These guidelines provide instructions for authors submitting manuscripts for publication in the IPPTA PEER REVIEWED Journal. Original research articles and concise reviews related to science, technology, and applications in the paper industry are invited. Manuscripts must be in English and cover topics such as raw materials, pulping, papermaking, the environment, and process optimization. Authors should follow a specific format for title, author names, abstract, keywords, sections, references, tables, and figures. The manuscript will undergo peer review to evaluate the technical merit and suitability for the journal before potential publication.

1. These guidelines are intended to help the author(s) in the preparation of manuscripts for
publicationintheIPPTAPEERREVIEVEDJournal.
Originalresearcharticlesandconcisereviewsrelatedtoscienceandtechnologyandtheir
applications with interest to paper industry are invited for publication. The detailed
subjectcoverageisgivenbelow:
Raw Material & Forestry, Pulping & Bleaching, Waste Paper Processing & Deinking,
Recovery, Stock Preparation, Paper Making & Finishing, Environment & Energy,
Maintenance/ Process Control/ Optimization, Biotechnology & Its application, Chemical
&Additives
Subject to review and qualification as given below IPPTA will accept papers for
publicationfromprospectiveauthor(s),coveringanyoftheabovedisciplines.
Manuscripts in English, neither published nor likely to be published elsewhere, may be
submittedtoIPPTAforpossiblepublication.Noteverypapersubmittedforconsideration
willbepeerreviewed.Manuscripts acceptedforpeerreviewaresenttoselectedEditorial
Board members to coordinate the reviews. A minimum of two/ three reviewers familiar
with the topic area will evaluate the paper. Papers that are promotional, poorly written,
excessively long, insufficiently documented, previously published, or not clearly within
thefocusofIPPTAJOURNALwilllikelyberejected.Reviewersmayrequestrevisionstothe
paper before publication. Papers that successfully pass the peer review process will not
be moved to the publication stage until IPPTA JOURNAL Editorial Board has received all
required information, including any author response, requested revision, and necessary
copyrightform.
Papersnormallyacceptedforpublicationarethosewhichintheopinionofthereferees.
(i) Report new findings of importance to the industry from an individual or group,
basedontheoriginalworkorexperience.
(ii) Presenta concise review on any field in the pulp and paper technology, provided
in the opinion of the referees, such a review has sufficiently wide interest or
specialtechnicalvaluetomeritpublication.
AIM & SCOPE
SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS
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GUIDELINES FOR AUTHOR(S) FOR PUBLICATION OF PAPER(S) IN
IPPTA PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL

2. IPPTA will not accept for publication, paper(s) containing the same or substantially the
same material as already published. Papers accepted for Publication and/or published in
IPPTAarethesolecopyrightofIPPTA.
The manuscripts can be submitted preferably online in MSWord format at: Editor-in Chief
. Alternately, four copies of the typescript and
illustrations (one original & three Xerox), and a separate typed sheet of caption for figures
shouldbesenttothefollowingaddress–
Editor-in-Chief
Indian Pulp & Paper Technical Association
P.O. Box No. 47, C.P.P.R.I. Campus, Paper Mill Road,
Near Himmat Nagar, Saharanpur – 247001 (UP) INDIA
Submissionofapaperimpliesthatithasnotbeenpublishedpreviously(exceptintheform
of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under
consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and
tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities of the institution(s) where the work was
carried out, and that, if accepted, will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in
Englishorinanyotherlanguage,withoutthewrittenconsentofthepublisher.
The submitted work should have a covering letter on the official letterhead under
signatures of the corresponding author or any other authorized person. A declaration by
authorsaspercertificategivenbelow:
[This to certify that the reported work in the paper entitled “…………..” submitted for
publication in the“IPPTA PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL”is an original one and has not been
submitted for publication elsewhere. I/we further certify that proper citations to the
previously reported work have been given and no data/tables/figures have been quoted
verbatim from other publications without giving due acknowledgement and without
the permission of the author(s). The consent of all the authors of this paper has been
obtained for submitting the paper. Signatures and name(s) of authorized/
corresponding/allauthor(s)]
We recommend using the IPPTA Journal article template, but for the first submission of a
manuscript this is not mandatory. However, if IPPTA decides to consider the article for
MANUSCRIPTSUBMISSION
(peer@ippta.co & )
ESSENTIALS FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
mkgoyal@ipptaonline.org
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3. publication after review, authors will have to transfer the manuscript to the template,
with revisions made according to reviewer's comments. The template can be had from
IPPTAofficeordownloadedfromIPPTAwebsite.
