Submissions

Guidelines for Authors:

Impressions, A Bi-Annual Refereed e-Journal of English Studies strives to present work of high quality in English Literature, linguistics and cultural studies from the multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural perspective. The aim of the journal is to publish substantial scholarly and critical interventions on emerging trends in literature in English and works in translation. We are always keen to receive submissions from scholars in the form of Research Papers, Articles, Poems, Short Stories, Interviews and Book Reviews. Submissions are accepted and read year-round. Work submitted from January to June will be considered for the July issue, and work submitted from July to December will be considered for the January issue. Here are a few simple guidelines that make it easier for us to deal with submissions and respond to you as quickly as possible.

Format of the papers:

• The articles/ papers must conform to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers   (7th and 8th Edition) in all respects.
• Manuscripts should be of unpublished work and not have been submitted elsewhere for publication.
• The first page must contain Title or Sub-Title of the Research Paper, with a brief abstract of the paper (100 to 150 words) and Key Words, Name of Author(s), Designation, affiliation details, Official and Postal Address, E-mail Address and Phone number.
• All manuscripts must be in Font: Arial, Size: 12 and justified, Line spacing: single spaced and submitted only in MS Word 2007 or 2010. Before sending the paper please ensure that that no formatting is required.
• The size of articles/ papers should be between 3000-5000 words inclusive of Works Cited.
• Deadline for Submissions 30 November for January Issue & 30 May for July Issue.

• Submissions can be sent by e-mail at impressionsonline@gmail.com as single attached documents. The documents must include name and affiliation details in the body of your submission.  Subject line must be Submission of paper etc. 
• Submission e-mail must include the statement claiming that you have read the submission guidelines, you agree to the policy of the journal and that the submission is original and does not contain plagiarized material.
• Author should be careful regarding grammatical and typographical errors.
• All essays submitted must be in English for review. Quotations in languages other than English must be accompanied by translations and font file.

• Submissions should not be decorated with lines, borders, special characters etc.
• Hardcopies of submissions and books for review should be sent to:

Abha Shukla Kaushik, 1704, Tower-5, Sunworld Vanalika, Sector 107,
Noida - 201 301, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.

Malti Agarwal, 148, Pocket B, Sheikh Sarai Phase 1, Delhi-110017,
INDIA.

Response time:

15 to 25 days from the deadline, we communicate to accepted submissions only.

Copyright:

Impressions is entitled to publish submitted work in online and print. We allow our authors flexible rights to republish and reproduce and distribute their published contents with third parties anywhere in any format on the following conditions:

• The authors will inform the editor-in-chief about the intended republication or reproduction by third parties by sending a signed letter.
• The authors will acknowledge credits to Impressions as the first publisher and include the URL (the original link location) in their works.

Plagiarism Policy:

By submitting paper for publication to the journal, you as contributor/ author/ co-author state that:

• You are fully aware that plagiarism is wrong and you know that plagiarism is the use of another person’s idea or published work and pretend that it is one’s own.
• You declare that each contribution to your work from other people’s published or unpublished sources have been acknowledged and the source of information have been referenced.
• You certify that you will not allow anyone to copy your work with the intention of passing it off as his/her own work.
• You certify that you are solely responsible for any incomplete reference that may remain in your work.

Action against Plagiarism:

In case plagiarism is found to have occurred, Editors of Impressions reserve the right to take the actions listed below as determined by the type of plagiarism. Unless determined otherwise during the investigation, all authors are deemed to be individually and collectively responsible for the content of a plagiarizing paper.

• The authors will be asked to write a formal letter of apology to the authors of the plagiarized paper, including an admission of plagiarism.
• If the paper has appeared on the website, the journal will remove access to the full text. The paper itself will be kept in the database for future research or legal purposes.
• If the paper is under submission, the paper can be automatically rejected by the Editors.

Paper Processing Fee:

No processing Fee is charged from authors.

Subscription:

Annual Rs.500 or $50 (for print version)

Payment Mode: 

Please contact us at impressionsonline@gmail.com for payment details.

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statements

It is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the publisher.
The Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statements of Impressions is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. We follow the Codes of Conduct for Journal Editors and Publishers. Impressions is dedicated to following the best practices on ethical matters, errors and retractions.  It is also committed to meeting and upholding standards of ethical behaviour at all stages of the publication process. If the authors, editors or reviewers need any clarification about the bellow statement they should refer to original COPE guidelines document.

Duties of Editors

Publication decisions
The editor is responsible for deciding which of the papers submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play
Manuscripts will be evaluated for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

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. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention
Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.