Manuscript requirements
Manuscripts should be submitted online at …………..The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer-review process. Authors are encouraged to submit a Microsoft Word file and PDF.
The Journal accepts free format submission of the main manuscript. We do not have strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the required sections:
Main manuscript: Title of the manuscript, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Review of Literature, Materials & Methods, Results, Discussion Conclusions, Figures and Tables with Captions. There is no specific length of the manuscript, but we expect submission between 5000 and 10000 words in length.
Title page: Information related to the authors, their affiliation, Funding Information, Conflict of Interest and other Ethics Statements should be submitted in separate page.
Cover page: A cover letter should be submitted with each manuscript. It be concise and explain why the content of the paper is significant, placing the findings in the context of existing work and why it fits the scope of the journal. Confirm that neither the manuscript nor any parts of its content are currently under consideration or published in another journal.
Cover page: A cover letter should be submitted with each manuscript. It be concise and explain why the content of the paper is significant, placing the findings in the context of existing work and why it fits the scope of the journal. Confirm that neither the manuscript nor any parts of its content are currently under consideration or published in another journal.
Manuscript preparation
Article title: A concisely worded title should be provided.
Abstract: please submit 200 words, which include purpose, design/methodology/approach, findings, originality.
Keywords: The submission should include 6 appropriate and short keywords that capture the principal topics of the paper.
Article type: you will be asked to select a type for your paper either research article, review article, technical article or case study.
Tables and figures: All Tables and Figures should be inserted into the main text close to their first citation and must be numbered following their number of appearance (Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 1, etc.).
References:
The Journal accepts free format submission of the main manuscript. We do not have strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the required sections:
All references in your manuscript must be formatted using one of the recognised Harvard styles. References to other publications in your text should be written as follows:
Single author: (Adams, 2006)
Two authors: (Adams and Brown, 2006)
Three or more authors: (Adams et al., 2006) Please note, ‘et al' should always be written in italics.
A few other style points. These apply to both the main body of text and your final list of references.
When referring to pages in a publication, use ‘p. (page number)’ for a single page or ‘pp. (page numbers)’ to indicate a page range.
Page numbers should always be written out in full, e.g. 175-179, not 175-9.
Where a colon or dash appears in the title of an article or book chapter, the letter that follows that colon or dash should always be lower case.
When citing a work with multiple editors, use the abbreviation ‘Ed.s’.
At the end of your paper, please supply a reference list in alphabetical order using the following style guidelines. Where a DOI is available, this should be included at the end of the reference.
Books: Surname, initials (year), title of book, publisher, place of publication.
Book chapters: Surname, initials (year), "chapter title", editor's surname, initials (Ed.), title of book, publisher, place of publication, page numbers.
Journal: Surname, initials (year), "title of article", journal name, volume issue, page numbers.
Published conference proceedings: Surname, initials (year of publication), "title of paper", in editor’s surname, initials (Ed.), title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, publisher, place of publication, page numbers.
Unpublished conference proceedings: Surname, initials (year), "title of paper", paper presented at [name of conference], [date of conference], [place of conference], available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date).
Working papers: Surname, initials (year), "title of article", working paper [number if available], institution or organization, place of organization, date.
Encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor): Title of encyclopedia (year), "title of entry", volume, edition, title of encyclopedia, publisher, place of publication, page numbers.
Newspaper articles (authored): Surname, initials (year), "article title", newspaper, date, page numbers.
Newspaper articles (non-authored): Newspaper (year), "article title", date, page numbers.
Archival or other unpublished sources: Surname, initials (year), "title of document", unpublished manuscript, collection name, inventory record, name of archive, location of archive.
Electronic sources: If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as the date that the resource was accessed.
Data: Surname, initials (year), title of dataset, name of data repository, available at: persistent URL, (accessed date month year).
