Journal Policies

Originality of Content: When you submit a manuscript to IYRC journal, its content must be original and not overlap with any other papers from you or your co-authors' groups that are currently under consideration or published in other journals, with the exception of conference abstracts.
Exclusive Submission: Manuscripts submitted to IYRC journal should not be simultaneously submitted to other publications. Authors must agree to submit their work exclusively to IYRC and refrain from submitting it to other journals during the review process.
Plagiarism and Copyright: Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submissions do not contain any plagiarized material. Proper credit and citation must be given to the sources used. By submitting a manuscript, authors affirm that they have the right to publish the work and grant IYRC the right to publish it under the journal's policy.
Review and Editorial Discretion: IYRC reserves the right to decline publication of a paper even after it has been accepted if serious problems with the scientific content or violations of our publishing policies are discovered during the review process or after acceptance.
Ethical Conduct: Authors should adhere to high ethical standards in conducting research and reporting results. Any cases of research misconduct, data fabrication, or falsification will result in rejection of the manuscript.
Authorship and Contribution: All authors must have made significant contributions to the research and agree to the manuscript's submission. Any changes to authorship after submission must be communicated to and approved by the editorial board. The first author and corresponding author must be a high school student.
Peer Review Process: All submitted manuscripts will undergo a peer review process. Reviewers' comments and recommendations will be provided to the authors for necessary revisions.
By submitting their manuscripts to IYRC, authors acknowledge that they have read and understood these journal policies and agree to comply with them.

Manuscript Preparation

Types of Paper:
(a) Research Papers: The maximum acceptable length of a Research Paper is 8,000 words, and should not include more than 10 figures and/or tables.
(b) Review Papers: These are critical and comprehensive reviews that provide new insights or interpretation of a subject through thorough and systematic evaluation of available evidence. Review Papers may be longer than Research Papers, but should be less than 10,000 words and should not include more than 10 figures and/or tables.
(c) Narratives: These are comprehensive, interpreted accounts that should not exceed 2,500 words, including figures, tables, and references.

Article Structure:
Please ensure your submission meets the recommended word limits. A short, concise article is more likely to attract readers. In general, a research article should contain:
  • Figures: 4-6
  • Tables: 1-3
  • References: 25 – 50
Additional figures and tables may be added to Supplementary Material. Manuscripts which exceed the guidelines above may be rejected by the journal. 
Papers should be well structured; they must comprise:
  • Title
  • Author name(s), full postal and email addresses for each author. Please indicate who the corresponding author is.
  • Abstract: No more than 250 words briefly specifying the aims of the work, the main results obtained, and the conclusions drawn. Citations must not be included in the Abstract.
  • Keywords: Up to 6 keywords (in alphabetical order) which will enable subsequent abstracting or information retrieval systems to locate the paper.
  • Main text: For clarity this should be subdivided into:
  • Introduction: Describing the background of the work and its aims.
  • Methods: A brief description of the methods/techniques used (the principles of these methods should not be described if readers can be directed to easily accessible references or standard texts).
  • Results and Discussion: A clear presentation of experimental results obtained, highlighting any trends or points of interest. (Results and discussion can be separate sections, if needed).
  • Conclusions: A brief explanation of the significance and implications of the work reported.
  • References: These should be to accessible sources. Please ensure that all work cited in the text is included in the reference list, and that the dates and authors given in the text match those in the reference list. References must always be given in sufficient detail for the reader to locate the work cited (see below for formats). Note that your paper is at risk of rejection if a disproportionate share of the references cited are your own.
  • Supplementary Material: Appendices and other Supplementary Material are permitted, and will be published online only, in the exact format in which they are submitted. Any supplementary material should be included during the submission process for evaluation by the reviewers.

​For Review Papers the organisation of the paper can be different. It is however important that a review is more than a summary of the literature; an in-depth critical discussion is essential for acceptance of a review paper.

Article Template:The authors must prepare the manuscript following the provided template here.

Reference:
Citations in text:
  • Use surname of author and year of publication: Jones (2002) or (Jones 2002).
  • Insert initials only if there are two different authors with the same surname and same year of publication.
  • Two or more years in parentheses following an author's name are cited in ascending order of year, and two or more references published in the same year by the same author are differentiated by letters a, b, c, etc. For example: Brown (1999, 2002, 2003a, b).
  • Different references cited together should be in date order, for example: (Smith 1959; Thomson & Jones 2008; Green 2015).