About the Journal

Innovations in STEAM: Research & Education

Innovations in STEAM: Research and Education (acronym ISRE; abbreviated Innov. STEAM Res Edu) publishes peer reviewed papers on all facets of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Management). The journal publishes reviews (submitted as well as solicited), full-length research articles, short communications, case studies, extension articles, product registration etc. Submissions made for consideration by ISRE must be original and must not be considered for publication elsewhere simultaneously.

Guide to Author for Manuscript Preparation

Format

Except in the case of reviews, contributions should be no longer than the equivalent of 10 printed journal pages (6000 to 8000 words) inclusive of tables, illustrations and references. Short communications should follow the requirements for original research papers but the text must not exceed 2000 to 3000 words. A typical page of text in the journal contains ~520 words. Manuscripts should be typed on one side of A4 paper, double spaced, with 3 cm margin on each side, text line numbered and paginated. All contributions are subject to editorial revision. To strictly follow the style, authors should download sample paper and organize their papers strictly in line with it. A full-length paper must be organized as:

  • Manuscript type: Full Length Article/Review Article/Short Communication
  • Title: Complete title of your manuscript (species names without authority’s name)
  • Running Title: Should not be more than 50 characters (with spaces)
  • Authors: Full names of the contributors along with their affiliation (please do not use abbreviations)
  • For correspondence: the e-mail address of the corresponding authors MUST be given. No more than one email address is required (ORCID of the corresponding author, if available be given next to email address). The corresponding author’s name and email has to be indicated by asterisk (*)
  • Author contributions: If first, second or third authors have contributed equally, it should be mentioned by putting dagger (†) mark on all such author names followed by a statement: †Contributed equally to this work and are co-first authors
  • Novelty statement (4-5 bullets): highlighting scientific merit of the work reported in the manuscript
  • Abstract: Be no more than 250 word emphasizing objectives, methods, important results, conclusions and practical implications
  • Keywords: four to six
  • Introduction: Must highlight the background of the problem in the light of recent literature, hypothesis to be tested and specific objectives. Harvard Style may be used for in-text citation and corresponding listing of the references.
  • Materials and Methods: Should be to the point and explicit and also citing references to methods adopted for recording data
  • Results: Should include statistical significance of treatment effect etc.
  • Discussion: Should be logical and reflect the originality of the contribution and findings discussed in the light of up-to-date literature
  • Conclusion: Should be brief and reflect the essence of the work along with practical implications and future directions (if any)
  • Acknowledgement: Should be as brief as possible
  • Author Contributions: Clearly state the contribution of each author to the article before submission
  • Conflict of Interest: Any potential conflict of interest among the authors for any reason be disclosed
  • Data Availability: A statement that data will be available on a fair request to the correspondence author
  • Ethics Approval: It has two facets, as mentioned below
  • Publication ethics: The following publication ethics are observed and authors beware that:
    • The authors transfer copyrights to the Journal under the following terms and conditions:
    • The paper presents original work not previously published in similar form and not currently under consideration by another journal
    • Each author has seen and approved the content of the submitted manuscript
    • Exclusive permission has been obtained from the author(s)/publisher(s) of the material/ information/data contained/used in any other form that is the intellectual property right of any person(s) other than the Author(s). The copyright material has clearly identified and acknowledged/referenced in the text of the paper. The author(s) are responsible for any violation/breech of the Copyright Law
    • There is no conflict of interest among the authors for the publication of paper, and that all the authors have significantly contributed to the paper
    • The paper once published will not be withdrawn or retracted unless very serious question(s) arise(s) on the data or originality of the text, and that will be done in concurrence with The University of Faisalabad stated policy
    • Once the copyrights are transferred, the published matter will be the sole property of The University of Faisalabad, and exclusive permission will be explicitly sought for partial or full reproduction of the text/graphics/numeric data. However, the author(s) will retain the intellectual property rights of their papers.
    • The complaints of plagiarism of papers (if any) are strictly dealt under Plagiarism Policy of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
  • Ethical Guidelines for Use in Research on Animals: For research on animals, ISRE observes Policy ARRIVE Guidelines available at PLoS Biol 8(6), e1000412, 2010 when documenting and conducting live animal studies. Authors, reviewers and editors are urged to adhere to these guidelines. It is also emphasized that in research involving animals, any potentially derived benefits must be significant in relation to harm suffered by participating animals. Furthermore, the research conducted using live animals must comply with commonly accepted ‘3Rs’:
    • Replacement of animals by alternatives wherever possible;
    • Reduction in number of animals used;
    • Refinement of experimental conditions and procedures to minimize the harm to animals.
  • Submissions made to ISRE with data in which the animals are investigated are required to be approved by an ethical review committee constituted by the institution of the corresponding author and relevant information provided in the Materials and Methods section or alternatively given separately just before the References section. The submissions are not processed further until a certificate is provided by the corresponding author in this regard.
  • Funding Source: Mention funding source even if no funding is acquired for this work
  • References: Harvard Style of references from EndNote for text quotation and listing is mandatory. The details are: a) with date in parentheses, e.g. as demonstrated by Chirnside (2022); or (b) with names and dates in parentheses, e.g. according to recent findings (Kirsten, 2019); (c) Basra and lqbal (2019); (d) as described previously (Basra and lqbal, 2019); (e) Rikihisa et al. (2024) or (f) as described previously (Hassan et al., 2023). If more than two authors, the first author should be given followed by et al., where lists of references are cited. In the text two or more references should be placed in chronological order, e.g., (Jones 2023; Chirnside 2024). If more than one reference by the same author(s) published in the same year are cited, they should be distinguished from each other by placing a, b, etc. after the year. References at the end of the paper should be alphabetically arranged. Names of all authors should be included. References should be set as follows:
  • Journal reference:Ahmad S, Ullah I, Khan M, Muhammad N, Amin A, Haseeb A, Khan RZ, Awais M (2024) Elucidating a synergistic influence of mustard resistance and chemical control for the management of Lipahis eyrsimi. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology 32(2): 101‒108. https://doi.org/10.17957/IJAB/15.2182.
  • Article in a journal published ahead of print: Bakker AB, Emmerik HV and Riet PV (2008) How job demands, resources and burnout predict objective performance. Anxiety, Stress and Coping 00: 1–10 [accessed 6 January 2010].
  • Book reference:Taiz L and Zeiger E (2015) Plant Physiology, 6th edn. Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates.
  • Crouch C, Le Gales P and Trigilia C (2001) Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise? Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Multiauthored edited book reference:Bintoro MH, Nurulhaq MI, Pratama AJ, Ahmad F and Ayulia L (2018) Growing area of sago palm and its environment. In: Ehara H, Toyoda Y and Johnson DV (eds) Sago Palm: Multiple Contributions to Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods. Singapore. Springer Nature.
  • Webpage:Tester J. (2014). EZproxy. [online] Eds.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk. Available at: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/eds/detail?sid=fa9392f5-3794-4dd7-a8bc-0f2d5915a373%40sessionmgr4005&vid=4&hid=4110&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&AN=67324416 [Accessed 21 Jun. 2014].
  • Dissertation: Allen SJ (2009) The social and moral fibre of Celtic Tiger Ireland. PhD thesis. University College Dublin.

