Submissions

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for Author(s)

    Title
    List of authors, their affiliations and email addresses
    Abstract
    Introduction
    Main body
    Results and discussion
    Conclusions
    Acknowledgments (optional)
    References

Title - Make sure that the title is specific and concise. Titles should be presented in title case - all words except the first word should be in lower case letters.

List of authors, their affiliations and email addresses - Provide the full names and affiliations of all the authors. Affiliations should include department, university or organization, city, and country. One of the authors should be designated as the corresponding author, and their email address needs to be included.

Abstract - The abstract should briefly introduce the manuscript, not exceeding 250 words. No citations should be included in the abstract.

Keywords - Minimum 3 and maximum 6 keywords or phrases should be included and must be separated by commas to distinguish them.

Introduction - The introduction section should provide a context for your manuscript. When preparing the introduction, please bear in mind that some readers will not be experts in your field of research.

Main body - the main body part should include the main proposed ideas, results and discussions.

Conclusions - A conclusion is where you summarize the paper's findings and generalize their importance, discuss unclear data, and recommend further research. An effective conclusion should provide closure for a paper, leaving the reader feeling satisfied that the concepts have been fully explained.

Acknowledgments - You as the author are free to decide whether to include acknowledgments or not. Usually, the acknowledgments section includes the names of people who in some way contributed to the work, but do not fit the criteria to be listed as the authors. This section of your manuscript can also include information about funding sources.

Subdivision of the article

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1, 2. (then 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2), 1.2, etc. The abstract is not included in section numbering.

Table and Figures

Present tables and figures within the article, not at the end of the article. Please note that the article will be published in black and white (print), although online version will contain the colorful figures (if any). However, the color print will be available in extreme cases as per the request of the author.

References: Author(s) should follow the latest edition of APA style in referencing.  For further APA guidelines please click here (PDF)

Word Processing Formats

Before the submission of the research articles, please ensure that your articles are in the form of Microsoft Word 2007 or above (doc).

Publication Presentation

After publishing in the Annual Research Journal Hank, your article will be presented in the form of PDF on the research Journal site as well as the site of the University of Balochistan, Quetta. You can check the online version of your article on the journal site at hanken@uob.edu.pk