Use SI units throughout,and where other units are used for some reason, give equivalent
SI units in parenthesis. Equations must be clearly written, each on its own line, well away
fromthetext.AllequationsmustbenumberedconsecutivelyinArabicnumeralswiththe
numberinparenthesesneartherighthandmargin.
The manuscript must be in English and linguistically correct. Either
American or British spelling may be used and should be consistentlyapplied throughout
themanuscript.Extensiveuseofnotgenerallyacceptedacronymsshouldbeavoided.
Manuscript should be presented in type-written A4 size paper in double line spacing
using Times New Roman (11 pt) font and margins at top, bottom and sides of 25 mm on
one side of paper. All pages should be numbered serially.The matter should be arranged
inthefollowingorder:
The manuscript should be written clearly in a concise form. The text should not be
repetitive and should confine only to the scope of the subject matter; normally an article
should be limited to a maximum of 6000 words or 8 printed pages. Any article exceeding
the limit is liable for rejection or may be sent back for being suitably compressed before
being sent to referees for their opinion. The condensation or editing of the contents of
the paper (s) is solely the responsibility of the author(s) and not of the Editor(s) of IPPTA.
Thetextshoulddetailaccuratelyandexactlythemeaningofthewholeaimoftheproject
or the investigation. Short sentences in plain words achieve this in a better manner. Use
correctEnglish(UK)andavoidcolloquialism.
English language:
GENERAL ARRANGEMENT
LENGTHANDSELECTIONOFMATERIAL
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a. Title of the paper, author (s) and their
organization (attach separately)
b. Abstract
c. Keywords
d. Introduction
e. Materials and Methods
f. Results and Discussion
g. Conclusions
h. Acknowledgements (if any)
I. References
j. Tables (attach separately)
k. Figures (attach separately)
l. Appendices (if any)
m. Nomenclature (list Greek letters separately
but in the same column)
n. The captions (for figures) should be typed
on separate pages.

4. TITLE
AUTHOR(S)
ABSTRACT
ADDRESS(ES)
The title of the paper should be typed in Capital Letters, 14 point, bold and placed
centrally.The title is the key as to whether or not a paper is to be read.Therefore, the title
should be brief, catchy if possible and should contain key words of the contents of the
paper. Don't frame a title exceeding 12/15 words. A lengthy title is likely to be miscopied,
misquotedanddistorted.
Thefollowingisthegeneralexample(s)oftitle,expressionandplacement:
THEMECHANICSOFTHEEDGEWISECOMPRESSIVESTRENGTHOFPAPER
SODA-AQPULPINGOFRICESTRAW
KRAFTCO-COOKINGOFBINARYCHIPS(PINUSROXBURGII:EUCALYPTUSTERETICORNIS(70:30)
The author(s) name should follow the title of the paper. If the author has only one name this
shouldbegiveninfulle.g.SubhashChandra,Surendraetc.Theauthorwhohasbeencalledby
hissurname,shouldgivetheinitialsfirstfollowedbysurnamee.g.M.K.Upadhyaya.Incaseof
the author(s) whose first name has to be printed, give the initials and then the first name by
underliningthefirstnamee.g.G.V.Shankar.You may like to appoint any body or co-author
ascorrespondingauthor.
Do not give the designation, but only give the affiliation to an organization, with its
address. Also mention your IPPTA Membership status (Life time, Associate, Active,
Studentetc.)ThiswillenabletheEditorial BoardtogivepreferencetothearticlesofIPPTA
Members.Placetheseasanotebetweenruledlinesatthebottomofthesheet.
The Abstract at the beginning of the paper should be informative, not merely
indicative. It should briefly state the purpose of the work, significant results and
conclusions in a way that is useful for indexing and abstracting service providers and
gives a bird's eye view to a reader as well.The length of the abstract should not exceed
200 words. Abbreviations should be avoided. References should therefore be avoided,
but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list. Non-
standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided but, if essential, they should
bedefinedattheirfirstmentionintheabstractitself.
Addresses (including e-mail addresses) at the time of publication should be given for
each author in a separate paragraph after the Abstract. A Corresponding author should
bespecified.
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5. Example: ADDRESSES OF THE AUTHORS
THERMO MECHANICAL PULPING (TMP) OF CHEMICALLY IMPREGNATED BAMBOO (D. STRICTUS) CHIPS
***
Surendra, Upadhyay M. K., Shankar G. V.
ABSTRACT
MAYUR PAPER MILLS, POLLACHI (TAMIL NADU)
* Active Member ** Associate Member *** Student Member
4-6keywordsshouldbelisted.
This covers description of the problem investigated, why the article has been written,
review of pertinent literature, method of investigation, and aim of the work without giving
toolengthybackground.Usuallynoresultsarementionedintheintroduction.
