Submission

Original research papers may be submitted for publication in the INDIAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT to the Managing Editor through e-mail ijpd@mlcfoundation.org.in.

Research papers must be submitted in MS WORD format and should not be submitted in pdf format or in any other format.

The first page of the manuscript submitted to the INDIAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT for publication must be the title page. The title page of the manuscript must contain the following information only:

a. Title of the paper b. Names of all authors with their institutional affiliation and e-mail address c. Name of the corresponding author d. Complete address of the corresponding author e. Telephone number of the corresponding author f. E-mail of the corresponding author g. Statement about conflict of interest h. Statement about funding source if any i. Acknowledgement(s), if any.

The name of author(s) and their identity must be given in the title page only. The name of author(s) and their identity must not be mentioned in any form in rest of the paper to reveal the identity of author(s) in any form to facilitate the blind review process. Research papers submitted to the INDIAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT for publication should be arranged in the following order:

Tables, charts, diagrams, and figures should be placed at the end of the research paper, one table or chart or diagram or figure per page. Every table, chart, diagram, and figure must be serially numbered and must have self-explaining heading and source. Every table, chart, diagram, and figure must have citation in the text. Tables, charts, diagrams, and figures which are not cited in the text must not be included in the paper.

All tables must be presented in the table format and must not be presented as figure format. All figures and diagrams included in the paper must be in JPEG format.

If the paper is accepted for publication in the INDIAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, the author(s) will have to provide the data used in the construction of charts and diagrams in Excel sheet.