General Guidelines for The Authors

Editorial procedure: This journal follows a single-blind reviewing procedure. This journal also publishes special / guest-edited papers. The peer review process for these special / guest-edited papers is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general. Additionally, if an editor authors an article in any issue/collection, they will not handle the peer review process of that issue/collection.

Suggesting / excluding reviewers: Authors are welcome to suggest suitable reviewers and/or request the exclusion of certain individuals when they submit their manuscripts. When suggesting reviewers, authors should make sure they are totally independent and not connected to the work in any way. It is strongly recommended to suggest a mix of reviewers from different countries and different institutions. When suggesting reviewers, the Corresponding Author must provide an institutional email address for each suggested reviewer, or, if this is not possible to include other means of verifying the identity such as a link to a personal homepage, a link to the publication record or a researcher or author ID in the submission letter. Please note that the Journal may not use the suggestions, but suggestions are appreciated and may help facilitate the peer review process.

Manuscript Submission: Submission of a manuscript implies

  · that the work described has not been published before

  · that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else

  · that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out.

The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

Permissions: Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Source Files: Please ensure you provide all relevant editable source files at every submission and revision. Failing to submit a complete set of editable source files will result in your article not being considered for review. For your manuscript text please always submit in .docx format only.

Online Submission Procedure: Please email all submissions to ijewcs@gi4qc.org. You will receive an acknowledgement within 2 business days. In case of any further query, you can also write to query@gi4qc.org

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors: This journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and ultimately the entire scientific endeavour. Authors need to make sure to respect third parties rights such as copyright and/or moral rights. Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation is helped by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include:

  · The manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.

  · The submitted work should be original and should not have been published elsewhere in any form or language (partially or in full), unless the new work concerns an expansion of previous work. (Please provide transparency on the re-use of material to avoid the concerns about text-recycling (‘self-plagiarism’).

  · A single study should not be split up into several parts to increase the quantity of submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over tim e (i.e. ‘salami-slicing/publishing’).

  · Concurrent or secondary publication is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. Examples include: translations or a manuscript that is intended for a different group of readers.

  · Results should be presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation (including image-based manipulat ion). Authors should adhere to discipline-specific rules for acquiring, selecting and processing data.

  · No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own (‘plagiarism’). Proper acknowledgements to other works must be given (this includes material that is closely copied (near verbatim), summarized and/or paraphrased), quotation marks (to indicate words taken from another source) are used for verbatim copying of material, and permissions secured for material that is copyrighted.

  · Authors should make sure they have permissions for the use of software, questionnaires/(web) surveys and scales in their studies (if appropriate).

  · Research articles and non-research articles (e.g. Opinion, Review, and Commentary articles) must cite appropriate and relevant literature in support of the claims made. Excessive and inappropriate self-citation or coordinated efforts among several authors to collectively self-cite is strongly discouraged.

  · Authors should avoid untrue statements about an entity (who can be an individual person or a company) or descriptions of their behavior or actions that could potentially be seen as personal attacks or allegations about that person.

  · Research that may be misapplied to pose a threat to public health or national security should be clearly identified in the manuscript (e.g. dual use of research). Examples include creation of harmful consequences of biological agents or toxins, disruption of immunity of vaccines, unusual hazards in the use of chemicals, weaponization of research/technology (amongst others).

  · Upon request authors should be prepared to send relevant documentation or data in order to verify the validity of the results presented. This could be in the form of raw data, samples, records, etc. Sensitive information in the form of confidential or proprietary data is excluded.

  · The authors should include an acknowledgment of reference to the ancient texts, wisdom and practices, wherever necessary

If there is suspicion of misbehavior or alleged fraud the Journal and/or Publisher will carry out an investigation. If, after investigation, there are valid concerns, the author(s) concerned will be contacted under their given e-mail address and given an opportunity to address the issue. Depending on the situation, this may result in the Journal’s and/or Publisher’s implementation of the following measures, including, but not limited to:

  · If the manuscript is still under consideration, it may be rejected and returned to the author.

  · If the article has already been published online, depending on the nature and severity of the infraction:

      - an erratum/correction may be placed with the article

      - an expression of concern may be placed with the article

      - or in severe cases retraction of the article may occur.

  · The reason will be given in the published erratum/correction, expression of concern or retraction note. Please note that retraction means that the article is maintained on the platform, watermarked “retracted” and the explanation for the retraction is provided in a note linked to the watermarked article.

  · The author’s institution may be informed

  · A notice of suspected transgression of ethical standards in the peer review system may be included as part of the author’s and article’s bibliographic record.

Fundamental errors: Authors have an obligation to correct mistakes once they discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their published article. The author(s) is/are requested to contact the journal and explain in what sense the error is impacting the article. A decision on how to correct the literature will depend on the nature of the error. This may be a correction or retraction. The retraction note should provide transparency which parts of the article are impacted by the error.

Affiliation(s) of the author(s): The primary affiliation for each author should be the institution where the majority of their work was done. If an author has subsequently moved, the current address may additionally be stated. Addresses will not be updated or changed after publication of the article.For authors that are unaffiliated please provide the City, State, Country of residence.

Role of the Corresponding Author: One author is assigned as Corresponding Author and acts on behalf of all co-authors and ensures that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately addressed. The Corresponding Author is responsible for the following requirements:

  o ensuring that all listed authors have approved the manuscript before submission, including the names and order of authors

  o managing all communication between the Journal and all co-authors, before and after publication

  o providing transparency on re-use of material and mention any unpublished material (for example manuscripts in press) included in the manuscript in a cover letter to the Editor

  o making sure disclosures, declarations and transparency on data statements from all authors are included in the manuscript as appropriate

Adding and/or deleting authors:Authors are strongly advised to ensure the author group, the Corresponding Author, and the order of authors are all correct at submission. Adding and/or deleting authors during the revision stages is generally not permitted, but in some cases may be warranted. Reasons for changes in authorship should be explained in detail. Please note that changes to authorship cannot be made after acceptance of a manuscript.

Please Note: Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, do not currently satisfy our authorship criteria. Notably an attribution of authorship carries with it accountability for the work, which cannot be effectively applied to LLMs. Use of an LLM should be properly documented in the Methods section (and if a Methods section is not available, in a suitable alternative part) of the manuscript.

Annexure 1: Recommended Format of the Review Paper

Format for submission: docx format only 

Minimum number of pages: 8 pages

Maximum number of pages: 12pages 

Font: Times New Roman

Font Size: 12

Line Spacing: 1.15

  · Title Page (Mandatory): Please make sure your title page contains the following information.

  · Title - The title should be concise and informative.

  · Author information – 

      o The name(s) of the author(s)

      o The affiliation(s) of the author(s): Institution with department and designation; City, State, Country. 

      o Contact Details:A clear indication and an active e-mail address of the corresponding author

      o If available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)

  · Abstract (Mandatory): Please provide an abstract of 150 to 300 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

  · Keywords (Mandatory): Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing.

  · Introduction / Objective / Motivation

  · Research Problem / Hypothesis

  · Methodology

  · Models / Framework / Research Approach

  · Results & Significance of the Work

  · Conclusion & Future Work

  · Statements and Declarations (Mandatory): Authors are required to disclose competing interests (financial or non-financial) that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. 

  · References (Mandatory): This section is not counted in the page limit restrictions specified above.