Instructions to the Contributors
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Scope of the papers for IETE Journals

 

Most important instructions to author(s)

  1. Author(s) are requested to read thoroughly IETE ‘Instructions to Contributors’ before mailing their manuscript to IETE. If the paper does not conform to the ‘Instructions to Contributors’ the paper will not be processed for further action.

  2. It is also brought to the notice of authors that the review process normally takes about 6 months to one year.

  3. All authors should read thoroughly their article/paper personally before despatching for publication. Author(s) must satisfy himself/ themselves that the intended idea has been conveyed in grammatically correct English and required format.

  4. All authors must note that plagiarism is an unethical activity. Authors must ensure that the contents of their article/paper cannot be termed as plagiarized or lifted from any other sources.

  5. Signature of all the authors are mandatory on the Manuscript Coversheet to ensure that the co-author(s) does (do) not disown the knowledge of the contents of their paper

The contents of papers for each IETE Journal should be in the broad areas of: Artificial Intelligence, Circuits and System, Communications, Computers, Controls, Electromagnetics, Electronic Devices and Components, Instrumentation and Measurements, Opto-electronics, Power Electronics, Information Technology Broadcast Engineering, Bio-informatics, Nano-technology, Medical-electronics and other related subjects. However, in Special issues, the focus is on a particular subject and broad headings are specified by the Guest editor.

The level of papers should conform to the following:

  1. For IETE Journal of Research

    Research articles in the form of Full Papers or Letters-to-the-Editor, Product / Process / Simulation oriented R&D work, and novel application of theoretical concepts.

  2. For IETE Technical Review

    Survey paper / State-of-the-Art review paper on current and futuristic technology; Informative papers, describing innovative products; Analysis of technical events; papers on technology assessment and comparison etc. preferably with no mathematics.

  3. For IETE Journal of Education

    It caters to the readership of undergraduate and diploma students of Electronics, Telecommunication, Information Technology and Computer Science & Engineering. Papers of student’s interest should generally be written in tutorial style with numerical examples and practical illustrations. An honorarium of Rs 1000/- will be paid to the contributor(s) of each published paper.

    1. Manuscripts in triplicate (hard copies) along with a soft copy on floppy or through e-mail on ietend@bol.net. in should be sent to the Managing Editor, IETE, 2, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003, India. It should be accompanied with the Manuscript Cover Sheet (reproduced from the attached pages of these Instructions or downloaded from IETE website (www.iete.org) under the heading ‘Publications’, containing relevant details for processing the manuscript. (Please note that no manuscript will be processed without the duly filled manuscript cover sheet. Submission of a manuscript will imply that (i) it has not been previously published; (ii) it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and (iii) if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere.

    2. Manuscripts should be neatly typed in double spacing and on one side of the paper only with 3 cm margin on all sides. All pages should be serially numbered. Use good quality A-4 size paper. Contributions for full and short papers should not normally exceed 5,000 and 2,000 words, respectively. In terms of the number of pages, it works out to 10-12 and 4-5 pages, respectively. Authors will be required to transfer copyright of the paper to IETE.

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