Information to authors

Guidelines to Authors for Submitting Manuscripts
to the
Journal of Indian Speech Language & Hearing Association

Scope of the Journal

The Journal of Indian Speech Language and Hearing Association (JISHA) publishes articles of interest to professionals involved in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of speech, language and hearing disorders. JISHA is of primary interest to audiologists, speech language pathologists, otolaryngologists, neuro-otologists, paediatricians, linguists, special educators, and to those involved in the design, and manufacture of aids and appliances for individuals with hearing and communication disorders. The goals of the journal are to foster knowledge about issues related to speech, language and hearing; to promote research and evidence-based practice in the field of speech and hearing; to provide information on and to promote prevention and early identification of hearing and communication disorders; and to facilitate ‘best practices’ in the (re)habilitation of persons with hearing and communication disorders. JISHA will publish research articles, letters to the editor, invited tutorials and invited literature reviews.

Submission of Manuscripts

Authors should submit one hard copy of the manuscript (as per the instructions given under “Submission of Manuscript”) along with a soft copy on a compact disc (CD) to Prof. C. S. Vanaja,  Editor, JISHA, School of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Bharati Vidyapeeth University , Katraj - Dhanakwadi, Pune – 411 043. E-mail: editorjisha@gmail.com 

Letters to the Editor

Letters discussing aspects of papers previously published in JISHA are acceptable. However, they are subject to review by the Editorial Board. If accepted, they will be published along with a response from the authors of the original article.

Tutorials and Literature Reviews

Only invited tutorials and literature reviews will be accepted. The editorial board reserves the right to decide the topic and the author/s of the tutorials and reviews.

Research Articles

Ethical/Legal Considerations: Any manuscript, submitted for publication in JISHA, should be an original work effort and should not have been previously published in any form except as an abstract or a preliminary report. In the event that the paper has already been published as a part of compilation of conference or workshop proceedings, the same work should not be submitted for consideration for JISHA. If the work has been presented at any conference or seminar the same should be stated at the time of manuscript submission. Any manuscript submitted for consideration for publication in JISHA should not simultaneously be under consideration for any other publication. Further, if accepted for publication in JISHA, it must not be published elsewhere in similar form, in any language. It is assumed that every person listed as an author has contributed to the study to an extent that justifies his / her authorship. The responsibility of this rests with the corresponding author. Prior to submitting the manuscript, the corresponding author must ensure that each author agrees upon the contents of the manuscript to be submitted, accepts sharing responsibility for the contents, and agrees on the sequence of authors. While the editorial board of JISHA will make every effort to ensure that the publication carries valid information, the authors will be solely responsible for any controversies, allegations or legal implications that arise from the content of the published manuscript. These include any claims of plagiarism made by any party. It shall be the authors’ responsibility to ensure the integrity and quality of their data and the work done.

Patient Anonymity and Informed Consent:  The author/s shall be responsible for ensuring that the identity of human participants in research and the data thereof is carefully protected. They must also ensure that all research on human subjects reported in their manuscript has been performed with informed consent. Similarly, relevant care shall be taken when animal subjects are used in any research work. The authors must follow all the guidelines for research involving human or animal subjects as dictated by National norms and as required by the institution(s) to which all the authors are affiliated.  The manuscript should not contain any information / photographs that will reveal the identity of any human participant. Wherever it is required to use identity revealing photographs for purely academic reasons, formal consent should be taken from the participant in case of an adult or from his/her legal representative in case of a minor. The consent form should state the details of the specific purpose for which the photograph is to be used and should either be in the language understood by the concerned participant / representative or should have been explained through a translator who takes responsibility for the accuracy of the translation. JISHA assumes that the author/s have adhered to these procedures and hence the responsibility of any legal claims by any participant in research will rest in totality with the author/s.

Format of the Manuscript

The format of the entire manuscript should follow the following guidelines. The matter should be in English typed in MS Word format. Paper size should be A4. The margins should be one inch on all sides. The font should be ‘Arial’ size 11.

The Title Page: The title page must be submitted as a separate page. The title page should include the following: (a) complete manuscript title; (b) Running title for the manuscript  (not exceeding 25 characters); (c) author/s full names, highest academic degree, and current affiliations; (d) name and address for correspondence, including fax number, telephone number, and e-mail address of the author to whom correspondence is to be addressed.

