GUIDELINES FOR PAPER WRITING

WRITTEN BY Dr. KRISHAN K. PANDEY, COMES, UPES, 2009

APPEARANCE ON THE PAGE

• 1.5 line space

• Use 12 point Times New Roman font
• Choose one of the styles within the template
• Do not be tempted to create your own style
• Include a title page with your name, title of the paper.

Title and Author: The title should be informative, unique, concise and clear and
should reflect the content of the paper. Abbreviated and shortcut word/s should not be
used in the title. Below the title, name/s (including all initials and surname),
organizations and current addresses including email addresses of author/s should be
given and the corresponding author indicated using the symbol;
Example:
“A GLANCE AT THE INDIAN ECONOMY IN 2020”

Dr. K.K.Pandey1, Ms. Shweta Singh, Ms. Rashmi Gupta, Ms. Shubra Jain
1
Assistant Professor, College of Management & Energy Studies, University of Petroleum & Energy
Studies, Gurgaon - 122007, India. Email: krishan.pandey@gmail.com,

Keywords: Up to five keywords should be provided, they should not repeat those used
in the title. Separate keywords with commas.
Abstract: Every manuscript (article) must have a short abstract (not more than
200 words), which should be complete, concise and clear without any cited
references. The abstract should highlight objectives, materials and methods,
important results and conclusions.
Introduction: Should give appropriate background and explain the research that is
proposed. It should include a short introduction to justify the research and relevant
reviews and state the objectives clearly.

Example:

Introduction
Should give appropriate background and explain the research that is proposed.
It should include a short introduction to justify the research and relevant
reviews and state the objectives clearly.

Methodology: Should include a description of experimental/observational materials,

 proceedings and statistical design used as well as method/s to analyse the results.
New methods should be described in detail, but methods developed by earlier
researcher/s may be referenced.

Results and Discussion: Results should be presented in a concise manner

avoiding data that are already given in tables. Discussion should not repeat the results
but explain and interpret the data based on the published relevant studies. Insert
graph/s and table/s wherever necessary and number them sequentially within each
paper or article. Insert figures into the text but please also supply them separately as
.tif, .gif, or .jpeg files.

Conclusions and Recommendations: The conclusions, recommendations and

possible impacts (if any) should be based on the supporting data.

Acknowledgements: Acknowledge the person/s and/or institution/s, if necessary,

who helped to achieve the objectives of the research.

References: Only the papers closely related to the author/s’ work should be referred
to in the text by author's family name and the year of publication and be cited in
alphabetical order. When quoting references in the text, the last names of the authors for
up to two authors and last name of the first author et al. for more than two authors
should be given followed by the year of publication. When references are made to
more than one publication by the authors in the same year, the publication should be
numbered as a and b of the year with the earliest publication being designated a and so
on. See house style for details on how to format references in reference lists and
punctuate references within the text. Be sure to cite all quotes and paraphrases.

Examples:

For a Book:

Rao, J. N. K. (2003). “Small area estimation”. Wiley Interscience

Sarndal, C. E., Swensson, B. and Wretman, J. (1992). “Model assisted survey sampling”,
Springer – Verlag.
For a journal article:

Tikkiwal, G.C. and Pandey, K.K.; “On Synthetic and Composite Estimators for Small Area
Estimation under Lahiri – Midzuno Sampling Scheme”. Statistics in Transition- New Series,
Poland, April 2007, vol. 8. No. 1, pp. 111-123.
Things to avoid in your paper:

Avoid filler or fluff

Sentences like “Class conflict has been studied for centuries” or “Studying class conflict
is important in History” sound like fluff and don’t add anything to your paper. Get
straight to the point.
Avoid big generalizations.
A sentence like “Nomads had no civilization” is too broad to support. Make statements
you can prove. For example, “According to our textbook, nomads lacked several key
elements of civilization like a settled agriculture and job specialization.”
Avoid grammar and spelling mistakes.
Make sure to spell-check and have someone look over your paper before you hand it in.
Grammar and spelling mistakes take away your credibility and lower your grade. Any
paper with 8-10 mistakes or more will not receive a good grade.
Avoid too much present tense language.
Since the events and people we study in this class are historical figures, consistently use
the past tense in your papers. Present tense makes it sound like Anwar Khan is alive and
well and attacking China right now.
Avoid plagiarism. This shouldn’t even need to be said but students found plagiarizing
will be referred to the Dean for disciplinary action which may include suspension.

BEST OF LUCK……. & FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTECT….

Dr. Krishan K. Pandey
Assistant Professor,
Programme Director M.Tech. (Petroleum Informatics)
College of Management & Energy Studies (COMES),
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES),
SCO, 9-12, Sector- 14, Gurgaon- 122007, INDIA
Phone No: 0124-4540300 Ext: 130, Fax: 0124-4540330
Mobile: +91-9312468844. , Email: kkpandey@upes.ac.in
Home Page: www.krishan.hpage.com,
URL: www.upes.ac.in