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Purpose and Scope: Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PPAS) is official
journal of the Academy, published quarterly, in English. PPAS publishes original
research papers in Engineering Sciences
& Technology, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Physical
Sciences. State-of-the-art reviews (~ 20 pages, supported by recent
references) summarizing R&D in a particular area of science, especially in the
context of
Manuscript Format: Manuscripts, typewritten in
Times New Roman Font Size 11, double
spaced; with one inch margins on all sides on A-4 size paper, should not exceed
20 pages including Tables, Figures and illustrations. Number manuscript pages
throughout. To conserve space, the
Instructions are not double spaced and are in font size 10.
The manuscripts may contain
Abstract, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS (or METHODOLOGY), RESULTS,
DISCUSSION (or RESULTS AND DISCUSSION), CONCLUSIONS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
REFERENCES and any other information that the author(s) may consider
necessary. Title Page:
Should carry: (a) Concise
Title of the article (in
Initial Capital and then lower case letters for each main word;
font size 16; Bold), < 160
characters, depicting its contents. Do not use abbreviations or acronyms; (b)
Author(s)’ first name, middle initial and last name (font size 12,
Bold), and professional affiliation(s) [i.e., each author’s
Department, Institution, Mailing address and Email address; but no position
titles]; (e) Indicate the corresponding author with *; (d)
Short running title of < 50
characters.
Second Page
should start with the Title of the
Article, followed by entire manuscript comprising
Abstract, Keywords, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS,
DISCUSSION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and REFERENCES.
Headings and Subheadings:
All flush left
LEVEL-1:
ALL CAPITAL LETTERS; Bold
Level-2:
Initial Capital and then lower case letters for each main word; Bold
Level-3: Initial Capital and then lower
case letters for all words; Bold, italic
Level-4:
Run-in head; Italics, in
the normal paragraph position with only an Initial Capital and ending in a colon
(i.e., :)
Abstract:
Must be
self-explanatory, of 200–250 words
(in font size 10), stating rationale, objective(s), methodology, main results
and conclusions of the study. Abbreviations, if used, must be defined on first
mention in the Abstract as well as in the main text. ABSTRACT of review articles
may have variable format, but must be of 200–250 words. Keywords:
Suggest three
to eight keywords, depicting the
article.
INTRODUCTION:
Provide a clear and concise statement of the problem, citing relevant
literature, and objectives of the investigation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Provide an adequate account of the
procedures or experimental details, including statistical tests (if any), in a
concise manner but sufficient enough to replicate the investigation. RESULTS:
Be
clear and concise with the help of appropriate Tables, Figures and other
illustrations. Data should not be repeated in Tables and Figures. DISCUSSION:
Provide interpretation of the Results in the light of previous relevant studies,
citing published references. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
In a brief statement, acknowledge
financial support and other assistance. REFERENCES:
Cite references in
the text by number only in square brackets,
e.g. “Brown
et al [2] reported ...”
or “.. as previously described [3, 6-8]”, and list them in REFERENCES section,
in the order of citation in the text, Tables
and Figures (not alphabetically). Only published (and accepted for publication)
journal articles, books, and book chapters qualify for REFERENCES. List of
REFERENCES may be prepared as under: a.
Journal Articles (Name of the
journal to be stated in full)
1.
Golding,
2. Bialek, W. &
S. Setayeshgar. Cooperative sensitivity, and noise in biochemical signaling.
Physical Review Letters, 100:
258–263 (2008).
3. Kay, R.R. &
C.R.L. Thompson. Forming patterns in development without morphogen gradients:
scattered differentiation and sorting out. b.
Books
4.
Luellen, W.R. Fine-Tuning Your
Writing. Wise Owl Publishing Company,
5.
Alon, U. & D.N. Wegner (Eds.).
An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design
Principles of Biological Circuits. Chapman & Hall/CRC, c. Book Chapters
6.
Sarnthein, M.S., & J.D. Stanford.
Basal Sauropodomorpha:
historical and recent phylogenetic
developments.
In:
The Northern
7.
Smolen, J.E. & L.A. Boxer.
Functions of Europhiles. In: Hematology,
4th ed. Williams, W.J., E. Butler, and M.A. Litchman (Eds.),
McGraw Hill, New York, USA, p. 103–101 (1991). Tables,
with concise but comprehensive headings, on separate sheets, must be numbered
according to the order of citation (like
Table 1., Table 2.). If applicable, round off data to the nearest three
significant digits. Provide essential explanatory footnotes, with superscript
letters or symbols keyed to the data. Do not use vertical or horizontal lines,
except for separating column heads from the data and at end of the
Table. Figures
may be printed in two sizes: (i) column width of 8.0 cm; or (ii) entire page
width of 16.5 cm. Captions
to Figures may be typed
on a separate page; number them as Fig.
1., Fig. 2., … in the order of
citation in the text. Computer generated, laser printed,
line drawings or original line drawings made with black ink on white
drawing or tracing paper are acceptable. Do not use lettering smaller than 9
points or unnecessarily large.
Photographs, as glossy prints, must be of high quality. If to form multiple
panels on the journal page, they should be mounted and be separated from
adjacent photographs by uniform spaces. A scale bar should be provided on all
photomicrographs. Declaration:
Provide a declaration that the results are
original; approval of all authors has been obtained to submit the manuscript;
the same material is neither ‘in press’ nor under consideration elsewhere, and,
in case the article is accepted for publication, its copyright will be assigned
to Pakistan Academy of Sciences. Authors are responsible for obtaining
permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources.
Reviewers:
Authors must suggest three
prospective reviewers, two local and one from a scientifically advanced country,
who are expert in the paper's scientific area.
MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION can be seen at website of
the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, i.e., www.paspk.org
Manuscript Submission:
Soft copy of the manuscript in Microsoft (MS) Word, as e-mail attachment
or on a CD, as well as its one hard copy may be
submitted to:
Editor-in-Chief
E-mail:
pas.editor@gmail.com
Tel:
92-51-9207140
Website:
www.paspk.org |
