Gatha Cognition

Your book All books The Purpose of Teaching-Learning English in India प्रबोधनाचा अब्राह्मणी दृष्टीकोन संवादगाथा भगवान बुद्ध The Life of Shivaji Maharaj: Founder of the Maratha Empire ग्रामसभा: प्रभावी शासन प्रशासनासाठी Statistical Theory of Extremes de natura animae psychologiae principia mathematica et philosophyae naturalis Geospatial Analysis of Groundwater Geo-spatial Data in Natural Resources

The rules are the same for every book; the book only adds its title, ISBN and scope.

• A whole new book? Send a book proposal first: new books, theses and dissertations as books, edited volumes, conference proceedings and new editions, in English and regional languages. Our editors reply with a free review note in 5–7 working days.
• A chapter for a book we are publishing? Read the “About Book” page of the book to be sure your chapter fits, then submit it on the Manuscript Portal.

We consider a manuscript only when it is your own original work; it has not been published and is not under consideration by any other book, journal or volume; it contains no abusive, defamatory, libellous, obscene, fraudulent or illegal material; and all authors agree to the submission and to the corresponding author.

Unique publishing points. In the Introduction or Background, state clearly what is new in your chapter or book — an innovation, improvement, critique, technique, method or finding.

We publish sole-authored and jointly authored books, edited volumes, conference proceedings, theses and reports, encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories, biographies, bibliographies and stories — in all subjects, from the sciences and technology to the social sciences, history, the arts and languages.

Kind of book	What it contains
Edited book	Chapters by different authors under one or more volume editors: original research papers, technical papers (4 to 5 pages), review articles, and an editorial by the editor-in-chief as the first chapter.
Sole or joint authored book	An editorial or preface, chapters 1, 2, 3 …, and appendices or supplementary material where needed.
Thesis, dissertation or project report	An abstract, then chapters 1, 2, 3 … and supplementary material. A thesis usually needs some reworking to read as a book (a shorter literature review, a book-style introduction); our review note tells you what to change. The “about the thesis” text appears on the book’s About Book page.
Conference proceedings	Original research papers, technical papers and review articles, an editorial, and a text about the conference and the proceedings (submitted as an article; it appears on the About Book page).

Prepare each chapter in MS Word and keep each part in its own file. Name files simply, e.g. Chapter_1 or Manuscript_vsb (your initials), Table_1, Figure_1.

File	What goes in it
Cover letter	Which book the chapter is for and what is new in it; any AI-use disclosure. You can also type it in the submission form.
First page	Title; all author names in order; affiliations with full address; email, telephone and mobile; the corresponding author; funding agencies and grant numbers. Author names appear only here.
Main manuscript	Title (no author details); Abstract of up to 200 words; Keywords (4 to 6); Introduction; body (methods, results, discussion, findings, conclusions); Acknowledgements; Conflicts of interest; Endnotes; References.
Tables	Each table in its own editable Word file (not a picture).
Figures	Each figure in its own image file (TIFF, JPG or PNG).
Captions	All captions of figures and tables, on a separate page.
Highlights & graphical abstract	4 to 6 highlights (typed in the form) and one graphical abstract image — see section 6.
Response to reviewers	For a revised chapter only: your answer to every comment of the reviewers and editors.

Biographical notes are not needed. Footnotes go at the end of the chapter as endnotes.

• Language: books in English (plain American English preferred; British and Indian English accepted) and in regional languages such as Marathi and Hindi. Avoid discriminatory, sexist or racist terms.
• Font: Times New Roman, 10 pt, regular, for English; a standard Unicode font for regional languages. Use italics only for special words such as vernacular or regional terms.
• Paragraphs: single line spacing, 6 pt before and after each paragraph and heading.
• Headings: up to three levels, numbered from the Introduction — 1. HEADING LEVEL I (capitals, bold), 1.1 Heading Level II (bold), 1.1.1 Heading level III (italic).
• Equations: made with the equation editor in Word (editable, not pictures); numbered (1), (2), … and cited in the text as (equation (1)).
• Quotations from published work in single ‘…’ or double “…” quotation marks, always with the citation.

