1. Article types

IKNC UNI Journal welcomes original articles, review articles, research notes, and special issues contributed by university students in the fields of science, engineering, social science, and arts and humanities.
The original research provides a substantial amount of new information and includes an abstract, keywords, text, references, appendices, notes, as well as figures and tables. It should not exceed 5,000 words.
The review articles review books and other significant contributions to the field. The target word counts 3,000 words.

2. Editorial policies
 

2.1 Scholarly review policy
The journal operates an anonymous review process by professional researchers in each field. The full name of each author will be blinded in the manuscript. Reviewers and authors are withheld from each other. The scholarly review process typically takes from one to three months and the average turnaround time can be longer under special circumstances. Editorial decisions on articles include “accept after minor revisions, reconsider after major revisions, and reject.”
Accept after minor revisions: The manuscript is accepted after minor revisions based on the reviewers’ comments. Any revision in length by less than 10% should be a minor revision.  
Reconsider after major revisions: The authors need to make substantial revisions by providing a point by point response to reviewers’ comments and resubmitting the updated paper within a suitable time frame. 
Reject: The manuscript that has serious flaws and/or makes no original significant contribution is not suitable for publication. Rejected manuscripts may be reconsidered for reviewing process as new manuscripts after substantial revision. 

2.2 Authorship 
Authors should be all parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. 

2.3 Acknowledgements
An acknowledgments section includes all contributions that do not meet the criteria for authorship. For instance, those who provided purely technical help or writing assistance from individuals or a communications company should be listed in an acknowledgments section.

2.4. Declaration of conflict interests
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) states in its Guidelines on Good Publication Practice (2003) that:
‘Conflicts of interest arise when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that are not fully apparent and that may influence their judgments on what is published. They have been described as those which, when revealed later, would make a reasonable reader feel misled or deceived.’ 
If authors have any conflicting interests to declare, they are encouraged to include a declaration of conflicting interests. Authors are not required to submit the declaration if there are no potential conflicts of interest. 

3. Publishing policies
 

3.1 Publication ethics
IKNC UNI Journal follows the standard for Ethics and Publication Malpractice set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and treats any ethical misconduct seriously. For instance, plagiarism, falsification or fabrication of data, and misappropriation of the work are unacceptable practices. Please read the standard to uphold the integrity of the academic record. 

3.1.1 Plagiarism
IKNC UNI Journal takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism, or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarized other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgment, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.

3.1.2 Prior publication
IKNC UNI Journal generally does not accept a manuscript that has been previously published. However, under certain circumstances previously published research can be considered for publication. 

3.2 Contributor’s publishing agreement
Before publication, the author is the rights holder is required to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement in order to grant IKNC UNI Journal the sole and exclusive right and license to publish for the full legal term of copyright. This guarantees that the author retains copyright in the manuscript. 

3.3 IKNC High Journal is issued continuously.

-Submission is open throughout the year.

-Accepted articles will be published within a month.

4. Manuscript preparation 
Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with conventions listed in the Public Manual of the Modern Language Association (MLA; 8th ed.). IKNC UNI Journal publishes manuscripts of between 2,000 and 5,000 words in English (inclusive of references, tables, figures, appendices, and notes). Submission of more than a hundred words beyond the target word count will not be generally considered for reviewing process. Authors must use Microsoft™ Word to submit their articles. 

4.1 Title page
Each submission should contain a title page with a full title and subtitle (if any). The title page includes the full name of each author with current affiliation and address, phone, email details as well as a short biographical note. 

4.2 Main text
Use Times New Roman font, size 12, with double spacing. The text should be clearly organized, with a logical hierarchy of headings and subheadings, and quotations exceeding 40 words to be displayed and indented, in the text. US or UK spelling may be used. For the purpose of anonymous scholarly review, the authors must remove all identifying information from the electronic file of the manuscript. The author may be referred to as “the author(s)” and/or “he, she, or they,” if needed. 

Prepare an abstract of 150-250 words along with 5 keywords on a separate page. 

Tables and figures should be numbered in Arabic numerals with a brief descriptive title. They should be placed after references and cited in the text. Figures must be contained in a form suitable for reproduction. 

References should be listed in accordance with conventions listed in the MLA manual and cited in the text. Authors should provide the DOIs (Digital Object Identifier) of the listed articles in the reference list (if available).  

4.3 Cover letter 
A cover letter should be separately submitted and include statements regarding the disclosure of a third party who is not listed as an author, including the individual’s name, company, and level of input, and confirmation that the listed authors have authorized the submission and approved any statements of declarations such as conflicting interests, funding, etc. It should also include statements that the content has not been published previously and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. 

4.4 English language editing services

IKNC UNI Journal offer an English language editing service for accepted manuscript. However, translating and formatting the manuscript incur service fees.

5. Manuscript submission
Visit A SUBMISSION LINK to log in and submit your article online.  

6. Further information
For any correspondence, queries, or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process, please contact the IKNC UNI Journal editorial office at office@iknc.org.