An extension to the introduction is the literature review. Each literature referred should be
numbered in order of their first appearance in the text.These numbers should be placed in
parenthesis and follow the cited author's name. e.g. while discussing the tear mode in an
enplaneteartester,Pageetal(1)andVandenAkkeretal(2)havepointedoutthat………….
Full details of all the experiments should be given, so that they can be checked by the
reader. Results should not be reported here. The method of problem solution,
experimental procedure, sampling technique, statistical analysis, materials used and
other information necessary to depict properly the subsequent results and conclusions
are to be placed in this section. Never write lengthy description of the analytical
procedure used. Just mention the source of reference for testing pulp and paper and as
well as fibrous and non-fibrous raw material. Follow either one of the following
standards: ISI, ISO, TAPPI, SCAN, APPITA or DIN. Give the clear official number of the
testingprocedure.
Representative data should be presented and discussed. Methods should not be described
here. Discuss interpretation of results, principles and relationships, and connections to
previouslypublishedresearchwork.Youmayhavevoluminousdatatouseherebutallresults
whicharenotofprimaryvalueinsupportingtheconclusionsshouldberuthlesslyomittedor
relegatedtoappendixtables.Avoidrepetitioninthetext,ofdatacontainedintables,graphs
andillustrations.Reservethetextfordrawingattentiononlytohighlighttheunexpectedand
thesignificantdata.
KEYWORDS
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALSANDMETHODS
RESULTSANDDISCUSSION
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6. CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
References to journals
References to books
Example:
A more extensive description of significance and conclusions, not exceeding 200 words,
should be given at the end of the paper. Conclusions and recommendations should be
presented in clear, crisp sentences. Avoid the temptation of rambling at the end of the
paper. If the numbers of conclusions drawn or the recommendations suggested are too
many,listthemintheorderofimportance.
If the work is done at a sponsored laboratory or involves the propriety of a company or if
the project is financed by an institution or company, please insert appropriate
acknowledgement at the end. It should be brief and meaningful for special assistance
only,notforroutinepermissiontopublishorsuchtrivialformalities.
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the
textofthemanuscript.Citationsarenumberedsequentially,firstinthetext,thenthrough
the references. Reference to articles not published or not publicly available or only
submitted for publication should be avoided. Reference to publications that are
"Accepted for publication" is allowed with an appropriate indication of where they are to
bepublished.
Citations taken from the abstracting journals or from any publication other than the
original must be given the original source, but should be mentioned if the abstract only
wasconsulted.Examplesareasgivenbelow:
should include Author's last name, initials, name of the journal,
volume number, issue number (in parenthesis), first and last page number, year of
publication(inparenthesis).
1. Pye,I.T.,-Pulp&PaperCan72(5):T167-XX(1971).
2. Sloman,A.R.,-Appita14(2):57-XX(1960)
3. Kay,P.,“Colloids”,ElsevierInc7thEd.;Vol.I,PP47-48(1972)
4. Brailler, P.S., and Morkicke, E.S., “Ground Wood Bleaching Process” U S Patent 2, 359, 891
(Oct,101944).
5. “InternalTearingResistanceofPaper”TAPPIStandardT414ts-614(TAPPIPress).
should include the authors name, book title, publisher, place of
publication, first and last page numbers, year of publication, edition no. and page no. (in
parenthesis).(ifreferencetowholebookisnotintended).
Walling, C.,- Free Radicals in Solution, Wiley, New York, 3-12 (1976).
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7. References to articles in edited collections
Example:
References to articles in conference proceedings
Example:
References to dissertations or reports
Example:
References to patents
Onlinedocument
TABLES
should include the authors name, article title,
editors name, title of collection, publisher, place of publication, first and last page
numbers,yearofpublication(inparenthesis).
Uesaka, T.,- Determination of fiber-fiber bond properties, In: Mark, R. E. (ed.),
Handbook of Physical and Mechanical Testing of Paper and Paperboard, Marcel Dekker,
Inc.NewYork,379-402,(1984).
should include the authors name,
article title, editors name (if any), title of proceedings, place and date of conference,
publisher, place of publication, first and last page numbers, year of publication (in
parenthesis).
Giertz, H. W. and Rødland, G.,- Elongation of segments bonds in the secondary
regime of the load/elongation curve, Int. Paper Physics Conf., Harrison Hot Springs,
British Columbia, Canada, September 17-19, 1979, CPPA, Montreal, Canada, 129-136
(1979).
should include the authors name, title dissertation
orreport,institution,locationofinstitution,yearofpublication(inparenthesis).
Retulainen, E.,- The Role of Fibre Bonding in Paper Properties, Ph.D. Thesis,
Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, (1997).
should include patent owner, year, title of patent, patent number,
dateofissue.
