A. Authorship
Contribution for the Journal shall be accepted only from the original authors. A maximum of four authors can be accommodated as joint authors. The first author shall be ordinarily treated as the corresponding author. It is on the prerogative of the authors on the principal authorship or authorship order.

• Authors must provide their affiliation with complete contact details, including postal and email addresses and mobile numbers.
• It is the author’s responsibility to disclose any potential conflict of interest regarding the Manuscript.

B. Acknowledgements
Please mention any personal, professional or institutional acknowledgements (if any) separately to the main text.

• The preferred length of a long article is between 8,000 and 12,000 words, including references.
• The preferred length of a short article/case comment is between 3,000 and 5,000 words, including references.
• All articles must be accompanied by an abstract of 150–200 words together with approximately five keywords.
• Book reviews should be between 1,200 and 1,500 words with full details of the book reviewed, including the subtitle, the author’s name, place of publication, name of publisher, year of publication, number of pages and the price.
• Manuscripts must be double-spaced with one-inch margins all around. Use Times New Roman with the 12-point font for all typed text.
• To avoid grammatical and spelling errors, you are strongly advised to use your word processor’s ‘spell-check’ and ‘grammar-check functions.
• Single quotes throughout; double quotes used within single quotes. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed.

a. Essential title page information

• Title: should be concise and indicative. Avoid abbreviations in the title.
• Author names and affiliations: Please indicate the authors’ names separately with their affiliations and check that all names are accurately spelt. Indicate all affiliations with a lowercase letter immediately after the author’s name. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation with the email address and phone number of each author.
• Corresponding author: Indicate the corresponding author in case of multiple authors who will be contacted if needed for correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that the email address and contact details given are up to date of the corresponding author and that any changes should be immediately informed.

b. Use of inclusive language

• Authors should ensure that the contents of the Manuscript are free from bias, recognises the diversities and conveys respect and sensitivity towards differences.
• Articles should use inclusive language throughout the Manuscript to ensure that it gives no way for any assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any subject being researcher or the community it caters to or even the reader. It should contain nothing which might imply that one individual is superior to another on the grounds of race, sex, culture or any other characteristic.

c. Copyright

• Being an online Journal, the content is published on the Journal’s websites as well as on select databases. The Copyright of the research articles published in the Journal is held by the University, i.e. WBNUJS

NUJS Journal of Regulatory Studies shall adhere to the American Psychological Association, Latest Edition referencing style. References in a special issue shall be the same.

• Authorship of the paper: Authorship has to be constrained to those who have made a widespread contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the mentioned study.
• The originality of the research and plagiarism: The authors have to make sure that they have written authentic works, and if the authors have used the paintings and/or phrases of others, the same has to be stated or quoted.
• Data access and retention: Authors can be requested to offer the raw/original data in reference to a paper for editorial review and have to be organised to offer the public admission to such data.
• Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication: An author should not have in general published manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication or submit any paper when it is pending in another journal/book chapters/law reports.
• Acknowledgement of Sources: Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must be given.
• Reporting standards: Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance.

Ensure that the following items are present in the submission:

• Email address
• Full postal address

The corresponding author is provided in cases of multiple authors.

All necessary files have been uploaded:

• Manuscript
• Title page
• Declaration of interest
• Declaration of authorship
• Metadata (if any and author(s) wish to submit)

Manuscript:

• Keywords
• All figures and tables (including titles, description, footnotes and captions)

Further considerations

• ‘Spell check’ and ‘grammar check’ of the Manuscript submitted.
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited adequately and completely.
• Permission has been obtained for any copyrighted material, including the ones from the internet.
• A competing interest statement is provided if needed.
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been adhered to.

In case of any queries, email at: crsgpp@nujs.edu
ABOUT
NUJS Journal of Regulatory Studies
Centre for Regulatory Studies, Governance and Public Policy,
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.
Email: crsgpp@nujs.edu