Guidelines for Author(s)
Journal Name: AWAKENING Guidelines for AuthorThe “AWAKENING”, a peer-reviewed Annual Journal in the field of History is published by Department of History, Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata. The publication policy of the journal is governed by the following guidelines: The contribution should be original and not published earlier or submitted elsewhere for publication simultaneously.
Title PageEach contribution should provide a separate title page containing title of the article, name (s) of authors(s) and affiliation(s) and address for communication along with phone /mobile number and e- mail address of the contact person (in case of a multi-authored paper). On the next page, text of the articles should be given only with title of the article (excluding the name/s of author/s and affiliations).
Abstract An informative abstract of about 200-250 words should be appended. The self-explanatory abstract should properly reflect the full article. Keywords At least six to eight appropriate and short keywords separated by commas should be included which will encapsulate the core topic of the paper. Keywords are to be incorporated just after the abstract. Technical RequirementsArticle should be provided in Microsoft Word format. A PDF version of the same word document must also be accompanied along with the scanned copy of the Undertaken form & Copyright form (format available in the journal website duly) signed by author/s. Article should preferably be within 3500 words in length. This takes into consideration all text including references and appendices. Only relevant tables or charts should be incorporated in the text. For the first time usage of a non-standard abbreviation in the text, both the spelled-out version and the short form in parentheses should be presented. After defining the abbreviation, only the abbreviation should be used if it comes later on in the text. Article should be typed in Times New Roman font keeping margin 2.5 cm in all sides.Line spacing should be 1.5. The font size of title should be 14 in bold. Other than title all parts of article will be in font size 12. Font size of other headings should be 12 in bold. Font size of sub-headings and sub-sub- headings should be 12 in bold italics. All the headings in text, tables and charts should be in lower case, except the first letter and such cases like proper nouns, abbreviations, etc. where capitals must be used. Alignment: Title (centre), headings; sub-headings; sub-sub-headings (left), headings of tables (left) and figures (centre). Text of article should be justified. All figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, WebPages/screenshots and photographic images) should of high quality and legible. Minimum number of small and simple tables should be kept in articles. All tables and figures should be numbered consecutively with Indo-Arabic numerals. References References to published literature should be presented following Publication Manual of American Psychological Association (APA), 6th Ed. All the references should be checked carefully for completeness, accuracy and consistency. In text citation should be given in the following way: (Kessler, 2003) using the first neared author’s name or (Kessler & Kurtines, 2006) citing names of two, or (Kessler, Kurtines, & Kisangau, 2006) citing three authors, or (Kessler et al., 2006) when there are more than three authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied. Books Carr, E. H. (1961). What is history? London: Macmillan. Book Chapter Bentley, M. (2006). Postmodernism and the historian. In G. R. Elton & R. J. Evans (Eds.), The practice of history (pp. 120-137). London: Routledge. Journal Article Tosh, J. (2010). Public history and the challenge of historical relativism. History and Theory, 49(4), 67–78. Conference Proceedings Andrews, C., & Patel, N. (2017). Archiving colonial records in the digital age: New challenges for historians. In T. Walker & L. Kim (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Historical Archives (pp. 88–97). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56213-1_9 Website with Author Harris, J. (2020, August 22). How the French Revolution reshaped Europe. Retrieved from http://www.historyonline.org/french-revolution-impact Website with No Author The rise and fall of the Roman Empire. (2023). Retrieved from http://www.ancienthistoryworld.org/roman-empire Newspaper Article Brooks, D. (2023, June 15). The legacy of World War I still echoes today. The Guardian, pp. B2–B3. Government Publication Ministry of Culture. (2018). Preserving India’s cultural heritage: National archives policy report. New Delhi: Government of India Press. Company and Industry Reports Heritage Consulting Group. (2021). Global trends in historical tourism 2021 (Market Report HT-209). Retrieved from http://www.heritageconsulting.org/reports Doctoral Dissertation (from an Institutional Database) Nguyen, H. T. (2016). Historical memory and national identity in postcolonial Vietnam (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://www.proquest.com/dissertations For more details consult with Publication Manual of American Psychological Association (APA Style manual), 6 th ed. Submission Preparation Checklist
- It is strongly suggested to authors to check their manuscripts thoroughly before submitting for publication in College Libraries to avoid typographical and grammatical errors, inconsistencies and violation of the author guidelines.
- All the references related to In-Text Citations only should be arranged alphabetically at the end of article strictly following the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6 th edition.
- Manuscript should also be tested with good plagiarism test software (e.g. Turnitin/Urkund) before submitting and the detailed report should be attached.
- After checking all the pros and cons the article in Microsoft word and PDF format should be sent to “editorawakening@gmail.com” along with plagiarism test report, the scanned copy of the undertaken form and copyright form (format available in the Journal website) signed by author/s and other relevant documents.