Submissions

Author Guidelines

Copyright Statement:

• Copyright on any research article is transferred in full to International Journal of Environment upon publication.   The copyright transfer includes the right to reproduce and distribute the article in any form of reproduction (printing, electronic media or any other form).
• Articles in the International Journal of Environment are Open Access articles published under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
• This license permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

Focus and Scope of the Journal
The International Journal of Environment (IJE) is a peer reviewed journal, aiming to publish high quality original articles (not published or submitted elsewhere for publication) on diverse issues of the Environmental Sciences particularly in the fields of agriculture, entomology, soil science, agro-forestry, food chemistry, environmental health, biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, taxonomy, environmental economics, ecology, natural resources, biodiversity, environmental management and policy, climate change, pollution, health and environmental risk assessment, toxicology, epidemiology, land use and management, ecosystem services, environmental modelling, nanomaterials, plant science, GIS and remote sensing, waste and water treatment. IJE provides a platform for Nepalese and international researchers especially in Asia and Africa to publish good articles in different areas of the environment. IJE publishes original research works, article reviews, short communications and commentaries.

The editors discourage submission of papers from studies such as anthropology, genetics and genomics, evolution, ethnomedicine, animal science (pasture and forage, breeding, nutrition and health), aquaculture and seed science. Experimental studies without a testable hypothesis are also discouraged.

Article Processing Charges
International Journal of Environment does NOT charge article submission fees and it does NOT charge article processing fees.

Guidelines

1. An author's major commitment is to present a concise, accurate account of the research performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance.
   
   
2. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to public sources of information to permit the author's peers to repeat the work.
   
   
3. An author should cite those publications that have been significant in determining the nature of the reported work and that will guide the reader quickly to the earlier work that is essential for understanding the present investigation.
   
   
4. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, should not be used or reported in the author's work without explicit permission from the investigator with whom the information is originated.
   
   
5. Fragmentation of research papers should be avoided. A scientist who has done extensive work on a system or group of related systems should organize publication so that each paper gives a complete sense of the general study.
   
   
6. It is unethical for an author to publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal of primary publication.
   
   
7. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unethical and unacceptable.
   
   
8. After receipt of research paper, your paper will be sent to two reviewers, and both reviewers should approve the paper. Their decision regarding acceptance will be final and binding. The editorial board reserves the right to condense or make changes to the research article. When revision of a manuscript is requested, authors should return the revised version of their manuscript as soon as possible.
   
   
9. Authors will receive a PDF file with the edited version of their manuscript for final proofreading/galley proof. This is the last opportunity to view an article before its publication on the journal web site. The galley proof must be confirmed within three (3) days. No changes or modifications can be introduced once it is published.
Manuscripts accepted for publication are published on-line.
After publication, the corresponding author is notified by email and receives a PDF file with the published version of the manuscript.
A properly completed copyright form must be provided for each accepted manuscript and should be duly signed, scanned and sent via email to the managing editor. Delay in sending the form will automatically delay the publication of the paper.
   
   
10. An author should make no changes to a paper after it has gone through the galley proof. If there is a compelling reason to make changes, the author is obligated to inform the editor directly of the nature of the desired change. Only the editor has the final authority to approve any such requested changes. The Galley Proof (GP) of the papers are the final ones which will be made to the public.
    
    
11. A criticism of a published paper may be justified; however, in no case is personal criticism considered acceptable.
    
    
12. Only persons who have significantly contributed to the research should be listed as authors. The corresponding author attests that any others named as authors have seen the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. The author who submits a manuscript for publication accepts the responsibility of having included as co-authors all persons appropriate and none inappropriate.  

The International Journal of Environment (IJE) welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. 

Electronic submission of manuscripts is strongly encouraged, provided that the text, tables, and figures are included in a single Microsoft Word file (must be in Times New Roman font).

Submit manuscripts as e-mail attachments to the editorial office at: nepal.psd@gmail.com. A manuscript number will be mailed to the corresponding author on the same day or within 48 hours.

Along with manuscript file, a separate cover letter must be submitted during the manuscript submission process. The cover letter should include the research title, author and co-author (if applicable) contact information and should be in an e-mail message sent to the Editor, with the file, labelled with the first author's surname, as an attachment. The cover letter should contain a brief description of the research you are reporting in your manuscript, why it is significant, and why you think the readers of the journal would be interested in it. The total size of the file (manuscript and cover letter) should not exceed 2 MB. All matter should be typed in Times New Roman Font 12 point.

