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Website Submissions

1.1  Op-Eds

- Word range: 900-1500 words

- Employ hyperlinks instead of footnotes or endnotes. Citations are not necessary.

- Co-authorship of up to two authors from any institution is allowed.

- Op-eds are directed towards readers with a general awareness of current affairs. Please

explain any jargon specific to the issue.

- Op-eds must have proper academic rigour. Pieces with multiple claims with no argumentative veracity will not be moved beyond the first-round of editing.

- Generally, we discourage op-eds, but well-researched pieces are invited.

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1.2 Featured Articles:

- Word range: 900-1800 words

- Under featured articles, we invite book reviews, event reports, policy analysis, political fiction, law analysis amongst several other relevant things pertaining to political science. 

- Employ hyperlinks instead of footnotes or endnotes. Citations are not necessary. 

- Co-authorship of up to two authors from any institution is allowed.

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1.3 Academic Essays

   - Word range: 2500-4500 words.

   -  Citation format: APA 7th. Kindly read up about the format in detail here.

   - Co-authorship of up to three authors from any institution is allowed.

   - There must be an abstract preceding the essay.

   - Footnotes are not allowed. We accept referencing only in the APA 7th format along with the endnotes and in-text citations.

   - Pieces that are investigative and have original niche central arguments are encouraged. Academic essays are geared towards students pursuing political science and must display scholarly rigour in their original insights.

   - Abstracts and references do not contribute to the word limit.​​​​​​​​​​

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Journal Submissions

- We accept essays as:
i) Featured Essay: 1500-3000 words

ii) Academic Essay: 3000-4500 words

- The subject should specify that it is a journal submission.

- Other requirements as mentioned under the subheading of [1.3] Academic Essays.

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General Expectations

-The Board encourages submission of entries from students, professors, or any professional irrespective of their discipline, experience, or political leanings.

- Please ensure that you go through our styling guide, the link to which can be accessed here.

- Entries should contain nuanced and articulate claims backed by veritable sources; sources might include reputable news sources, academic journals, reports from think-thanks, and books.

- Ramjas Political Review is an organisation focused on the discipline of political science,

and thus authentic and non-partisan articles are expected. 

- The Board expects the articles to either advance the knowledge of political issues or lead to a better understanding of the same. 

- We appreciate and promote theoretical and empirical articles equally.

- Selection of articles will be done through a double-blind peer review to ensure the criteria is met, and that the standards are maintained without bias. 

- We allow the legitimate and consented usage of direct quotes and statements in the article, but they must be limited to less than 10% of the essay.

- We do not allow any artificially generated content.

- The article should be written in a font size 12 in Georgia or EB Garamond throughout the whole essay including the title, heading, and subheadings.

- The piece must be original and should not have been published anywhere else. 

- The author is allowed to publish the work on their own blog site after one month of publication with a proper hyperlinked note mentioning that their piece had been originally published by Ramjas Political Review.