Title: The Lighthouse Journal of Natural Sciences (LJNS)
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Aims and Scope
The Lighthouse Journal of Natural Sciences aims at publishing original research across all areas of sciences. The journal provides a forum where researchers and scholars can disseminate, archive, and navigate their research work. In order to ensure the claims of the author and to provide a strong base of acceptance to the public across the globe, the journal offers a rigorous editorial and peer-review process. The editorial board welcomes contributions reporting on theoretical, experimental, and computational investigations of Natural sciences. LJNS accepts/publishes research articles from the following areas:
Physics
Chemistry
Botany
Zoology
Geography
Access
The Lighthouse Journal of Natural Sciences is a print as well as an electronic research journal. Authors have the option to pay a publication fee (article publication charge APC) to publish their research article on a Gold Open Access (OA) basis under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Papers published on a Gold OA basis are freely available to everyone to read and re-use immediately upon publication, provided the terms and conditions of the license are followed and clear attribution to the author is given. Alternatively, authors who do not select the Gold OA option can choose the access route to publication.
Publication Charges
Authors can pay the article publication charge (APC) at the following rates to have their work published on a Gold OA under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. There is no submission fee; therefore, APCs only applies to papers that are accepted for publication. Subscription article is free of cost. Other than that, there are no additional charges associated with publication in the Journal of Formal and Natural Sciences. Furthermore, the first three issues are free of cost for authors.
Contact
Research Branch of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Academy of Research & Training (HEART), Peshawar
Phone: 091-5863654, 091-7257776
Email: ljns@kpheart.edu.pk
Why you should publish your research in LJNS.
High Standard:
Connecting cutting-edge multidisciplinary research across all the fields of natural sciences.
Fast Publication:
The members of the editorial board are committed to ensuring you quick service. Your article will be available to readers within 3 working days after being published and will include a citable Digital Object Identifier (DOI).
Professional Editorial Board:
Journal’s editorial board is made up of prominent specialists including both national and international experts who cover all aspects of natural sciences.
Social Impact:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Academy of Research and Training (HEART), Peshawar, a premier society, publisher of all areas of social sciences, humanities, natural sciences and computational and numerical sciences research, is owned by Higher Education, Archives & Libraries Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Peer Review Process
The Lighthouse Journal of Natural Sciences has a rigorous peer review system. It ensures the quality of the research papers. The peer reviewer is responsible for critically reading and evaluating a manuscript in their specialized field, and then providing feedback to authors about their submission. All papers undergo a blind peer-review process, which ensures that the reviewers and authors both remain anonymous to each other throughout the process. It enables authors to improve their manuscripts and help editors in making a decision on manuscripts.
Authors who receive suggestions for major or minor changes are required to follow the advice of the reviewers and editors. All re-submissions must include a clear account of how the authors responded to the reviewers’ remarks and incorporated the same into the revised paper.
The responsibilities of all the three main stakeholders of the journals i.e., the editors, the reviewers, and the authors are given below.
- Editors’ Responsibilities
- The editorial board is responsible for deciding which of the papers submitted to the journal will be published. The decision will be based on the paper’s originality, clarity, validity, and relevance to the journal’s scope.
- The editorial board must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone till it gets published.
- The Chief Editor/Founder Patron is responsible for deciding which of the submitted articles should be published. He/she may be guided by the policies of the journal’s Editorial Board and may consult with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
2. Reviewers’ Responsibilities
When reviewing papers for the Journal of Formal and Natural Sciences, reviewers are asked to consider the following points:
- The peer-reviewing process assists the editor and the editorial board in making editorial decisions and may also serve the author in improving the paper.
- Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.
- Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate.
- Reviewers should identify cases in which relevant published work referred to in the paper has not been cited in the reference section
3. Authors’ Responsibilities
- Authors of original research reports should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance.
- Authors could be asked to provide the data of their study together with the paper for editorial review and should be prepared to make the data publicly available if practicable.
- Authors will submit only original works.
- Papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal. Submitting the same paper to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
All papers submitted for publication are given equal attention regardless of the writers’ color, gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs, citizenship, age, political philosophy, or status.
- It is the responsibility of the author to send original papers and to ensure that the manuscript is not currently being considered by another journal at the time of submission.
- Any attempt to impersonate another individual/identity fraud is considered a significant breach of conduct by HEART publisher. Further, authors should not give out their log in information for any journal’s submission system, nor should they ask or enable anyone else to submit on their behalf.
