Instructions for Authors
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
- The journal cannot bear plagiarism and fraudulent data in any paper. It has a strict policy against plagiarism, which is checked through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (iThenticate). All submissions will be checked before being sent to reviewers.
- All papers are reviewed by a Single reviewer .
- Submissions should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition
- Word Limit / Page Limit: Articles should be between 4,000 to a maximum of 8,000 words (including the abstracts, footnotes, references, tables, figures, appendices and all other matter).
- Contributions must be in English. Spelling should be either American English or British English and should be consistent throughout the paper.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; Times news Romans.
- All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
Paper Submission Guideline
Part A
Title Page
Title page is a separated page before the text. Provide the following information on the title page (in the order given). It should include: title, author’s names and affiliations, corresponding author, and sponsoring information if there is.
Part B
Preparation of text
• Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 250 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. References should therefore be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list.
• Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible.
• Figures
Graphs, diagrams, chromatograms, photos, etc. should be prepared as clear, black and white (no color), original positives, suitable for reproduction. All figures should be embedded within the manuscript, and must be captioned and numbered sequentially.
• Tables and Equations
Tables and equations should not be submitted in a format exceeding the A4 page size (in portrait form). All tables should be embedded within the manuscript, and must be captioned and numbered sequentially.
• Formula
The text size of formula should be similar with normal text size.
• References
Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors.
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Avoid citation in the abstract. Unpublished results and personal communications should not be in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
Citing and listing of web references
As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
• Text
Text
Citations in the text should follow the referencing style used by the American Psychological Association. You can refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition, copies of which may be ordered from http://www.apa.org/books/4200061.html.
• List
References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
• DOIs in References
The journal/publisher encourages authors to cite those items (journal articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, technical reports, working papers, dissertations, etc.) that have DOIs. When the cited items have DOIs, the authors should add DOI persistent links to the regular references. The DOI persistent links should be the last elements in the references. The persistent links should be active.
Format of persistent link: http://dx.doi.org/+DOI (without “doi:”)
Example of persistent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/2.901164
The authors or editors may retrieve articles’ DOIs at: http://www.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery/
You can open a free account, to start retrieving articles’ DOIs. CrossRef allows you check multiple references. Please read this webpage very carefully. Only articles with assigned DOIs can be retrieved through the above mentioned webpage.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Kornack, D. Rakic, P. (2001). Cell Proliferation Without Neurogenesis in Adult Primate Neocortex. Science. 294 (5549). 2127-2130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1065467
Reference to a book:
Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style. (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan, (Chapter 4).
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (1994). How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In B. S. Jones, & R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the electronic age (pp. 281-304). New York: E-Publishing Inc.
Reference to a web source:
Smith, J. (1999). One of Volvo's core values. [Online] Available: http://www.volvo.com/environment/index.htm (July 7, 1999)