Abstract and key words: An abstract containing not more than 250 words must be submitted on a separate page. It should contain the following information: the objectives; the method; the main results and conclusions of the study along with clinical implications, applicability or future directions. Three to five key words contained in the abstract, but other than the words mentioned in the title should be provided below the abstract.  The abstract should be in italics and single spaced.

Text: The text of the manuscript should be typed with a spacing of 1.5 lines. The title should be re-typed at the top of the first page of the text.  The text should begin with an introduction (a heading should not be given for the introduction). The introduction should contain a general introduction to the topic, a brief review of relevant literature, need for the present study and specific aims of the study. Subheadings (such as need for the study, aims of the study) and bullets should not be used in the introduction.   This section should be followed by Method/s, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References (All these sections should be in the form of subheadings which should have ‘title case, bold and centered’). Bullets should not be used in any part of the manuscript. Abbreviations should be expanded at the first mention in the text with the acronym in parentheses and then used consistently throughout the manuscript. 

Headings for sections within the manuscript should follow the following format:

Level A Headings: Bold, Centered and Title Case

Level B Headings: Bold, italicized and flushed left

Level C Headings: Italicised, underlined and flushed left

The tab key and centering functions should be used to align headings, paragraph indents etc. The space bar should not be used for such functions.

References

Follow guidelines given in the 5th edition of the Manual of American Psychological Association APA for citing references within the text and for listing references.  The following formats should be followed for ‘in-text citation’ of references:

Short quotations: The quotation should be placed within double inverted commas and should be followed by the author’s last name, year and page number in parentheses). E.g. “Speech disorders………” (Author, year, p. ).

Long Quotations: Quotations longer than 40 words should be placed in a separate block indented 5 spaces from the left margin without double inverted commas (quotation marks). If the quotation has more than one paragraph, the first line of the second paragraph should be indented from the left margin of the quotation. The author, year and page number should be given as for short quotations.

In-text Citations: Rules for in-text citations are as below. Examples have been given to depict the style.
Two Authors: The last name of both authors should be given followed by the year each time the work is cited. The word "and" should be used between the authors' names within the text while the ampersand ‘&’ should be used when references appear in parentheses. E.g. Mercer and Ray (2009); (Mercer & Ray, 2009).
Three to Five Authors: All authors should be mentioned when the reference appears for the first time in the manuscript. At further mentions of the reference, the first author’s last name is to be given followed by et al. E.g. Smith, Kline, Suvarna, and Goldberg (1995) followed by Smith et al. (1995) in further mentions or (Smith, Kline, Suvarna, & Goldberg, 1995) followed by (Smith et al., 1995) in further mentions of the reference in the text.
Six or More Authors: Use the first author’s last name followed by et al. and then the year, even at the first mention in the text.
Two or More Works to support a concept: The references should be separated by a semi-colon. The sequence of works within the parentheses should follow the same sequence as the reference list i.e. alphabetical). E.g. (Johnson, 1997; Mansfield & Litovsky, 1965; Sarno & Burkard, 2001). 
Authors with the Same Last Name appearing within the manuscript: Provide the initial of the author within parentheses. E.g. (S. Subramanium, 1995; T. Subramanium, 2002).
Two or more references of the same author/s within the same year: Use lower case alphabets after the year to signify the order in which the references appear. E.g. Parthasarathy & Brown (2001a). The same sequence should be followed in the reference list as is mentioned further in this document.
Citing Secondary or Indirect Sources: Cite the original reference and year. Follow with ‘as cited in’ followed by the secondary source author, year and page number of the reference. E.g. Jones and Smith (1960 as cited in Brown, 1980, p. 100) or (Jones & Smith, 1960 as cited in Brown, 1980, p. 100). In the reference list, include only the secondary source reference (Brown, 1980 in the example above).
Reference List
The reference list should be alphabetical in order of the last name of the first author. Each entry should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author. The last name of each author should be followed by the author’s initials. Every author should be named unless the work has more than six authors in which case name the first six authors and then use et al. after the sixth author’s name to indicate that there are more authors.
If there are two works by the same author(s) in different years, then list them chronologically beginning with the oldest. If there are multiple works by the same author in the same year, then follow the year with alphabets in lower case as is done for the in-text citations. The listing for such references should be in the same sequence as that for the references in the text. For each listing in the reference list, the second line onwards should be indented in by 3 spaces (hanging indent). Use single line spacing within a reference and adouble line spacing between  two consecutive references.
Given below are examples for some common types of reference list entries. 

