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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

The authors are required to STRICTLY follow the instructions given below for convenient processing.

Format
The authors are required to strictly follow the APA Style Guide 6th for formatting their papers, failing which the paper will not be accepted for publication.

Paper Length
The length of different papers can be ranged as follows:

  • Empirical papers   (4000 – 8000)
  • Theoretical papers (4000 – 12000)
  • Review papers     (4000 – 20000)

Abstract must begin with a new page. The abstract page should already include the page header (as given in APA Style Guide).

Keywords (max. 10 words) from the paper must be listed in the abstract. The abstract should be a single paragraph between 150 and 250 words.

For formatting details, please download and follow the APA Style Guide. The completed research papers must be given as per the above limits of different papers, excluding all figures, tables, references, and the title and abstract page. Final papers SHOULD NOT exceed the upper limit. In case the paper exceeds the limit the editors reserve the right to suggest for edition and modification.

Paper Layout
The paper layout is as follows:

Page setup: A4, Portrait

Margins: Leave 1.5 inch margin on left side and one-inch margin on right side as well as top and bottom of each page

Paragraph Indention: Indent each paragraph 2-4 spaces and apply the indention consistently throughout the paper

Line Spacing: 1.0 throughout the entire paper

Page Numbering: Number page consecutively in the bottom corner, beginning with title page

Header: In the flush left, use a shortened form of the title as a header.

References
Please follow the APA Style Guide of referencing and references.

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