Information For Authors

AUTHORS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The the Art, Design and Cultural Research Journal of UHE research journal strictly follows the policy of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. The journal has following guidelines for authors / contributors. The paper may include a certificate of acknowledgment which must confirm that the work presented in his article is solely his own. 

  • Articles belonging to other than the field of Art, Design and Social Sciences will not be considered for publication.
  • The articles should be related to the disciplines of Humanities and social sciences whether they are in the any interdisciplinary context ; like Pakistan studies, History, Political science, Public administration, Sociology, Social work, Economics, International relations, Psychology, Media and Gender studies.

Each issue of the Art, Design and Cultural Research Journal of UHE will be comprised of only 5 articles for first three publications and later number of articles will be increased. 

  • The articles must be checked through ‘Turnitin’ software. According to HEC policy, the similarity index of each research article must not exceed the limit of <=19%.
  • Article will not be considered for publication, if it has less than 3000 words and more than 6000 words (if without visuals).
  • In case more than one author of the same article, the principal author needs to give following information regarding the contribution of each author:

Principal author: Proposed topic, basic study design, methodology, manuscript writing

2nd author: Data collection, statistical analysis / historical analysis and interpretation of results etc.

3rd author: Literature review and referencing etc.

Manuscripts should be submitted to:

The Editor, Annual Research Journal the Art, Design and Cultural Research Journal of UHE

  1. Contributors are advised to submit well-researched, original and un-published papers.
  2. Only those papers will be accepted which will be submitted through OJS system.
  3. The manuscript must accompany an abstract of 100-150 words.
  4. The manuscript should be written on one side of the page not more than 5 keywords according to HEC criteria.
  5. The manuscript must include: (i) Workable topic, (ii) Abstract, (iii) Keywords, (iv) Introduction, (v) Literature review, (vi) Methodology, (vii) Analysis of data (if required), (viii) Findings (if required), (ix) Conclusion/Recommendations, and (x) References.
  6. The article should contain original thoughts written in lucid English, and in coherent style. The articles will only be accepted if they are (i) written in correct English language, (ii) written according to the standards of academic writing.
  7. The author(s) need to submit the hard and soft copies of manuscript.
  8. The manuscript should not include more than three authors.
  9. The decision of Editor / Publication Committee of the Centre regarding publication will be final.
  10. The complete title (in bold CAPITALS) of the research paper with name of the author(s) should be typed in the beginning on a separate sheet.
  11. The title page should have author’s name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact details.
  12. Subsequent pages of the title page should only carry a short title at the top, not the name of the author(s).

 About Formatting

  1. Abstract (i) Font: Times New Roman in 12 points, (ii) Text inside tables should be 10 points, and (iii) Margin: 1 inch
  2. Manuscript: Length of the paper should be preferably between 10-12 pages.
  3. Page size: A5 (5.83 width, 8.27 height)
  4. Line spacing: Single
  5. Footnotes: Do not use any footnotes, footers or endnotes.

About Reference

Full reference(s) should be given in accordance with the APA or Chicago Style and references as separate section at the end of paper.