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Paper Submission Guidelines

  • The submitted paper must be substantially original work.

  • The work described has not been published before (except in the form of a conference abstract or as part of a published lecture or thesis for an academic qualification).

  • The submitted paper is not under consideration for publication anywhere else.

  • The publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities-tacitly or explicitly-at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

  • All documents must be written in English, using correct diction, syntax, and grammar. American English standards for spelling and punctuation are preferred.

  • Only Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) will be accepted for submission and review. Other formats will automatically be rejected by EasyChair.

  • Authors are kindly requested to make sure that all equations, tables and figures are embedded in the PDF file.

  • All pages must be typed and double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font. Please use a 1-inch margin on all sides.

  • The number of pages should be 12-15 pages (including references). Papers that are judged to be unnecessarily lengthy, poorly written, and theoretically under-developed or based on poor science will be rejected by the editors and not sent out for peer review

  • Paper should be organized in the following order

    • Title Page, (Blinded)

    • Title Page, (Unblinded)

    • Abstract (between 100-250 words)

    • Keywords (4-6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes)

    • Main Text

    • Acknowledgements, if applicable

    • References. 

  • Blinded Title Page:
    For all new submissions and revisions, the first page of the manuscript should be a blinded title page (author(s) names and affiliations should be removed).

  • Seperate(Un-Blinded)Title Page

    • The separate un-blinded title page should include

    • The name(s) of the author(s)

    • A concise and informative title

    • The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)

    • The e-mail address, phone, and fax numbers of the corresponding author

  • Main Text

    • Headings and Subheadings in the text indicate the organisation of content. As a general principle, please do not use more than three levels of displayed headings. Since manuscripts are evaluated through an anonymous peer review process, authors must remove identifying references or material.​​​
  • Acknowledgments

    • Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organisations should be written in full, and for the purposes of the blind peer-review process, acknowledgements should not violate the anonymity of the author (i.e., avoid acknowledgments in the format of “Thank you to my institution [x] and colleagues [name], [name]…)​

  • References
    • References follow the text in a separate section headed “REFERENCES” using APA citation style. All references cited in the text must be listed in the reference section, and vice versa. Publication information for each must be complete and correct. It is the author's responsibility to make sure that all information provided in the reference section is complete and correct.​

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