- It is important for the authors to think about the subject matter as well as the origin of the photographs they use. HEART Publisher has the right to suggest that authors find alternate photos or other ways to represent the same results before the final edition is published if the submitted photographs are potentially insulting to the journal’s readership or breach copyright.
- Data or outcomes must not be fabricated, falsified, or misrepresented by authors. In all parts of their work, they should aim to be impartial, unbiased, and truthful.
- To enable readers to fully understand and evaluate the work, HEART Publisher demands complete and accurate reporting of research.
- Without explicit approval from the subject, researchers should not publish or disclose identifiable individual data gathered during research
- All authors must declare any financial support/fund they receive for their research to HEART Publisher.
- Authors must properly acknowledge the work of others (whether published or unpublished).
- References must be current, relevant, and easy to find.
- Authors should make sure that citations provide value and aren’t biased in favor of a specific person, group, or organization. Only sources used in the text should be cited, and the citations should back up the points they relate to.
- Plagiarism should be avoided and will lead to the rejection of the submitted manuscript.
- When authors publish chunks of the same work in many journals, this is known as text recycling. Authors should always be clear and cite any re-used text in the paper, adhering to all applicable copyright and licensing requirements.
Patron-in-Chief
Professor Tasbih Ullah, Director HEART, Peshawar
Chief Editor
Ms. Seema Rehman, Deputy Directress Academics, HEART
Editor
Dr. Faiq Jan, Associate Professor of Physics, Government Post Graduate College, Nowshera
Managing Editor
Mr. Imran Mohsin, Training Officer, HEART Peshawar
Associate Editors
Dr. Zulqarnain, Assistant Professor of Zoology, Government College, Peshawar
The Lighthouse Journal of Natural Sciences (LJNS) is a multidisciplinary biannual research journal, published every year as:
Paper Submission Deadline: October 15, 2022
Paper Submission Deadline Extended to: October 31, 2022
Publication: December 31, 2022
All the authors will provide a certificate showing the originality of the work and their consent to publish their work in the Lighthouse Journal of Natural Sciences. A declaration format is as under:
| Authors Declaration Form
I/We author(s) of the manuscript titled: ________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ hereby declare that the aforementioned manuscript has been submitted to The Lighthouse Journal of Natural Sciences (LJNS) for publication with the following submission: 1. The paper has not been published in any journal or magazine for private or public circulation in any part or whole (except as an abstract). We have read the contributors’ instructions and are quite aware of what plagiarism is. No part of this manuscript (whether referred or not), has been taken verbatim from any other source. Permission to reproduce tables no. ___ and figures no. ____ has been requested and submitted. 2. I/We give our consent for publication in the LJNS in any media (electronic, print, or otherwise) if it is published in the LJNS. 3. Other than those declared, I/We have no financial or other conflicts of interest. 4. I/We have reviewed the final version of the paper and am/are responsible for the information included therein. 5. The work detailed in the manuscript is mine/ours, and our individual contributions to it are significant enough to warrant authorship. 6. No one who has made a substantial contribution to the work has been denied authorship, and others who assisted have been properly acknowledged. 7. Name and address of the funding organization (it is compulsory to include for research article): __________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
I/We also agree to the following order of authorship for the article. No more than 04 authors are included per paper.
Authors Names Signature email 1. _______________ _________________ _________________ 2. _______________ _________________ _________________ 3. _______________ _________________ _________________ 4. _______________ _________________ _________________
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| NOTE: PLEASE PRINT AND SIGN THIS FORM; DO NOT CHANGE THE FORMAT OF THE FORM.
· This form must be signed by all of the main contributors. The use of a scan signature in a document is not permitted. · After submission, we do not allow any changes to the authorship. We are unable to allow any additions, deletions, or sequence changes in the authors’ names. We have a policy in place to avoid fraud. · If the authorship of a manuscript is disputed before it is published, it will either be returned or put on hold until the dispute is settled. · This document can be photocopied and used as needed. · The form must be scanned and uploaded to our submission site. RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORSHIP · Anyone who makes a substantial intellectual contribution deserves to be recognized as an author. · Every author must be involved in the research study’s organization, execution, and analysis, as well as its presentation in the form of a publication. They should be available to respond to the questions if they are asked for clarification. · Authors must be willing to accept public accountability for the paper’s content. The technical information conveyed is the responsibility of all authors in the document. As a result, before signing the deceleration and permission form, all of the writers must read and approve the final version of the text. Please visit the website of the Journal for further information, directions, and ethics for contributors. |
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Publication Type
Full-length submissions are considered for publication that considerably improves understanding of Natural Sciences and closely related disciplines and is likely to have a notable impact on the relevant scientific communities.
