📚 IJRTI Documentation

This documentation is the reference companion to submitting a paper to IJRTI (ISSN 2456-3315) — a UGC CARE Approved journal following Scopus standard editorial practice, with a permanent CrossRef/DataCite DOI assigned to every published article. It covers everything between having a finished manuscript and holding a published, indexed, citable paper.

If you are new to academic publishing, read sections 1–5 in order before you submit. If you have published before and just need a fact — a margin size, a threshold, a fee — use the sidebar or the jump links above to go straight to it.

Related reading: the Indexing & Abstracting page explains what happens to your metadata after publication, About IJRTI covers the full editorial mission and pricing, and How to Publish a Research Paper in a Journal is a broader guide to journal selection and the publishing process if you're still choosing where to submit.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers (not being considered for publication elsewhere) in the standard format described in this documentation, presenting new theoretical and/or experimental research. Authors may submit a paper of any length, including figures, tables and references. Submissions are judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, correctness and presentation.

Steps to Publish a Paper in IJRTI

• Submit Your Research Paper — click here to submit your paper online.
• Paper submission notification received by mail — you will get a paper registration ID in your corresponding author mail inbox, which you can use to track your paper status.
• Review (Acceptance/Rejection) notification — typically within 1–2 days after submitting your paper.
• Payment of publication charges — on acceptance of your paper.
• Submit the required documents for publishing the paper (Undertaking Form, Payment Proof, Identity Proof).
• Publication of Paper — your paper is published within 1–2 days after submitting all necessary documents.
• Download Certificates — authors can download the certificate of publication once the paper is live.

Required Documents to Publish the Paper in IJRTI

Once your paper is accepted by the IJRTI review committee, you will receive a notification from the editorial team. After paying the publication fee, submit the following required documents in a single email to editor@ijrti.org, mentioning your paper registration ID in the subject line.

• Undertaking by Author Form — request the form by email (submit the scanned copy, handwritten-signed by the author).
• Formatted Manuscript / Research Paper — following the manuscript template (must be in .doc/.docx format; file name should be your registration ID).
• Identity Proof of the corresponding author only (scanned copy) — any one of Aadhaar Card / PAN Card / College ID Card / Driving Licence.
• Payment Proof — the payment confirmation receipt (PDF or screenshot) clearly showing the amount paid, Transaction ID, and Date of Payment.

Benefits of Publishing Your Paper in IJRTI

• Low Cost Journal Publication — ₹599 (Indian authors) / $40 (international authors)
• UGC CARE Approved Journal Publication
• CrossRef/DataCite DOI on demand
• Quick and speedy review process — 1–2 days, start to finish
• Transparent, double-blind peer review
• Instant certificate generation on publication of your paper
• IJRTI is an open-access, peer-reviewed international journal
• Track your paper status online using your registration ID
• Indexed in Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar and major academic databases

Manuscripts that already follow this specification move through screening fastest, because the editorial team is not spending review time on formatting rather than content.

Document Specification

*Abstract must always be provided in English regardless of the paper's language.

Required Paper Structure

1. Title — concise and informative, ideally under 15 words, containing the terms a reader would actually search for
2. Author name(s), designation and institutional affiliation, with ORCID iD if available
3. Abstract and keywords
4. Introduction & literature review
5. Methodology / research design
6. Results & discussion
7. Conclusion & future scope
8. Acknowledgement (if any)
9. References

Writing a Strong Title & Abstract

Two elements decide whether your paper is found after publication: the title and the abstract. Include the method, domain and application in the title rather than a rhetorical phrase, and write an abstract that states your actual results with numbers — not “results are discussed.” This directly affects how well Google Scholar and OpenAlex index and rank your paper. See making your paper discoverable for the full guidance.

IJRTI accepts IEEE, APA or MLA citation style. Pick one and apply it consistently throughout the manuscript — in-text citations and the reference list must use the same style; mixed styles are one of the most common reasons a paper is returned for revision before it reaches reviewers.

Reference List Quality

A complete reference — authors, year, title, source, volume/issue, pages and DOI where one exists — does more than satisfy a formatting rule. Complete references let CrossRef's citation matching connect your paper to the ones you cite, which is how automatic citation counts are built across Google Scholar, CrossRef Cited-by and OpenAlex. An incomplete reference simply fails to match, and the paper you cited receives no credit for it. See why metadata quality matters for the full explanation.

