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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses 12-point Times New Roman font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

The NELTA Bagmati Journal (NBJ), a double-blind peer review journal, aims to meet the emerging quest of ELT practitioners. Moreover, it opts to help them come together, share their ideas and boost up novice ELT practitioners with some useful practises, theories of learning and research based experiences.

The NBJ requires contributors to follow the given guidelines for the editorial process. Only the manuscripts that meet the marked requirements are to be considered for the further steps. Thus the journal welcomes the submission of original manuscripts (free from plagiarism and conflicts of interest) that meet the general criteria of ELT significance. The NBJ and its editorial board, accept no liability for the consequences of any inaccurate and misleading information, opinion or statement.

  1. Conditions for submission of manuscripts:
  • NBJ does not accept multiple simultaneous submissions from the same author.
  • All manuscripts are subject to peer review.
  • NBJ considers only manuscripts that are unpublished, original and self crafted.
  • Submission of a manuscript for publication implies the transfer of the copyright from the author to the publisher upon acceptance.
  • Accepted manuscripts become the property of the NBJ and so, NBJ restricts their reproduction without the written consent of the publisher.
  • NBJ expects authors to adhere to ethical and legal standards for work with human subjects.
  • The NBJ Editorial Board reserves the right to make required editorial changes in any manuscript accepted for publication to enhance clarity, concision, or style.
  • The authors should have responsibility to obtain permission to reproduce illustrations, tables etc. from other publications.
  • NBJ charges no fees for submission.
  1. Types of articles to be accepted
  • Empirical Research Articles:
    • Should include field based practises in the field of ELT in the context of Nepal and beyond.
    • Should describe knew and carefully confirmed findings.
    • Should have experimental procedures with sufficient details for others to verify the work in 4000-6000 words.
  • Short Communications
    • Should be suitable for recording the results of complete small investigations or giving details of new models, innovative methods, techniques, ELT practises and short reports.
    • Entails useful ideas of classroom exploration e.g. tips for teaching particular skills/ aspects of language, lesson plans, tasks for teaching poetry/ short stories, etc.
    • The style of main sections need not conform to that of the original article.
    • Short communications should be of three to six printed pages in length.
  • Book Reviews
    • Should be reviews of recently published ELT books of professional significance to the readers/audience.
    • Should generally include a short introduction of the author and the purpose of the book, its descriptive summary, followed by its evaluative comments and its significance to the researchers and practitioners in Nepal.
    • Reviews should not exceed 1,500 words including references.

Important: The editorial board can consider conceptual feature articles if the articles follow the international standards.

  1. Ethical Aspects:
  • The authors must obey the submission guidelines.
  • The contents of the manuscripts should not violate any norms and values of any religions, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic groups, disability or age.
  • The authors should not reveal identities of subjects without their permission.
  • The author must take the responsibility to secure permission to reprint tables or figures or photographs adapted in the manuscript.
  1. How to submit manuscripts/articles
  • The author must submit manuscripts as an e-mail attachment ( MS Word) accompanied by a well-written cover letter to the editorial address: nbjeditorial3@gmail.com
  • The cover letter will include the authors’ full name, institutional affiliation, title of the paper, abstract and a short bio-data.
  1. Manuscript Format for Research Articles
  • Title accurate informative and concise.
  • Not more than 12 words
  • Author
  • Institutional affiliations
  • Corresponding author
  • Abstract:
    • No sub-headings
    • Structure (IMRD):
      • Introduction, methods, results and discussion, conclusion provided for an original article in about 150 to 250 words
      • Only pertinent information
    • Keywords 3-5 in alphabetical order
    • Structure of the article (IMRDC)
      • Introduction well organised, properly and relatively cited, identify research questions.
      • Methodology: Study design, sample population, duration and place of study, ethical approval, patient subject consent, statistical analysis.
      • Result: Clear data presentation, avoidance of redundancy.
      • Discussion: Avoid unnecessary explanation of someone else’s work, provision of literature to support study, limitation of the study.
      • Conclusion: Your conclusion, any recommendation.
    • Appendices
    • References
  1. General Outlines for Article Presentation and Format
  • Manuscript should be in English in A4 sized page setup.
  • Double spacing.
  • Font size should be 12 in Times New Roman.
  • Margins 5 cm from above and 2.5 cm from all other sides.
  • Title should contain all the desired information.
  • Running title should be provided (not more than 40 characters).
  • Headings should be title case (not ALL CAPITALS, not underlined).
  • Each of the following sections should begin on a separate page.
  • References should be according to the journal’s instructions - abide by the rules of APA 6th Edition.
  1. Sources, citations and References – style: APA 6th Edition
  • Books / book chapters / proceedings
  • Journal articles
  • DOIs
  1. Publication Process:

All submitted manuscripts are subject to scrutiny by the Editorial Board that can reject or send back manuscripts containing materials without ELT value and of a priority issue, or not fulfilling the requirement for publication to the author(s) for resubmission with necessary modifications. Manuscripts suitable for consideration are sent for peer review. Furthermore, submissions found suitable for publication by the reviewer, may need revision/modifications before final acceptance. The Editorial Board finally decides upon the publishability of the reviewed and revised/modified submission and may send the accepted manuscript to the authors for corrections. All accepted manuscripts are edited according to the Journal’s style.

  • The manuscripts are initially screened basing on the guidelines.
  • The screened manuscripts undergo double blind peer review.
  • Based on the reviewer's feedback, the notification of the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript is sent to the author.
  • The reviewed manuscripts are sent with comments to the author for corrections. The authors are expected to follow the comments.
  • The corrected manuscripts go through further editorial process that may need one or more rounds of revision; however, it will not guarantee the final publication of the work. 
  • Authors must submit the revised draught within the stipulated time framework. Late submission, at any stage of the review process, may be considered as opting out of the publication process.
  • The selected draft is sent to the author for copyediting/proof-reading. 

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(Updated: 17 March 2023)