BCM Research Colloquium- Call for Papers

BCM Research Colloquium BCM Research Colloquium is a double blind peer-reviewed journal, published bi-annually, by BCM College of Education, Ludhiana.BCM College of Education, Ludhiana is dedicated to research and scholarship that advance knowledge and refine the practice of education. Consistent with this mission, BCM Research Colloquium is committed to publishing articles that inform best practice in the education of students and their teachers at pre-schooling, elementary, secondary and higher levels. We invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners to submit manuscripts to the BCM Research Colloquium and we hope that students of education, practitioners, researchers, and scholars will use our publication as a resource for engaging in conversations about the ways we can meet the needs of all students in every classroom.

Paper Selection and Publication Process

BCM Research Colloquium aims at rapid publication of research results and maintaining double-blind system for peer-review; the reviewers’ identities remain anonymous to authors. The review process may take 2-3 weeks. If due to special circumstance the review process takes longer, authors will be informed by email. Manuscripts with social/educational significance will be reviewed and published at the highest priority and speed. If you have any difficulties, or you have any queries, please contact with Managing Editor via e-mail bcmresearchcell@gmail.com.  Poorly prepared and unnecessarily lengthy manuscripts have less chance of being accepted.

Author Guidelines

General rules for text:

Please use the following rules for whole text, including abstract, keywords, heading and references.

Page setup

1. Margins: 1 Inch (2,54 cm) on all sides (top, bottom, left, right) 
2. Font Size and Type: 12-pt. Times New Roman font 
3. Line Spacing: Single space throughout the paper, including the title page, abstract, body of the document, references, appendixes, footnotes, tables, and figures. 
4. Alignment: Justified  
5. Orientation: Portrait
6. Page size: A4

 

Preparation of text

1. Title: 14 pts, uppercase and lowercase letters bolded and centered
2. Name and personal information (academic title, institutional affiliation and e-mail
address) should be placed under the title. 
3. Abstract: (100-200 words) should include the following: aim, method, results and
conclusion. The abstract must be written in  Times New Roman, Font Size 10 and Italic.
4. Keywords: up to 5 key words,  Times New Roman, Font Size 10 and bolded.
5. Spacing: Between abstract and main text, you should leave two empty lines.
6. Subdivision of the article: The papers should be structured in title and subtitle sections and should be numbered: 12 pts, alignment left (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Between title section and main text one empty line should be left. 


Tables and figures should be text wrapped and must be numbered, please use for the tables Times New Roman 10 pts.

References and Footnotes

References should follow the referencing style used by the American Psychological Association (APA), Sixth Edition  in alphabetical order. All sources cited in the paper must be included in the References section.

Citations in the text

Source material must be documented in the body of the paper by citing the author(s) and date(s) of the sources. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Avoid citation in the abstract. Unpublished results and personal communications should not be in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as “in press” implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

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Word Count

The paper must be maximum up to 5000 words including tables, figures, references etc.