Formatting
It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the submitted manuscript follows the language standards required by the publication of the scientific journal. Authors are invited to use the language editing services. If the manuscript is written in a second or third language, it is recommended to first contact a language reviewing service to avoid grammar and style mistakes. When abbreviations and acronyms first appear in the text, they should be explained. Introduce any ideas that readers may be unfamiliar with early in the paper so that the results are clear.
Templates and article formats
The manuscripts should be in MS word format. Use an appropriate font size (12 points with Times New Roman format) and line spacing (about 1.5).
Paper length
The manuscripts submitted should have a minimum of 3000 and a maximum of 6000 words, including abstract, notes and references, and annexures.
Structure of the article
The manuscripts have to follow the APA style of formatting (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition). The article should follow the Introduction, Methodology, Results, and Discussion and Analysis, with the following sections, often included:
Title Page
A separate document will be added with the name of the authors, their affiliation and email address. Please indicate the corresponding author as well.
Title
The title should be brief, informative, and relevant to the journal’s entire readership.
Abstract and Keywords
When submitting an article, you will be asked to provide certain keywords that are related to your work. If your article is accepted for publication, these keywords will appear in the published version and will be used to index your content, making it more discoverable. Consider the terms you’d type into a search engine to find relevant content when choosing keywords.
Abstract
The abstract of all manuscripts should be between 150 and 200 words explaining the title, aims and objectives of the manuscript, the methodology used and the main results and findings, analysis and conclusions are drawn. It is also necessary to include between three and five keywords that defined the article and serve to identify the content of the work.
Introduction
This should be brief and describes the nature of the topic being explored as well as its context.
Method and Material
This section should include enough information about the experiment, simulation, statistical test, or analysis used to create the results so that the method/material and results can be replicated by another researcher.
Results
The key findings and outcomes of the study should be included in the results section.
Discussion
This section should explain the relevance of the findings and compare them to past research using appropriate references.
Tables and figures
Diagrams, charts, graphs and tables will have a brief title and explanation. . In the case of images, it is necessary to send them in jpeg format. Figures should be numbered sequentially in the order in which they are mentioned in the text (e.g., figure 1, figure 2, etc.). If a figure has many parts (e.g., figure 1(a), 1(b), etc.), the components should be indicated by a lower-case letter in parenthesis near or inside the figure’s area.
Conclusion
This section should be used to emphasize the work’s novelty and significance, as well as any future intentions for relevant work, and what have you leant from the whole research and its practical implication.
References
This section should be used to compile a comprehensive list of all related work. More information on referencing can be in the template. Harvard Referencing style should be adopted.
Referencing and labelling system
There are two basic reference labelling schemes. References are numbered progressively throughout the text in the Vancouver numerical system. The numbers should be written in square brackets, e.g. [1], [4-7], etc., and one number can be used to refer to several references. The references are then included numerically, not alphabetically, in the reference list at the end of the article. In the Harvard alphabetical approach, the author’s name appears in the text together with the year of publication, for example, (Smith 2001) or Smith (2001). If there are just two writers, both names should be listed in the text, for example, (Smith and Jones 2001) or Smith and Jones (2001). If there are more than two authors, the first name should be first, followed by et al: (Smith et al 2001) or Smith et al 2001. (2001). If you’re referring to several works by the same author or group of authors in the same year, use a, b, etc. after the date to differentiate them (e.g., 2001a). The page number may be supplied in the text if you refer to different pages of the same article, for example, Smith (2001, p 39). Using this technique, the reference list at the end of your article should be in alphabetical order.
Files with Figures
If you’re writing an article in LaTeX2e, ensure sure your figures are all vector Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files that are linked to your main TeX files using figure inclusion commands like \include graphics. If feasible, please provide all figures as separate graphics files for articles written in Microsoft Word (in addition to being embedded in the text). EPS is our recommended graphics format. These files can be utilized directly to produce high-quality results, and they are modest in size when compared to typical bitmap formats.
Submission via email: ljns@kpheart.edu.pk