Books:
General format for books:
Author, I. I. (Year of publication). Title of book: Subtitle. Location: Publisher name.

Edited book, without author:
Editor, I. I. & Editor, I. I. (Eds.) (Year of publication). Title of book: Subtitle. Location: Publisher name.

Chapter in an edited book:
Author, I. I. (Year of publication). Title of Chapter.  In I. Editor & I. Editor (Eds). Title of book: Subtitle (pp: Insert pages numbers of chapter separated by hyphen). Location: Publisher name.

Book edition other than the first: e.g.
Cranberg, I. J. & Duffy, J. V. (1987). Consequences of Disability (4th ed.). Boston MA: Burton and King.

      Journal articles:
Author, I. I., Author, J. J., & Author, K. K. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume (issue), pages.

Unpublished Masters Dissertation:
Author, I. I. (Year). Title of the dissertation. Unpublished Masters Dissertation. University name.

Article from an online journal article:
Author, I. I., & Author, J. J. (Date of publication). Article Title. Journal Title, volume number. Retrieved month day, year, complete URL of website.

If an article that you have accessed online, is also available as a printed version, the URL is not necessary. Say "Electronic version" in brackets after the title of the article.

Author, A. A. & Author, B. B. (Year). Article Title [Electronic version]. Journal title, volume number(issue number), pages.

Web Document:
Author, I. I., & Author, J. J. (Date of publication). Document Title. Retrieved month day, year, from …….(give complete URL of website)..

 

Computer software:
Inventor, I. (Year). Name [computer software]. Location: Company name.
For reference types not covered in the above list, kindly follow the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be in a separate sheet at the end of the document. Each table / figure should be on a separate sheet. The table title should be mentioned above the table next to the table number. The table number should be followed by a full stop. The title of the table should follow immediately in sentence case, italics and must end with a full stop. An example is given below:

Table 2. Demographic data of participants in the study.

If additional explanation is needed, a note can be added below the table.

The figure number should be italicized and followed by a full stop. The figure caption should follow immediately in sentence case. An example is given below:

Fig. 2. Diagrammatic representation of the process of communication.
Table titles and figure captions should be concise but self-explanatory. The reader should not have to refer to the text to decipher the information. All figures must be in black and white. Only those figures that require the extra dimension of color to convey essential information will be published in colour. The editor will determine the need for colour.

Reproduction of material protected by copyright
If the author/s wish to reproduce any material that is protected by the copyright laws of any country, including material from the internet, the manuscript must be accompanied by a note acknowledging that the copyright holder has granted permission to publish the matter protected under copyright laws. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain letters granting such permission. These letters must be submitted in original to Editor, JISHA, at the time when the manuscript is accepted for publication.
Other guidelines
All spellings should be checked for UK spelling.
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) should be used to represent material in languages other than English.
Acknowledgements should be on a separate page after the references. If the research work has been funded by any institution/s the same should be stated and duly acknowledged.
Acceptance Process for Submitted Manuscripts
The article will be reviewed by an editorial board. A blind peer review will be conducted. Reviewers will be finalized by the editorial board. At the time of manuscript submission, authors may suggest up to 3 names of reviewers for their article, giving the contact details of such persons. However the editor is not bound to consider any of those names and reserves the authority to make decisions on the choice of reviewers for any manuscript submitted for publication in JISHA.  Subsequent to the review process, the decision on revision and acceptance of the manuscript will be communicated by the chief editor to the corresponding author.
The following references are recommended to know more about how to write a scientific article:
American Psychological Association (2003). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Hegde, M.N. (2003). A Course Book on Scientific and Professional Writing for Speech Language Pathology. New York: Thomson Delmar Learning.

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