AUTHORS GUIDELINES

International Journal of Computer Networks and Applications (IJACNA) is a scholarly open access online international journal, which aims to publish peer-reviewed original research papers in the field of Computer Networks and its applications. IJACNA aims to bring the new application developments among the researchers and academician and IJACNA lays the foundation of sharing research knowledge among the researchers. All the submitted papers are peer-reviewed by the experts in the relevant field of Computer Networks and accepted papers are published online immediately after receiving the final version of the manuscript in the upcoming recent issue.

Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is an offense. IJACNA will check all the submitted manuscripts against plagiarism using Turnitin plagiarism detection software. If plagiarism is found the manuscript will be rejected at once. If plagiarism issue arises even after publication of the manuscript, the corresponding manuscript will be removed.

Types of Papers Accepted

• Research Article
• Review Article

Initial Submission

• Authors can submit their unpublished original articles in any format with the extension .doc or .docx at the time of submission.
• Maximum number of authors allowed is 6 only.The authors' details such as name, email ids will not be permitted to modify at the later stages of the peer review process.

Accepted Version :

• All the accepted manuscripts should be submitted in single column format through the online submission portal with the extension .doc or .docx.
• The production team of IJACNA will format the manuscript according to IJACNA template.

Final Version Guidelines :

• The production team of IJACNA will format the manuscript according to IJACNA template.
• Title - Times New Roman font with size 20
• Authors Affiliation details - Times New Roman font with size 10
• Abstract & Index Terms - Times New Roman font with size 10 (Bold)
• Major Headings - Times New Roman font with size 12 (Uppercase Letters)
• Sub Headings - Times New Roman font with size 11 (Lowercase Letters)
• Content - Times New Roman font with size 10
• References - Times New Roman font with size 8
• Author Biography - Times New Roman font with size 8

Review Process
Manuscripts are received from the authors on the basis that all the manuscripts are original unpublished materials and they are not under consideration in another journal for publication.All the manuscripts submitted to IJACNA will be admitted in the double blind review process. All the manuscripts will be sent to minimum of two and maximum of four reviewers who are expert in the subject field. Reviewers will send their recommendation along with the reviews to the editorial office. Once all the reviews are in the Editorial board will make the decision on the manuscripts. The decision will be anyone of the following: Accept Accept with minor revision Accept with major revision Revise and Resubmit Reject Submitted manuscripts will be reviewed within 45 days of time.
Once the manuscript is accepted for publication the authors will be informed through E-Mail. Authors should prepare the final version of the manuscript based on IJACNA template. Authors must transfer the copyright form along with the final version of the manuscript to the editorial office through Online Mode.
Once a manuscript is rejected for publication it will not be reconsidered again for publication. Authors are informed not to resubmit the rejected manuscripts.