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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

Articles submitted to the Journal editorial team will be considered for publication if they meet the following criteria:

  1. The manuscript will go through a single blind review process by reviewers and the decision to be accepted is determined by the Editor. The published manuscript will be edited by the editor without changing the substance.
  2. Scientific in nature and as a result of research and community service.
  3. Articles must be original, in the form of research results or reports on community service, not yet published and not currently being submitted for publication in another journal.
  4. The title must be clear and no more than 15 words.
  5. Authors do not need to include academic degrees.
  6. The manuscript is typed in MS Word document format with Times New Roman font, size 12 pts, single spaced, A4 paper, margins top 2.54 cm, bottom 2.54 cm, right 2.54 cm, and left 2.54 cm.
  7. Manuscript length between 4,000 - 7,000 words (maximum) including abstract and references.
  8. All articles must include a 100-200 word abstract and 3-5 keywords.
  9. Article structure: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Research Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, and Bibliography.
  10. The format for citing (bodynotes) and writing a bibliography follows APA 6th edition
  11. Articles are sent via online submission.
  12. Articles with plagiarism checking results greater than 30% will automatically be rejected. Accepted articles will be published after the plagiarism checking results are less than 30%.

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Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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