Guidelines for Contributors
The Policy Perspectives welcomes original, unpublished submissions with duly signed undertaking, plagiarism report, brief updated CV while ensuring that guidelines have been followed. All submissions undergo rigorous Editorial Board review; shortlisted articles are reviewed by two peer reviewers. Publication in the Journal depends on Board’s positive feedback and reviewers’ recommendation. Timelines of review process vary depending on reviewer’s availability and responsiveness.
While submitting a manuscript for the Policy Perspectives, please follow these guidelines:
| · Manuscript should be ideally around 5000 words. |
| · An abstract of about 150 words should be included. |
| · Five to six keywords should be provided. |
| · American English should be used. |
| · Chicago Manual of Style 16th Edition should be followed for footnotes. |
| · All the tables, charts, graphs, and figures included in the manuscript should be in an editable, MS Word form. |
| · Book Reviews of latest books should be around 1000 words. |
The editors reserve the right to make modifications and editorial changes in the interest of space, brevity, comprehension, consistency and/or other reasons deemed necessary by the Editorial Board. Views expressed in the articles are not necessarily shared by the IPS. The articles should be sent at the following Email: journal-pp@ips.net.pk
The Policy Perspectives follows a strict anti-plagiarism policy.