Spelling: Either British or American but not mixed.

Units: S.I. Use negative indices rather than / and leave spaces between symbols, e.g. m s^-1 not ms^-1 or m/s. Local units and measures can be used in parenthesis. Currency exchange rates should be in US$ along with the local currency for the appropriate date for any prices cited.

Dates: Reported with day of the month first, then month, followed by the year with comma (,). For example, 12 Sep, 2019.

Symbols: Define in text 

Math: Should be written in Equation Editor/Math Type

Full-length research works, reviews, short communications and commentaries should not exceed 8000 words, 9000, 2000 and 4000, respectively (including abstract, figures, and tables but excluding references and appendix). Kindly note that small figures and tables each count as 200 words, and large figures and tables may count for 400 or more words. Extra materials can go to an appendix that appear at the end of a paper (below references). Papers should be divided as follows:

Title, Authors' names with institutional address and email, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, References and Appendix (if available).

Authors’ names and affiliations

The preferred form of an author’s name is first name middle name (if available) family name. Omit all titles (e.g., Dr., Professor) and degrees (e.g., MSc, PhD).

The authors’ affiliation at the time of conducting the research should be given, more than two affiliations per author is not allowed. If an author has no institutional affiliation, state the city, district, province and the country of residence. The names of authors should appear in the order of their contributions.

Example:
Ram K.C.¹, Shyam Gautam^1,2*, Sarita Kumari Pandey¹ and Y.P. Rana^2
1Department of Botany, University of AAAAAA, Kathmandu, Nepal

²Institute of Environmental Engineering, University of BBBBBB, Riverside, CA 82841, USA

*Corresponding author: sgautam@xxx.edu.np

The ORCID iD of the corresponding author is a must; the iD icon need to be hyperlinked to the iD URI. You may visit this site for getting the iD, https://orcid.org/

Title: It should be concise and informative. Avoid formulas, abbreviations and shortcut words in titles. For any species or genotypes, mention both names, common name and scientific name. Scientific name in the title should be in italic and parenthesis. A title should include specific location if possible. Below the title, name and affiliations of all authors should be given (as above).  

Abstract: 250 words maximum. Include main points of the paper without any cited references. It should highlight rationale, objectives, materials and methods, main results, conclusions and recommendations.

Keywords: Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of five keywords, in alphabetical order. Avoid general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be careful with abbreviations; only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be authorised. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

Introduction: Should provide a clear statement of the problem, the relevant literature on the subject, motivation of the research, and the proposed approach or solution. State the objectives of the work clearly. It should be understandable to colleagues from a broad range of scientific disciplines.

Materials and methods: Should be complete enough to allow experiments to be reproduced and should include the study area (location map, altitude, latitude and longitude). New methods should be described in detail and for methods developed by earlier researcher, should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described. Equations should be written in Equation Editor/Math Type. They should be numbered as...............Eq. (1) and so on. All the new symbols must be clearly explained. 

Results: Should be presented with clarity and precision. Avoid presenting data that are already given in Tables and Figures. Should be written in the past tense when describing findings in the authors' experiments. Results should be explained, but without referring to the literature. Discussion, speculation and detailed interpretation of data should not be included in the results but should be in the discussion section. The results section can include subheadings.

Discussion: Should interpret the findings in view of the results obtained in the current study and past studies on the topic. The discussion section can include subheadings. When appropriate, the two sections (Results and Discussion) can be combined. 

Conclusion: The conclusion, recommendation and way forward-all comes under this heading. Based on your results, state the conclusions in a few sentences.

Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc. should be brief.

Tables: Should be kept to a minimum and be designed to be as simple as possible. Tables should be prepared in Microsoft Word. Tables are to be typed double-spaced throughout, including headings and footnotes. Each table should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals (Table 1) and supplied with a title and footnotes. Tables should be self-explanatory without reference to the text. The details of the methods used in the experiments should be described in the footnotes. The same data should not be presented in both a table and a graph or repeated in the text.

Figures: Should follow Arabic numerals to designate figure numbers and upper-case letters for their parts (Fig. 1A). Begin each legend with a title and include sufficient description so that the figure is understandable without reference to the text of the manuscript. Graphics should be prepared with applications capable of generating high-resolution (at least 300 dpi) JPEG before pasting into the Microsoft Word manuscript file.

