THE RESEARCH SEER'S RATIONALE

Why journals show importance?

The references play a crucial role right from the submission to the acceptance of a research article. This is because of the following reasons: (i) Credibility of research that it is performed only based on the existing research, which are provided in the reference section; (ii) To check the level of plagiarism between the submitted article and its associated references; (iii) To aid in the double-blind peer review, as the references alone speak to prove the superiority of the proposed approach; (iv) Ensuring research integrity and (v) To guide the researchers, especially to achieve a high-quality research in a specific domain.

What the authors have to do?

The authors should come to know about the real significance of adding references to their research article and cite the references without fail. If the authors believe that the references could make their research more visible across nations, it is equally important for them to credit the original authors, from whom they have inherited their research base. In this way, the authors can encourage research integrity. The authors should strictly adhere to the journals’ reference formatting rules, as they are framed in a manner to ensure that not even a single piece of data is lost for the future researchers.