We use the author–year style, the same as our journals: (Bhagat, 2002) · (Smith and Warner, 2002) · (Smith et al., 2006) · (Table 1) · (Figure 1) · (equation (1)). List the references alphabetically at the end of each chapter, with the DOI whenever there is one.

• Journal articleSurname, Initials, year. Title of article. Journal, volume(issue), pages.Bhagat, V. S., 2009. Use of LANDSAT ETM+ data for detection of potential areas for afforestation. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(10), 2607–2617.
• Chapter in an edited bookSurname, Initials, year. Title of chapter. In: Editors (Eds.), Title of book, edition, publisher, city (country), pages.Wang, J. R. and Choudhury, B. J., 1995. Passive microwave radiation from soil: Examples of emission models and observations. In: Choudhury, B., Kerr, Y., Njoku, E. and Pampaloni, P. (Eds.), Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Land–Atmosphere Interactions. The Netherlands, 423–460.
• BookSurname, Initials, year. Title of book. Edition, publisher, city (country).Deer, P., 1999. Digital change detection techniques: Civilian and military applications. Taylor and Francis, UK.

More examples (conference papers, reports, theses, patents, web pages): references in the Author Guide · reference style guide.

• Figures: at least 300 dpi for colour photographs and maps, 600 dpi for greyscale and line art (1200 dpi for fine line art); each in its own file, numbered in the order cited; label every axis with units. Maps need a north arrow, a scale bar, coordinates and borders from authentic maps.
• Tables: editable Word tables (never pictures), numbered and cited in the text.
• Highlights: 4 to 6 short points, each up to 75 characters including spaces. They appear on the chapter’s web page.
• Graphical abstract: one picture that shows the main findings at a glance, at 300 dpi (TIFF, JPG or PNG), shown on the chapter’s web page. Need help? See Figures & graphical abstracts.
• Material from other publications: get written permission from the copyright owner before you submit, and cite the source.

• The person who led the work and the writing is the first author; everyone who took part is a co-author. All authors agree on the corresponding author.
• Give the full name and contact details of each institution. No changes to authors or affiliations are accepted after acceptance. Name the funding agencies and grants.
• Edited volumes: the volume editor collects the chapters, the contributors’ declarations and permissions, and is our contact for all of them. Editors are listed on the book’s Editorial Board page.
• AI tools cannot be authors (see section 12).

We receive chapters only through the Manuscript Portal. Register as an author (or sign in), then submit in five steps; you can save and come back at any time. Submit chapter by chapter, as soon as each one is ready.

1. Step 1BookChoose Book and your book.
2. Step 2AuthorsAdd all authors, check their order, choose the corresponding author.
3. Step 3MetadataType, title, abstract, highlights, keywords, 3 suggested reviewers, cover letter.
4. Step 4FilesUpload the first page, manuscript, tables, figures and captions.
5. Step 5SubmitCheck the PDF made from your files, then Submit Manuscript.

Every step, with screenshots: Manuscript submission guide · Author functionality

• Initial check by the editorial office: scope, originality, formatting and a similarity check (Turnitin iThenticate). A chapter that needs fixing is returned to you with a list — not rejected.
• Double-blind peer review by independent experts; at least two reports are needed for a decision.
• Decision — accept, revise or reject — with the comments, by email and in your account. Revise, answer every comment, and resubmit from your account.
• After acceptance: copy editing, then proofs (PDF) in your account to check and correct
• After acceptance: copy editing, then proofs (PDF) in your account to check and correct.
mdash; see the Proof Correction Guide.
• Chapter by chapter, Online First: each chapter is published as soon as its proofs are approved, with its own page, abstract and Crossref DOI — you do not wait for the whole book. The book has its own ISBN and DOI.
• Every chapter page has Cite (APA, BibTeX, RIS) and Cited by, and Google Scholar citation tags so the chapter can be found.

More: Editorial Policies · Reviewer Guide · Book publishing

Similarity report (Turnitin)

Every manuscript is checked with Turnitin iThenticate, which compares it with published articles, books and web pages. The editorial office runs the check; the report can then be opened only by the people working on that manuscript.

