Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission: Manuscripts in Word (.doc, .docx, .rtf)] should be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript through the online submission system at www.thencleuspak.org.pk after registeration of corresponding author. If for some technical reason on-line submission is not possible, then write an email describing the problem along with your phone no. at editorinchief@thenucleuspak.org.pk
Terms of Submission: Each submission to The Nucleus implies that the manuscript presents the results of original scientific research and has not been published nor has been submitted for publication elsewhere. The article is written in clear and Standard English. The reported research meets all applicable ethical standards and research integrity. The submitted manuscripts is screened for plagiarism during the editorial process, Units of Measurement should be presented simply and concisely using System International (SI) units.

Use of AI (LLMs and ChatGPT) software 

The Nucleus permits the use of AI, including Large Language Models (LLMs) and ChatGPT, in manuscript preparation (drafting or editing) under the following terms.

1. The use of AI software must be explicitly disclosed in the Materials and Methods section, or in the Acknowledgments if no such section exists. AI tools cannot be listed as authors.
2. Authors must verify the accuracy, validity, and relevance of any content or citations generated by AI tools, taking full responsibility for fact-checking and correcting any errors or inconsistencies.
3. Ensure originality by reviewing source materials to avoid unintentional plagiarism, as AI may reproduce significant portions of text from other sources.
4. The use of AI-generated images or graphics is prohibited unless the software is the subject of the research. AI-generated multimedia requires explicit permission from the editors, with potential exceptions for work focused on AI or machine learning, which will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
5. Authors should acknowledge any limitations of language models in the manuscript, such as potential bias, errors, or knowledge gaps.
6. If AI tools are used in research or for manuscript preparation, this must be noted in the cover letter and Acknowledgments section.

The journal's stance on AI-generated content may evolve alongside developments in copyright law and ethical standards.

Charges and Fees

Publication is free of charge in The Nucleus. Authors do not have to pay a submission fee at the time of submission. No fee is required from the authors at any stage (submission, review, printing, etc.) of the manuscript processing.

Article structure
Subdivision - numbered sections: The article should be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line. Title should be concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations: Provide complete name of all the authors, their affiliation, complete postal addresses, contact numbers and e-mail addresses. Present the authors' affiliation addresses below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name. Clearly indicate the corresponding author by superscript*. Further when manuscript is under review process, as per policy of the journal, author cannot be addeded, deleted and sequence of author can't be altered.
Keywords: Provide a maximum of 6 keywords, These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Introduction section: States the objectives of the work and provides an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
Experimental section: should contain sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference, only relevant modifications should be described.
Theory/calculation section: Should extend, not repeat, the background to the article already dealt with in the Introduction and lay the foundation for further work. In contrast, a Calculation section represents a practical development from a theoretical basis.
Results and Discussion: should provide the significance of the results of the work. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusions: It should be presented in a short Conclusions section.
Acknowledgments: (if any) should be included at the very end of the paper before the references and may include supporting grants, presentations, and so forth.
References: We follow IEEE style for citations of references. Must be numbered consecutively and citations of references in text should be identified using numbers in square brackets (e.g., as discussed by Smith [9]; as discussed elsewhere [9, 10]). Reference to a publication:

[Ref number] Author’s initials. Author’s Surname, “Title of article,” Title of journal abbreviated in Italics, vol. number, issue number, page numbers, Abbreviated Month Year.
[4]       K.A. Nelson, R.J. Davis, D.R. Lutz, and W.Smith, “Optical generation of tunable ultrasonic waves,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 1144-1149, Feb., 2002.

For more details please see the link IEEE style for citations of different materials

Figures and Tables: Include all figures and tables in the word file of the manuscript. Figures and tables should not be submitted in separate files. If the article is accepted, authors may be asked to provide the source files of the figures. All figures should be cited in the paper in a consecutive order. In all figures, remove all unnecssary boxes, lines, marks. The resolution of all the figures must be at least 300 dpi. Tables should be cited consecutively in the text. Every table must have a descriptive title and if numerical measurements are given, the units should be included in the column heading. Vertical rules should not be used.