Policies

 Open Access Policy

All articles published in Innovations in ISRE are made immediately available worldwide under an open access license. This means:

  • Everyone has free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in ISRE.
  • Everyone is free to re-use the published material, for non-commercial use, if proper accreditation/citation of the original publication in ISRE is given.

 Copyright Policy

For all articles published in ISRE, the authors retain the copyright. However, the exclusive commercial rights belong to The University of Faisalabad.

Open Access License and Permission Policy

All articles are published in ISRE under a Creative Commons License for Non-Commercial Attribution and will be directed to the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). The CC BY permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

Copyright of any article published by the journal under the CC BY NC license is retained by the author(s). Authors grant The University of Faisalabad (TUF) a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher. Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as it is not used for commercial purposes and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.

Use by non-commercial users

For non-commercial and non-promotional purposes individual users may access, download, copy, display and redistribute the articles to colleagues, as well as adapt, translate, text- and data-mine the content subject to the following conditions:

  • The authors' moral rights are not compromised. These rights include the right of "paternity" (also known as "attribution" - the right for the author to be identified as such) and "integrity" (the right for the author not to have the work altered in such a way that the author's reputation, or integrity may be impugned).
  • Where content in the article is identified as belonging to a third party, it is the obligation of the user to ensure that any reuse complies with the copyright policies of the owner of that content.
  • If article content is copied, downloaded, or otherwise reused for non-commercial research and education purposes, a link to the appropriate bibliographic citation (authors, journal, article title, volume, issue, page numbers, DOI and the link to the definitive published version on TUF website) should be maintained.
  • Copyright notices and disclaimers must not be deleted.
  • Any translations, for which a prior translation agreement with TUF has not been agreed, must prominently display the statement: "This is an unofficial translation of an article that appeared in a TUF publication. The publisher has not endorsed this translation."

Use by commercial "for-profit" organizations

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Commercial purposes include:

Copying or downloading of articles, or linking to such articles for further redistribution, sale or licensing; Copying, downloading or posting by a site or service that incorporates advertising with such content; The inclusion, or incorporation of article content in other works, or services (other than normal quotations with an appropriate citation) that is then available for sale or licensing, for a fee (for example, a compilation produced for marketing purposes, inclusion in a sales pack); Use of article content (other than normal quotations with appropriate citation) by for-profit organizations for promotional purposes; Linking to article content in e-mails redistributed for promotional, marketing or educational purposes; Use for the purposes of monetary reward by means of sale, resale, license, loan, transfer or other form of commercial exploitation such as marketing products; Print reprints of articles can be purchased from info@tuf.edu.pk.

Permissions

  • No special permission is required to reuse all, or part of article published by ISRE, including figures and tables for non-commercial purposes.
  • Any part of the article may be reused for non-commercial purposes, without permission provided that the original article is clearly cited.
  • Reuse of an article does not imply endorsement by the authors, or ISRE.

Content Disclaimer

The opinions expressed in any of the published articles in Innovations in STEAM: Research and Education (ISRE) are not the opinions of the journal or The University of Faisalabad (TUF). The Content is not guaranteed to be complete, correct, timely, current or up to date. Like any printed or electronic materials, the content may become out-of-date. TUF undertakes no obligation to update any Content on the Website. Authors of a particular article are responsible for their own content, where applicable, and may update their content at any time without notice and at their sole discretion. TUF reserves the right to make alterations or deletions to the content at any time without notice. TUF does not represent or otherwise warrant that the information available on or through our website will be correct, accurate, timely or otherwise reliable. The ISRE may make changes to the features, functionality or content of our website or services at any time. Any research content provided by the author(s) is of their own opinion, and is not intended to malign any religion, ethic group, club, organization, company, individual, anyone or anything. The TUF reserves the right in its sole discretion to edit or remove any documents, information or other content appearing on TUF website or Services. Any errors discovered are the fault of the authors. In no event shall the TUF be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such site or resource.

Publishing Model: Open Access.

Article Processing Charge (APC): No APC is levied to the articles published in ISRE

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