Who	What they can do
Editorial office	Runs the check on submitted manuscripts, and again if a check fails. Only the editorial office can start a check.
The manuscript’s authors	Open the report from their author account — a view-only copy.
Its reviewers	Reviewers assigned to the manuscript open it from Active Manuscript(s) or the report form.
Its editors	The editor handling the manuscript and the journal’s editorial board editors open it from the manuscript’s editorial page.
Anyone else	Cannot open it: the button shows “no access”. Reports are never public.

How to open it — sign in to the Manuscript Portal.

• Open Submitted Manuscript(s) and click View on your manuscript. The similarity button is at the top, next to View Manuscript and Compare versions.
• When the check is done, the button shows the score, for example Similarity Report (12%). Click it: the full report opens in a new browser tab in Turnitin’s viewer. If nothing opens, allow pop-ups for gathacognition.com and click again.
• The report highlights each matching passage and lists the source it matches. Your copy is view-only.

The button shows	What it means
Similarity: not yet checked	The editorial office has not run the check yet. Please look again later.
Checking Similarity… / still running — reload later	Turnitin is comparing the manuscript. Reload the page after a few minutes.
Similarity Report (12%)	The check is done; the percentage is the overall similarity score. Click to open the full report.
Similarity Check Failed / report unavailable	Something went wrong at Turnitin. The editorial office runs the check again; write to us if it stays like this.
Similarity report: no access	You are not one of the people on this manuscript, so the report cannot be shown.

Reading your score: matches with properly quoted and cited text, common phrases, methods wording and the reference list are normal. Large passages copied without quotation and citation, from others or from your own earlier work, are not. The editor looks at the report itself, not only the number; if something is unclear, the editorial office will ask you.

• No submission fee, no review fee, and no page or colour charges.
• Standard publishing, for books we select for our programme, costs you nothing: readers and libraries buy the eBook (whole book or single chapters) and/or the printed book, and you earn a royalty.
• Open Access eBook: the book and every chapter are free for everyone to read and download. A publication fee, paid by you, your institution or a funder, covers the costs — publishing packages from ₹11,999. No GST is charged.

Open Access eBooks · Open Access Policy

• Standard publishing: you sign the Publishing Agreement (in your author account with the composed copy of your chapter), which sets out the rights and the royalty.
• Open Access: you keep the copyright, and the book and its chapters are published under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.
• Free author copy of your published chapter in your author account, and e-prints to share with colleagues for non-commercial use; more can be ordered from your account.

We follow the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Plagiarism, duplicate submission, fabricated or manipulated data and undisclosed conflicts of interest are treated as research-integrity concerns.

• An AI tool cannot be an author, and cannot be cited as a source — cite the verified literature instead.
• You are fully responsible for everything, including any part drafted, edited, translated or analysed with AI help. Check every fact, citation and reference an AI tool suggests.
• Disclose any use of generative AI, including AI language editing or translation, in the cover letter and in the Methods or Acknowledgments. Ordinary spell-checkers and reference managers need no disclosure.
• AI-generated images may be used only as illustrations, never as data, and must be disclosed in the caption.

AI Use Policy · CrossMark Policy · Terms & Conditions

Checklist before you submit

• Your chapter or book fits the book’s scope (or your proposal has been accepted), is your own original work, and is not under consideration anywhere else.
• The first page is a separate file: title, all authors in order, affiliations with full address, emails and phone, the corresponding author, and funding.
• The main manuscript has no author names or affiliations (double-blind review).
• A short, clear title; abstract of up to 200 words; 4 to 6 keywords.
• 4 to 6 highlights, each up to 75 characters including spaces.
• Headings in up to three levels, numbered from the Introduction.
• Every reference is cited in the text, and every citation is listed under References (author–year style).
• Tables in editable Word files; each figure as its own image file at the right resolution (JPG, PNG or TIFF).
• A captions file for figures and tables; a graphical abstract.
• Written permission for any material taken from other publications, and every source cited.
• Names, affiliations and emails of 3 suggested reviewers with three keywords each.
• Any use of generative AI tools disclosed in the cover letter and in the Methods or Acknowledgments.
• Language checked for spelling and grammar, in simple, straightforward sentences.

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