Guidelines for Contributors
Given below are some guidelines for authors who wish to submit their works to the ELT Voices – India internationl journal.
- Articles submitted for consideration for publication in the journal should be original and not published in any form, anywhere earlier.
- Articles should not be in more than 10, 000 words. This word limit includes all notes, references, and tables.
- All articles should be accompanied by an abstract (100-150 words).
- Articles should be prepared in MS Word 97-2000 format following British spellings.
- All contributions should be made in an A4 size format, with 1.5 line spacing. The matter should be justified. The font size should be 13.
- Graphs and charts should be prepared using MS office software (i.e. word, excel)
- PDF versions are not accepted for the journal.
- Contributions should be submitted by email only. The email id is eltvoices@gmail.com.
The articles should include:
- The name (s) of the author (s)
- A5-line bio note
- Their professional affiliations
- Postal address
- Phone number
- Email address
Contributors should not violate any of the provisions of the Copyright Act and the Rules made thereunder as regards the materials used in articles or their sources. The journal is not responsible for any violations or lapses on the part of contributors.
All articles submitted for consideration for publication in the journal would be subjected to the journal’s refereeing system.
The journal reserves the right to make stylistic changes or other editorial changes in the article (s) submitted and accepted for publication.
Review and Processing Time
All submitted works go under a review process by 2 reviewers which takes at least 15-20 days. If the work is accepted with revision, the researcher has to apply all points suggested by the reviewers. Then, the corrected paper will be reviewed by the editor again to be acceptable for publication which will take at least again 15-20 working days.
Book Reviews
The ELT Voices – India journal publishes brief write-ups on select new publications of professional interest and also select book reviews. The journal solicits books from authors and publishers for this purpose. Publishers can write to the editor at eltvoices@gmail.com.