- A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors have checked terms of use for the specific AI tool used, and therefore confirm suitability for publication.
Blinded manuscript
- The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/”Manuscript - anonymous” file.
Language and text style
- Their areas of expertise should be set in all lowercase (except for abbreviations).
Authorship and originality
- Each biography should have the email address and a recent picture of the author or co-author.
Article type and manuscript length
- Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; appendixes (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
Manuscript structure
- Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using a decimal system for subsections.
- Authors must retain full records of the methods undertaken, including full descriptions and records of the prompts used, which must be shared with the journal upon request.
Study reporting guidelines
- Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).
What your package checks
Abstract: 100 words
Paper: 300 words
Keywords: 6-15 keywords
References: Vancouver
Declarations: Funding, Artificial intelligence
Source transparency
This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.
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