Guideline for Authors

Word limit: 3000 to 5000 Original Article & 1000 to 1500 for Book Review.

Language: English

Writing Style: American Psychological Association (APA) be left aligned with font size 12, font type Times New Roman, and be double spaced with a margin of 1-inch all sides. Indent all the new paragraphs except the first one of Introduction.

Author Biographic Sketch: Includes designation, institute, department, Email etc (50 Words).

Abstract: 150-170 words and it will be concise summary of whole article. It should state purpose of the study, Hypothesis, Method, Analysis, Main findings and Conclusions.

Introduction: It contains the theoretical frame, rationale, Preview of relevant updated researches and clearly show the objective and hypothesis.

Method: Design of the study, sample description, assessment protocols, Ethical consideration, and procedure of data collection.

Result: Present result in logical text included table, graphs and illustrations, with no repetition, emphasize the important results, Give title to each table.

Discussion/ Conclusion: Discuss major findings and emphasize new and important findings and concluding implications from them.

References: Follow the APA 7th edition.

 

Article Publication Charges:

Following the online open access pattern of research journals’ availability, JPDC is available online for readers providing full access to the published content. JPDC evaluates the content without any charges for publication including proof reading, review from national and international reviewers as well as language correction to make the content free of grammatical mistakes, spelling and other common errors. Once the research paper/book review successfully trails through the free assessment process and stands fit for publication we charge the fee of Rs 60,000 or $400 from national and international authors respectively per.