Submission Guidelines

The GNLU SRDC-ADR Magazine accepts submissions from experts, working professionals, academics and students. The Magazine accepts submissions in the nature of Articles, Case Comments, Legislative Comments and Book Reviews falling within the scope of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Co-authorship is permissible only up to a maximum of two authors. 

Formatting Guidelines

  • Word Limit: 2000-2500 words (exclusive of citations).
  • Body: Garamond with a font size of 12 and line spacing of 1.5
  • Footnotes: Garamond with a font size of 10 and line spacing of 1.
  • Citations: OSCOLA, 4th edition should be followed. No hyperlinks are allowed.
  • Anonymity: Manuscript should not contain any reference to the author, including their names and institutional affiliations.
  • Plagiarism: Articles displaying high levels of plagiarism are liable for summary rejection.
  • Style Guide: Please refer to this detailed Style Guide to adhere to the requirements of the Magazine
  • Any failure to adhere to the guidelines may result in summary rejection of the submission.

Plagiarism Policy

The Magazine is committed to upholding the integrity of academic process and encourage original research and writing. Accordingly, it adopts stringent editorial safeguards to ensure that no plagiarized material is hosted on our website or published in the issue. The Magazine adopts inbuilt editorial standards where submissions are pre-screened by the use of industry-standard software, aided by human intervention to assess the nature of similarity flagged by the software, whether incidental or substantive. The University Grants Commission (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations 2018, would be applicable in terms of the acceptable limits of similarity. Articles displaying high levels of similarity are thus liable to summary rejection. 

Review Policy

The Magazine adopts a blind review process. Hence, submissions containing references to the identity of the authors in the body of the manuscript are liable to rejection. Authors must provide their personal details only in the body of the email.

The time taken for review of an issue ranges between six to eight weeks after the expiry of the deadline. While the Editorial Board makes its best attempts to ensure a constant frequency of publication, the review process may be delayed on account of extraneous circumstances. The Editorial Board shall ensure the timely intimation of such delays at which stage the cooperation of the authors shall be highly valued. The Magazine reserves its right not to disclose the reasons for acceptance/rejection of a given submission to the authors. A manuscript under review shall not be submitted to another publication pending the outcome of the editing process. The Magazine reserves its right not to disclose the reasons for acceptance/rejection of a given submission to the authors. 

Once accepted, the manuscript shall become a part of the Magazine’s intellectual property. In case of citations involving unpublished research, it is assumed that the Author(s) had obtained the necessary permissions from the authors of the concerned unpublished sources. Any liability arising in this regard shall be borne solely by the Author and the Magazine assumes no burden for the same.

Mode of Submission

  • The Magazine accepts submissions on a rolling basis. If the submission is made after the commencement of the editorial process of a given issue on the date prescribed below, the articles shall be considered for publication in the subsequent issues.
  • The submissions can be made via email to the ADR Magazine editorial team on the following email ID: srdcadr@gnlu.ac.in
  • The email should contain the manuscript in .doc or .docx format.
  • The mail body of the submission should contain details of the author(s) including their name(s), affiliations, academic qualification and contact details.
  • Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts before 11:59 PM on 25th October 2024 in order to be eligible for publication in Volume V Issue I.