The main purpose of introducing the Peer-Review system is to assess objectively the quality and relevance of particular articles / papers, etc. for inclusion in the Journal for publication as well as soliciting advices and guidelines continuously for quality enhancement keeping in view the current developments and trends in the fields of social sciences in particular and in the academic world in general.

The Board of Editors is sincerely committed to having such instructions and advices as and when available from the reviewers and for this purpose ‘Peer-Review Board’ will also act as Board of Advisors until Board of Advisors is formally constituted.

With a view to attaining the purpose stated above, the editors will remain in constant touch with the reviewers while doing their jobs.

1. 1. This assignment is purely honorary at this stage and hence, the editors will contact individual member(s) keeping in mind the areas of interest of the reviewer concerned so to ascertain his availability (in consideration of his pre-occupations) before sending manuscripts to him with the identification of the contributors concealed.
   2. Postal and related expenses (both ways) in this respect will always be borne by the publisher.
   3. The reviewers are entitled and authorised to send their views and suggestions objectively and independently to the board of editors directly within a month in any manner, they think appropriate.
   4. The reviewers may also suggest changes in styles and referencing and such suggestions will be gladly considered.
   5. The reviewers may also ask established contributors to contribute theirs papers / articles to this journal for qualitative improvement of the journal and also for benefits of students and learners.
   6. Contribution of articles and papers from the reviewers themselves are always welcome by the board of editors.
   7. A complimentary copy (hard copy/soft copy, if desired) of the Journal will be sent to each of the reviewers within a week or so, once the journal is published by the publisher.

1. Research Articles in Bengali and English (major emphasis on Bengali) / Papers / Research Notes and original writings (within 4000 words) and Book (current and important) Reviews (1200/1500 words) falling in the category of Social Sciences are considered for publication in the Journal after review / endorsement from the members of the Peer-Review Board. Relevance of the subject matter and qualitative standard of the articles are the only criteria for publication.
   Papers for publication are received in June and the journal is published annually by December each year.

2. Contributors are required to send two Print Copies of articles (signed by the author at the end) typed in Bengali Unicode (Abhra) font or English Times New Roman in 12 points.
   One Soft Copy is also to be sent in word file through email (anilkjana.vu@gmail.com) for pre-publication review. Hand-written copies will not be considered for publication.

3. Contributors must carefully check spelling, grammar, and related aspects of the texts before sending.
4. Title of the article, full name, address, designation, institute/ organization of work and contact details of the author requires to be attached in a separate sheet of paper.
5. No article published earlier will be considered for publication.
6. Articles are considered for publication only after taking opinion of the Peer-Review Board. The decision of the Editorial Board is final in this respect.
7. Concerned author is responsible for any opinion expressed by him/her. Publisher or / and editor of the Journal holds no liability in this respect.
8. Tables, charts and graphs are generally not accepted. Such attachments require to be sent as scanned copy, if considered exceptionally necessary.
9. Contributors are intimated if the articles are accepted for publication. Authors will be provided with a Soft Copy of the Journal in PDF mode after publication.
10.  Copies not selected for publication will be destroyed. Contributors are requested to communicate if they want to get back the hard copies of non-selected articles while sending their write-ups and should send a self-addressed envelope along with postal stamps of Rs. Fifty only.

The 17 th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style with Author-Date system will be followed in all cases. Notes and References will be given as ‘endnotes’ s at the end of the article. The basic structure of ‘Endnotes’ consists of author(s)’s last name(s), followed by first name(s), the title of the work, year of publication, place, and page numbers. Use of further shortened citations consists of author(s)’s last name(s), year and the page number(s) instead of ‘ibid.’ and ‘op.cit.

‘In text citation’ consists of author(s)’s last name, followed by year and page number(s) within first brackets and citation number(s) in Superscripts: (Tripathi,1997:15)¹; (Dreze and Sen, 2002:21-22)². Put full stop (.) after every reference of word or numeric.

Endnotes are to be arranged in serial order following ‘intext citation numbers. Examples of citing endnotes are given below:

1. 1. Books and Monographs
      In case of Single Author: Bhattacharya, Mohit. 2012. Social Theory and Development Administration. New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers & Distributors, p. 99.
      In case of repeating the reference, it will be as follows: Bhattacharya, 2012:99.
      In case of more Authors: Dreze, Jean and Amartya Sen. 2002. India-Development and Participation. New Delhi: Oxford, pp.21-
      In case of repeating the reference, it will be as follows: Dreze & Sen, 2002: pp.21-27. Shortened citations are required instead of ibid. and op.cit.
   2. Articles Published in edited Volumes
      Author’s Name (Last name followed by first name. year. “Name of the Article”, in (editor’s name) edited, Name of the Book (italics). Place of Publication: Publisher, p.
   3. Articles Published in Journals / periodicals
      Author’s Name. year. “Name of the Article”, in Name of the Journal (italics), vol. (no.), year. Place of Publication: Publisher. p.
   4. Online Journals
      Author’s name, ‘Name of the article’, DOI or URL (or browser’s address bar (http:/www… (Date of Access).
      https://rnlkwc.ac.in/pdf/anudhyan/volume1/Anudhyan-2016-Front-Page.pdf. 4 March, 2024.
   5. Seminar Papers etc.
      Contributor. year. “Name of the Paper”, Name of the Seminar, Place and Organization, Date.
   6. Internet SourcesAuthor, “Name of the article”. <http://www > (Date of Access). e.g.,
      https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=3YlZGDAAAAAJ&citation for_view=3YlZGDAAAAAJ:zYLM7Y9cAGgC. 4 March,2024.
      for, Sekhar Bandyopadhyay.2009. Decolonization in South Asia: meanings of freedom in post-independence West Bengal, 1947-52.
   7. Daily Newspapers
      Name of the News Paper (italics), “Title /Heading”, place, and date of Publication (4 March, 2024), pg. no (p. 5).

                                                                    

      (updated, 9 April,2024)

1. No subscriptions or donation in any manner is required to be paid by the authors or contributors for publications of their papers/articles in the Journal.
2. The members of the Peer-Board will be provided with printed copies / soft copies of the Journal, if necessary, as complimentary copies so that they may constantly guide the editors for continuous enhancement of quality of the journal. The National Library, Kolkata, the NISCAIR, New Delhi, Vidyasagar University Central Library and District Library, Midnapore will also be provided with complimentary copies of the journal as and whenever published.
3. The centre is also not in a position to make payment of honorarium to the contributors for their papers etc. to the journal at this stage. Complimentary copies will be sent to each of them within two weeks of publication.
4. There is no provision at this stage to enrol annual/regular subscribers of the journal. However, copies of the journal will be available from the office of the Centre and from local book stores (Midnapore) on cash at the printed price.
5. Copies may also be sent to interested readers outside, if requested, by post and in such cases, they will have to bear the postal charges in addition to the cost of the journal after consulting the publisher.
6. The students and life members of the centre may be supplied one copy each at the subsidized rate to be decided by the Publisher/Secretary of the centre.