The below structure should be followed for the publishing a book chapter (in academic books) but it will be relaxed in certain cases.
Title of the book chapter must be clear and represent the content(s) of the book chapter.
Write the author names under this section.
Write abstract in 500 words and specify keywords upto 5.
If the authors used any abbreviations in the book chapter, they should mention those abbreviations along with the full form in this section. For the first time usage of the abbreviation in the book chapter, the full form of the abbreviation must be written followed by specify the abbreviation in the brackets and thereafter you can use the abbreviation(s) only.
E.g.: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), later you can use as “RA” instead of using the full form “Rheumatoid arthritis."
Write the introduction briefly about the chapter.
You can write the rest of the book chapter under this section by specifying your own section titles.
Author(s) must locate the table(s) and illustration(s) in the text wherever applicable. Write clear captions that should represent the contents of the table(s) (or) figure(s) and number all the table(s) and figure(s) in Arabic numerical only. Cite the table and figure numbers inside the text and locate wherever applicable and no need to mention separately.
Write your conclusions under this section.
It is optional. If authors would like to express their gratitude, they can express in this section (try to finish in one paragraph).
Specify if you have any conflicts with this work. Otherwise specify under this section as "The authors declare no conflict of interest."
References should be at the end of each chapter. Cite all the references inside the chapter and number accordingly their (references) citation in the chapter, but not in the alphabetical order of the references.
Inside the text, it must be indicated as “[1], [2],” etc.
If the author(s) wants to indicate 2 (or) 3 (or) more references of continuous numbered, those should be cited as [1-3] but not [1, 2, 3]. If the references are not continuous, then mention as [1, 3, 5] (or) somewhere continuous and another is not continuous, then mention as [1-3, 5, 7].
Under the references section, references must be numbered as like below.
1.
2.
Safarzadeh E, Sandoghchian SS, Baradaran B. Herbal medicine as inducers of apoptosis in cancer treatment. Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin 2014; 4(suppl 1): 421-7.
Format: Author names. Title of the paper. Journal name Published year; Volume (Issue): Page numbers.
(Specify all the author names and no need to mention the "et al").
Khurmi RS, Gupta JK. Theory of machines. S Chand Publishing, India, 2005.
Format: Author names. Title of the book. Publisher name, Country, Published year.
(Specify all the author names and no need to mention the "et al").
Brown B, Aaron M. The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed). The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edition. Wiley, New York, 2001, pp. 230-257.
Format: Author names. Title of the book chapter. In: Editor names (ed). Title of the book, edition. Publisher name, Country, Published year, page numbers (from -to).
(Specify all the names of authors and editors wherever applicable followed by the initial or surname. No need to mention the "et al").
Andrew ZJ. Thermodynamics overview. Web: https://www.thoughtco.com/thermodynamics-overview-2699427, accessed on 25-11-2017.
Format: Author names. Title of the article. Web: URL link, Accessed date.
(Specify all the author names and no need to mention the "et al").
Young K. Profiling Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Throughout Mouse Oocyte and Preimplantation Embryo Development. University of Ottawa, 2022.
Format: Author names. Title of the thesis. University name, Submitted year.
(Specify all the author names and no need to mention the "et al").
Fei F. Audience Experience on Social Media: How to Perceive Emergence of Online DIY Celebrities and Celebrity Endorsement in China. In: International Association for Media and Communication Research, China, 2020.
Format: Author names. Title of the abstract. In: Name of the conference, Place of conference, Year.
(Specify all the author names and no need to mention the "et al").
It is optional, but it is appreciated if you mention the keywords with their page numbers.