Run through this list before you submit. Papers that pass every item here typically clear initial screening within a day.

• Manuscript is original, unpublished and not under review at another journal
• Title is concise, descriptive and under ~15 words
• Abstract is 150–250 words and states actual findings, not just background
• 5–8 keywords are included, using established terms from your field
• All co-authors are listed with full name, designation, institution and email
• Paper structure follows the required section order (see Section 2)
• One citation style (IEEE, APA or MLA) is used consistently throughout
• Every in-text citation has a matching reference, and vice versa
• Tables and figures are numbered and captioned
• File is saved as .doc or .docx, correctly named with the corresponding author's surname
• Manuscript has been checked for plagiarism and falls within the accepted similarity threshold
• Corresponding author's contact details (email + phone/WhatsApp) are current

IJRTI runs a double-blind, transparent peer review process, as required under the new UGC notification — reviewers and authors remain anonymous to each other, and authors receive the anonymised reviewer comments alongside the editorial decision rather than a bare accept/reject.

Responding to Reviewer Comments

Address every comment individually, even ones you disagree with — explain your reasoning rather than ignoring the point. A response document that maps each comment to the corresponding change in the manuscript (a simple numbered list is enough) speeds up the re-review significantly. See the full walkthrough in Tutorials.

IJRTI follows COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines. Every submission is screened for similarity before it reaches a reviewer.

Plagiarism & Similarity Policy

• Manuscripts must fall within the accepted similarity threshold before proceeding to review
• Papers exceeding the threshold are returned for revision, not rejected outright, unless the similarity indicates deliberate misconduct
• Self-plagiarism (recycling your own previously published text without disclosure) is treated the same as any other plagiarism
• A similarity screening report is available to authors on request

Authorship & Conflicts of Interest

• Every listed author must have made a genuine, disclosed contribution to the work
• Authors must declare any financial or personal conflict of interest relevant to the research
• Data fabrication, falsification or image manipulation is grounds for rejection or, post-publication, retraction
• Simultaneous submission to more than one journal is not permitted

Every article published in IJRTI can be registered with CrossRef for a permanent DOI — available on request as an add-on to the standard publication fee. The official journal ISSN is 2456-3315.

For the complete database-by-database breakdown — what each one records, how to verify your own listing, and how indexing relates to UGC CARE status — see the dedicated Indexing & Abstracting page.

A digital publication certificate is issued for every author of an accepted paper, available for download immediately after the article goes live.

Certificates carry the paper title, author names, journal name and ISSN, volume/issue and the DOI, which institutions typically accept as sufficient proof for PhD, API score and NAAC documentation. Request any on-request document from editor@ijrti.org.

IJRTI publishes under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Authors retain copyright of their work at all times.

What CC BY 4.0 means for you as the author

• You keep copyright — you are not transferring ownership to the journal
• You may deposit the published version in your institutional repository, ResearchGate, Academia.edu or your personal site immediately, with no embargo
• Anyone may share and adapt your work, including commercially, provided they credit you and link to the licence
• You may reuse figures, tables and text from your own published article in future work, with citation

Manuscript File

Figures & Tables

• Images should be at least 300 DPI for print-quality reproduction
• Accepted image formats: JPG, PNG, TIFF
• Every figure and table must have a caption and be referenced in the text
• Tables should be built as editable Word tables, not pasted as images

Supporting Documents

• Co-author declaration / consent (if requested by the editorial office)
• Ethics approval or informed consent documentation for studies involving human or animal subjects
• Copyright transfer is not applicable — IJRTI uses CC BY 4.0 (see Section 9)

The following are prepared on request by the editorial team rather than served as static downloads, so you always receive the current version:

Beyond this reference page, IJRTI publishes a dedicated step-by-step help article for almost every stage of the author, reviewer, conference and thesis journey — what to prepare, the exact workflow, common mistakes, and troubleshooting for each one. For the full visual map of every journey with diagrams before you dive into an individual guide, see the Author, Reviewer, Conference & Thesis Help Center.

Author — Submit, Track & Publish

Reviewer & RMS

Conference

Thesis