About the Journal

FOCUS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL

The aim of this journal publication is to disseminate conceptual ideas and research results related to the study on Hindu Culture.

The International Journal on Hindu Culture particularly focuses on the following areas:

  1. Hindu Theology
  2. Hindu Philosophy
  3. Hindu Health and Medicine Culture
  4. Yoga and Health
  5. Hindu Language Culture
  6. Hindu Art Culture
  7. Vedic Culture
  8. Sinkritism on Hindu and Buddhist Culture

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

The Journal operates a peer review process and promotes double blind reviewing. The acceptance or rejection of articles will be decided by the editorial boards based on the review results supplied by the reviewers. There will be no communications between authors and editors concerning rejection decisions. Authors whose papers are rejected will be informed of the reasons for the rejection.

PUBLICATION ETHICS

Duties of Authors

  1. Reporting Standards

Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Inaccurate data and research constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

  1. Data Access and Retention

Authors should provide the raw data related to a paper for editorial review and public access.

  1. Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should have written entirely original works. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, they must be appropriately cited and quoted.

  1. Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

  1. Acknowledgement

Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

  1. Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Individuals who have contributed to specific aspects of the research project should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

  1. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Plagiarism Screening

Before going to review process, all manuscripts will be checked to ensure they are free from plagiarism practice using Turnitin software. If there an indication of plagiarism, the manuscript will be instantly rejected.

Fees

International Journal of Hindu Culture does not charge any processing or publishing fees for every article published.

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

  • Articles submitted should normally between 5,000 to 7,000 words or between 10-15 pages with single space and should be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 300 words, containing the importance of the topic, the gap between theory and practice or between reality and expectation, existing research limitations, objectives of the present study, method, findings, and conclusion.
  • The abstract should include introduction, objective of the papers, method, findings, and conclusion. It should consist of  three to five keywords should appear together with the main body of the article with the font size 12.
  • Articles should be written in English in single space, using Microsoft Word, font size 12, Calibri, left margin 3 cm; top, bottom and right margin 2,5 cm, printed in A4. Insert a header on even page indicating name of the Journal, Volume, Number, month, and year, and page number of the publication. On odd page, insert the author(s) and a few words of the title of the articles.
  • For research-based articles, the outline used is: introduction (without heading or subheading), method, findings and discussion, conclusion, and references.
  • The title should be less than 12 words, capitalized, centred, with font size 14.
  • The introduction should consist of the background of the study, research contexts, literary review, and research objective. All introduction should be presented in the forms of paragraphs, not pointers, with the proportion of 15-20% of the whole article length.
  • The method section consists of description concerning the research design, data sources, data collection, and data analysis with the proportion of 10-15% of the total article length, all presented in the form of paragraphs.
  • The findings and discussion section consist of description of the results of the data analysis to answer the research question(s) and their meanings seen from current theories and references of the area addressed. The proportion of this section is 40-60% of the total article length.
  • The conclusion section consists of the summary, restatement of the main findings.
  • Every source cited in the body of the article should appear in the reference, and all sources appearing in the reference should be cited in the body of the article. The sources cited should at least 80% come from those published in the last 10 years. The sources cited are primary sources in the forms of journal articles, books, and research reports, including theses and dissertations. Citations from journal should be at least 80% of the total references cited.
  • Quotation and references follow APA style and the latter should be included at the end of the article