Both the tables and figures should be embedded in the file containing the main body of the manuscript text. In total the number of figures and tables in the manuscript should not exceed 10.

Citations (In-Text Example)

Font shape must be Times New Roman and font size must be 12.

Last name(s) of author(s) and the year of publication should be included. Citations in manuscript should be formatted as follows:

One author: (Sharma, 2020) or Sharma (2020)

Two authors: (Gurung and Pandey, 2020) or Gurung and Pandey (2020)

Three or more authors: First author's last name followed by 'et al.' For example: (Shrestha et al., 2020) or Shrestha et al. (2020)

Group of citations: Many references when cited in the parenthesis should first be cited chronologically and then alphabetically. For example: (Silwal and Magar, 2014; Adhikari, 2016; Bhatta, 2016; Rai et al., 2017)

References (Reference List Example)

Font shape must be Times New Roman and font size must be 12.

References should be arranged alphabetically by the last name of the first author. If the last name of the first author is the same in two or more references, the last name of the second author and so on should be followed while preparing the final reference list.

Referencing style for journal articles

Surname, Given Name Initial. Second Name Initial (if available)., Published year. Paper Title. Full Name of Journal (italics), Volume Number (Issue Number): XX-XX (page ranges). https://doi.org/..... (Insert DOI link) 

Ashraf, A., Akbar, G., 2020. Addressing Climate Change Risks Influencing Cryosphere-Fed Kuhl Irrigation System in the Upper Indus Basin of Pakistan. International Journal of Environment, 9(2): 184–203. https://doi.org/10.3126/ije.v9i2.32700

Bhandari, G., Atreya, K., Yang, X., Fan, L., Geissen, V., 2018. Factors affecting pesticide safety behaviour: The perceptions of Nepalese farmers and retailers. Science of The Total Environment, 631-632: 1560-1571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.144

Paudyal, H., Pangeni, B., Basnet, P., Inoue, K., 2021. Studies on the Removal of Sr(II) Ions from Water Using Carbonized Orange Juice Residue. International Journal of Environment, 10(2): 83–98. https://doi.org/10.3126/ije.v10i2.42823

Referencing style for book

Book references should include the details of author(s), year of publication, title of the book, publisher’s name, location, page number and ISBN or DOI number. For example:

Klipp, E., Liebermeister, W., Wierling, C., Kowald, A., 2016. Systems Biology: A Textbook (Second Edition). Wiley-Blackwell, USA, p. 504, ISBN: 978-3-527-33636-4  

Swartz, W., 2019. Descriptive psychology and the person concept: Essential attributes of persons and behavior. Academic Press, USA, p. 269. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-00372-5

Referencing style for book chapter

Athiappana, M.,  Dinesh Kumara, S., Umamaheswarib, S., Rajaprabua, M.,  2022. Rhizosphere Engineering. Rhizosphere engineering through pesticides-degrading beneficial bacteria (p. 239-257). Academic Press (AP), USA. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89973-4.00014-4

Rattan, A., 2019. How lay theories (or mindsets) shape the confrontation of prejudice. In R. K. Mallett & M. J. Monteith (Eds.), Confronting prejudice and discrimination: The science of changing minds and behaviors (p. 121-140). Academic Press, USA. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814715-3.00008-4

Referencing style for Report

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO), 2017. Report of the Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the WHO Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues, Paper No. 232, Rome, Italy, p. 104, ISBN: 978-92-5-130070-1

Referencing style for paper published in conference proceedings

Morgan, R., Meldrum, K., Bryan, S., Mathiesen, B., Yakob, N., Esa, N., Ziden, A. A., 2017. Embedding digital literacies in curricula: Australian and Malaysian experiences. In G. B. Teh & S. C. Choy (Eds.), Empowering 21st century learners through holistic and enterprising learning: Selected papers from Tunku Abdul Rahman University College International Conference 2016 (p. 11-19). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4241-6_2

Referencing style for Theses  

Mosek, E., 2017. Team flow: The missing piece in performance [PhD Thesis, Victoria University]. Victoria University Research Repository. http://vuir.vu.edu.au/35038/

Dahal, B.M., 2008. Arsenic Contamination of Soils and Agricultural Plants through Irrigation Water in Nepal [PhD Thesis, Faculty of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal]. TUCL Institutional Repository. https://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/6319

Updated on: 07 April 2022