NUB Journal of Social Science and Humanities  is a fully international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published once in a year which is registered with National Serials Data Program, Library of Congress  ISSN: 2707-3483) published by Faculty of Humanities and Social Science of Northern University Bangladesh, one of the leading private universities in Bangladesh. It invites submissions for Volume 1, No. 1. It intends to publish scholarly papers on issues related to English Language and Literature, Linguistics, English language teaching, Cultural studies, Education, Social Science, Philosophy, Arts and so on. We look forward to reviewing qualitative and quantitative research articles that employ the textual analysis. Additionally, we will be happy to consider book reviews (1000-1500 words). Contributors are requested to submit articles both in hard and soft copies for publication in the Journal. The following will be treated as detail guidelines for submission of the articles.

 

Conditions of Submission:

Manuscripts are reviewed for publication with the understanding that they

  • are original;
  • are not under consideration by any other publisher;
  • have not been previously published in whole or in part;
  • have not been previously accepted for publication;
  • will not be submitted elsewhere until a decision is reached regarding the manuscript for publication;
  • are completely free from plagiarism

 

Manuscript Format and Style Guide

When the manuscripts are sent for consideration, they are scrutinized by the internal reviewers. And after the recommendations of the internal reviewers, they will be sent to the external reviewers and they will be double-blind reviewed. So, please ensure that no authors’ names are given on the first page of the manuscript and author names have been taken out of the “File-Properties” screen in word. All manuscripts should be double-spaced and in single column. Margins should be one inch (2.5cm or 1˝) at the top, bottom, left and right sides of the page. Font should be Times New Roman and size should be 12 point on A4 paper. The manuscripts should be limited within 3000-6000 words of text, unless an exception has been granted based on discussion with the Editors in advance of submission. This recommended word count refers to the entire content of the article, including abstract and references. Articles with heavy use of figures and/or tables should be correspondingly shorter to compensate for these. We give preference to shorter pieces.

 

Title

The title of the article should contain the title of the article and suggestions for a short running title of no more than 15 words. Title should not be in statement form. The title should cover the main focus of the research.

Also the manuscript should be included with the author’s names, affiliations and contact details (including email address) for the corresponding author.

 

 

Abstract

Authors are requested to submit an unstructured abstract of no more than 250 words with a keywords section. There should not be more than 5 key words that describe your paper for indexing and for web searches of your manuscript. The key words should be italicized. Abstract should be informative for non-specialists.

The contributor is requested to make sure that the abstract page does not contain any information identifying the author(s). Also please take care to select a title and an abstract that are direct and ‘readers friendly’.

 

References in the Text

The citations are requested to follow the MLA 7th edition Style Guide for literature, Language but APA 6th edition Style Guide for Social Science, Arts, Education and Humanities, included by the authorship and the year of the work. Each citation requires a reference at the end of the work with full details of the source item and should enable it to be traced.

 

Figures and Tables

Ensure that every table or figure is referred to in the text. The table or figure will be placed as per the first mention in the text. Legends should be short, descriptive and define any acronyms, abbreviations or symbols used. The necessary appendix should be used in the right place.

Tables should be numbered and the caption should be put above the table. The source will be straight underneath. Figures should be numbered and the caption will be underneath the figure. The source goes straight under the caption.

 

When submitting your work, please include the name of your institution, the full title of your position, and the title of the essay, and email address, and phone number. Please send two hard copies to the address below and email a softcopy of your article to  [email protected] on or before  January 31, 2020.

Submission must be addressed to

 

 

The Editor in Chief

NUB Journal of Social Science and Humanities

Faculty of Humanities & Social Science

Northern University Bangladesh (NUB)

Holding No-13, Road No-17, Banani C/A, Dhaka-1213