Nature & Environment, a peer reviewed international journal is published by “Council of Natural Sciences, India”. The aim of Nature & Environment is to contribute towards developing and disseminating of knowledge through publishing original researches, review papers and short communications in the field of Natural Sciences and all relevant areas related to such fields.

SCOPE AND THRUST AREAS:
Nature & Environment will be publishes original, peer refereed research pertaining to the Environmental Sciences and Life Sciences, and the applications of it. The Journal covers a wide range of interest in these fields. The Journal is focused on publishing research work; however review papers are also published. The journal covers following Subjects:

   Life Sciences                                                                     Nanotechnology

   Environmental Sciences                                                Biophysics

   Environmental Chemistry                                             Anthropology

   Agricultural Sciences                                                      Biostatics

   Biotechnology                                                                  Biochemistry

  Cytogenetics                                                                      Microbiology

   Molecular Biology                                                           Natural Sciences, etc.

FEATURES
   International Quality                                                      Published Biannually

   Online Manuscript Submission                                    Nominal Publication Charges

   Fast Acceptance and Quick Publication                     Best Research Paper Certificate in Every Issue

LANGUAGE OF MANUSCRIPT

The review article or research paper should be in English language.

ORGINALITY

A certificate that your contribution is original and that is neither been published previously nor considered for publication anywhere.

TYPE OF MANUSCRIPT

Manuscripts in 15 typed pages, on A4 size paper with 1” margins on all sides and single-spaced using 12-font size (English-Times New Roman). They should be in MS Word (PDF files are not acceptable).

ACCEPTANCE, REVIEWING AND PUBLICATION TIME:
All articles will be published in the journal within 3 to 4 months after invoice and reviewing the paper, if there is no space in forthcoming issue then the paper will send to next issue for publication.

TITLE:
Title should be Concise and informative. Please avoid formulae and abbreviations where possible. Title should not be more than 30 words.

 AUTHOR(S) NAME:
Please give the author(s) name.

 AFFILIATED INSTITUTE:
Please give the Affiliated Institute where actual work was done.

 CORRESPONDING AUTHOR’S NAME:
Please give the name of corresponding author, who will be handling the correspondence with the editor, clearing galleys, and working with the association’s publications.  The author will be responsible for originality of the article.

 CORRESPONDING ADDRESS, E-MAIL AND CONTACT NO.:
Please clearly indicate your full corresponding address with PIN code and country name. Please provide e-mail address and also ensure fax and contact numbers with country name and area code of corresponding author.

 ABSTRACT:
The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. All manuscripts should include an abstract of 100–150 words.

 KEYWORDS:
Minimum 3 and maximum 7 keywords will be acceptable.

 INTRODUCTION:
Beginning with a new page, it should be brief and limited to the statement of the problem/ objectives and aims of the experiments with brief review of literature pertaining to the type of work.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Relevant details should be given including experimental design and the technique (s) used along with appropriate statistical methods used clearly along with the year of experimentation (field and laboratory). Technical jargons should be avoided, and where possible statistical data should be summarized in the text.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:
It should include important findings discussed briefly. Wherever necessary, elaborate on the tables and figures without repeating their contents. Interpret the findings in view of the results obtained and in past studies on the topic. State the conclusions in a few sentences at the end of the paper

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Acknowledgements (if needed) should be brief and placed at the end of the text before the references.

 REFERENCES:
References should be arranged alphabetically. References should be in the proper format on a separate page. Unpublished data should not be cited in the references.

  Book:

Schon, D. (1987): Educating the reflective practitioner. London: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

  Book Chapter:

Winter, R. (1996): Some principles and procedures for the conduct of action research. In O. Zuber-Skerritt (Ed.), New Directions for Action Research, London: Farmer.

  Journal Article:

Sharan R.K. and Sinha S.P. (1989): Population Behavior of Rice Weevil under Different Ventilations. Nature & Environment, 6 (1): 6-9.

  Conference Proceedings:

Sharma R., Capoor A., Daksh R. and Chandra M. (2009): Water quality assessment of lake water of Patna Bird Sanctuary with special reference to abiotic and biotic factors. Research paper published in the proceeding of International conference on Emerging Technologies in Environmental Science and Engineering, October 26-28, 2009, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India,) pp: 886-891.

  Work by an Organization: 

UNESCO (2010): Reaching the Marginalized: EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010, Paris.

 TABLE, GRAPHS, FIGURE AND PHOTOGRAPHS:
The table, graphs, figures and photographs should be submitted in the original format (e.g., if table, graphs, figures are created in MS Word, please submit the original MS Word file and photographs should be in JPEG format). In case of offline submission, figures and photographs should be of high contrast on glossy paper without folds or creases.

 PUBLICATION CHARGES:
After acceptance for publication, the author(s) is/are requested to pay Rs. 1500/- (overseas = 100 USD) towards publication fee per article.           

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
The manuscripts together with a covering letter from the author responsible for all correspondence should be submitted via online paper submission to www.natureandenvironment.org or via e-mail to: editornature@yahoo.com, editornature.environment@gmail.com or by speed post to Dr. K.S. Rana- Chairman, Council of Natural Sciences, 18- Dholpur House, (D.M. Compound) Agra- 282 001, India with a hard copy of paper, CD and a covering letter from the author.