Fulladdressbarshouldbegivenalongwithdateofaccessingthewebsite.
(Accessed on May 15, 2018)
Tables should be numbered consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the
text and given suitable captions. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data
presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere, for example in figures,
inthearticle.
Also place each table on a separate sheet under the captionTABLE, written in capital and
placed centrally with appropriate number. Set below the TABLE, title of the table in
capitals. Keep the tables as simple as possible. Omit all the irrelevant data. Complicated
tables are extremely difficult to reproduce and often cannot be reduced to printable size.
A common logic is thata long table is always skipped by the readers because it is tedious,
leading to boredom. Try to put only the salient data in the table (with their proper
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implication and interpretation in the text). If the table has to necessarily include data
which may make the table lengthier, try to split them into two or more tables, giving
appropriatetitles.Anexampleforthelayoutofthetableisasgivenbelow–
Photographs, figures and schemes (in .jpg format) should be numbered consecutively in
accordance with their appearance in the text and given suitable captions.They should not
be included within the text.Technical requirements for images: width x height: 1024 x 768
(min), quality of print: 300 dpi. Figure numbers and captions should be listed on a separate
sheet and attached to the typescript. They should be typed in lower case except for the
initialletterofthefirstwordandnofullstopshouldbeused.
All illustrations should be numbered consecutively in a single series using Arabic
numerals.
Legend to the curves, designation of parts of apparatus etc. should be
withintheboundariesoftheillustrationsandnotunderneath,oraboveit.Keepthenumber
ofillustrationstotheminimumrequiredforaclearunderstanding.Ifthedataisrepresented
inatable,don'tmakeafigureforit.
Special information, such as extensive tables, detailed descriptions of methods,
mathematical calculations & derivations and apparatus etc., which would impend the
flow of reading the paper can be given in an Appendix. Please keep the appendix as
minimumaspossible.
Greek letters and other abbreviations used in the formulae mentioned in the text have to
beseparatelyappendedundertheseparateheadingnomenclature.
TABLE – 5 : EFFECT OF AQ ADDITION ON THE YIELD AT CONSTANT
H-FACTOR OF 1250 (Pinus radiata)
FIGURES
Example: Figure 1-
APPENDICES
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COPYRIGHT
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BLINDING A MANUSCRIPT FOR REVIEWING
Title Page, Acknowledgements:
References to Your Work:
Submitting Revisions
Authorsretaincopyrightoftheirwork.IPPTArequireswrittenpermissionfromtheauthor
to publish the work in print, electronically, and in other formats. IPPTA Publisher's
Agreement is a fillable form that requires the signature of the copyright owner, author or
person signing on behalf of an employer. This form is required to be signed after
acceptanceofthemanuscriptandbeforepublicationofthemanuscriptintheJournal.
One of the most frequent mistakes we see in manuscript submissions is incomplete
manuscriptblinding.Manymanuscriptsarereceivedwithauthoridentifyinginformation
that must be removed before they can be sent out for review. Submitting a manuscript
that needs additional blinding can slow down your review process, so here are some
guidelinestohelpyouproduceamanuscriptreadyforanonymousreview.
Title of the paper, author(s), their organization
and acknowledgement should be in a separate page attached to the manuscript for
fair reviewing.
If you must refer to your work or the work of your
coauthors in the text, there are several guidelines that you can follow to help assure that
your manuscript is properly blinded.
Wheneverpossible,referonlytopublishedwork.
Avoid using pronouns that make it obvious that you are the same author(s) responsible
for the referenced work. Any such references will be removed before the manuscript is
sentoutforreview.
"Followingonour1999study(MSAuthor),..."
Avoidreferringthereviewerstoanotherstudyfordetailsofthemethodology.Ifyoufeel
the details are important for the reviewers to know yet there is not room for them in the
manuscript, you may attach a brief discussion of the relevant information that will be
sentoutwithyourmanuscript.
If you must refer to your own work in a way that makes your authorship obvious, you
may substitute "Author citation" for your name in both the citation in the text and the
corresponding entry in the reference list. Doing so will allow you to make sure your
citations are included in the event of eventual publication while allowing for
anonymous reviews. This style is particularly appropriate when referring to
unpublishedworksorany referencethatmightotherwiseclearlyrevealauthorship.
If you are submitting a revision of manuscript that is to undergo another round of
reviews, and you prepare commentsdetailing revisions made to your manuscript, please
besuretoblindthedocumentaccordingtotheguidelinesabove.
IPPTA may refuse to publish a manuscript which does not meet the standards set forth in
theGuidelinesforAuthor(s).
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