The below structure should be followed for the publishing of thesis / dissertation as book but it will be relaxed in certain cases.
Title of the proposed book(s) must be clear and represent the content(s) of the entire book.
Write briefly one paragraph about the author and if more than one author contributes the book, then, specify their name followed by briefly write about the respective author (publisher will assist you in this section).
Author(s) should explain about the book such as scope of the book, why it was written, targeted field (if it targets any specific field of the study / audience, etc), and contributions (if exist), etc.
It is optional. If you would like to dedicate your book to anybody (or) field of study (or) to anything else, please specify under this section. Publisher is allowing you to add the photographs (photographs with white background are encouraged) of dedicated people (or) any other under this section.
It is optional. If authors would like to express their gratitude, then the authors can express in this section (try to finish in single page, if possible, but not restricted to a single page).
This section is a must and author(s) should specify the chapter titles with the page numbers. In case of dissertation(s) / thesis, author(s) can write the chapter titles (like Abstract, Introduction, etc) with the page numbers.
If the authors used any abbreviations in the book, we should mention those under this section. During the first time usage of the abbreviation, full form of the abbreviation must be written followed by specifying the abbreviation in the brackets and thereafter you can use the abbreviation(s).
E.g.: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), later you can use as “RA” instead of using the “Rheumatoid arthritis."
It is very important section, and we can consider it as a heart of the book. Language (used for the writing a book) must be balanced throughout the book with no grammatical / any language related errors, hence, careful consideration regarding the grammatical errors will be expected. Each chapter in the book should be started in new page and chapters must be cited with the references. Specify all the references list in the references page.
Author(s) must locate the table(s) and illustration(s) in the text wherever applicable. Write clear captions that should show the content of the table(s) (or) figure(s) and number all the table(s) and figure(s) in Arabic numerical. 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.
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 specified under the references section in references page only and no need to list the references chapter wise. Cite all the references inside the chapters 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. Reference details.
2. Reference details.
Safarzadeh E, Sandoghchian Shotorbani S, 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 and 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 the authors mention the keywords with the page numbers.
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