Department of Political Science

Guidelines to Authors  

1. The Indian Journal of Politics is a peer-reviewed quarterly publication of the Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, dedicated to serving as a forum for rigorous scholarly analysis, critical commentaries, and papers on recent developments pertaining to all fields of Political Science, including International Relations, Public Administration and Human Rights. The Journal also welcomes review articles (both literature-based and thematic) in these disciplines. Please contact the Editor in advance of submitting a review article. Book reviews are also welcome.

2. There is no standard length for research articles, but the preferred length is between 10000 to 8000 words. Shorter research notes/articles are also welcome. The shorter articles and research notes should be between 3000 to 5000 words. The length of book reviews should be between 2000 to 3000 words.

3. Each article should be accompanied by an abstract of nearly 150 words, along with five to six key words appearing in the article. The article should indicate author’s institutional affiliation, designation and email ID on the first of the article.

4. All Articles should be prepared in accordance with the Chicago Style Manual. Articles prepared in Harvard Style (author-date system) with bibliographical references are unacceptable. All notes should be at the end of the Article. Consult the Style Sheet for Chicago Manual for The Indian Journals of Politics, which is available on the website of the Journal: https://www.amu.ac.in/nonacademic/UnitPanel 1.jps as well as on the website of the Department of Political Science, https://www.amu.ac.in/shownotice.jps?did=83.

5. In matter of spelling, definition and hyphenation we follow Queen’s English and The Oxford English Dictionary.

6. A declaration certificate must be furnished by author at the time of submission of the manuscript for publication saying that the Manuscript submitted for publication is not under consideration elsewhere, and it is not published already in part or whole in any journal, magazine, book or any other medium.

7. Decisions on publication of manuscripts are made by the Editors after receiving positive comments by Blind Reviewers.

8. Manuscripts should be submitted online as MS Word document only to the Editor of the journal:
   

Indexing/ Abstracting

Articles appearing in the Journal are indexed in the Current Contacts and abstracted in the International Political Science Abstracts (Paris)

Contact

Editor, Indian Journal of Politics, Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, india Tel:91-571-2701720

E.Mail: chairperson.ps@amu.ac.in,  asmerbeg@rediffmail.com