Author Guidelines

INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS

1. SUBMITTING A PAPER

Authors should submit their manuscript in an MSWord format, adapted for the Windows operating system and .DOC or .RTF file to the Editor by email:

The email should contain the main body containing the name/s of the author/s, affiliation and address information. No hard copies are required.

Do not submit a paper which has been published previously or is simultaneously being submitted elsewhere.

2. FORMATTING AND STYLE

Please use the following rules for the whole text, including abstract, keywords, heading and references.

- Page setup

1. Margin: 1 inch (2.54 cm) on all sides (top, bottom, left and right).
2. Font size and type: 12-pt. Garamond or Times New Roman font.
3. Line spacing: Single space throughout the paper, including the title page, abstract, body of the document, references, appendix, tables, and figures. Do not use end notes and foot notes within text.
4. Alignment: Justified.
5. Orientation: Portrait.
6. Page size: A5.

- Preparation of text

1. Title: 14-pt, uppercase and lowercase letters bolded and centered.
2. Name and personal information (academic title, institutional affiliation and email address) should be placed under the title.
3. Abstract: 150-250 words including the following; aim, method, results and conclusion. The abstract must be written in Garamond or Times New Roman, font size of 10 and in Italic.
4. Keywords: up to 5 keywords, Garamond or Times New Roman, font size of 10 and bolded.
5. Spacing: Leave two empty lines between abstract and main text.
6. Subdivision of the article: The papers should be structured in title and subtitle sections and should be numbered: 12-pt with left alignment (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Between title section and main text, one empty line should be left.

- Example of subdivision of the article:

 INTRODUCTION

Research Problem

RESEARCH METHODS

Survey Instrument

RESULT ANALYSIS

Descriptive Analysis

Tables and figures should be included within the text of the paper and must be numbered, please use for the tables in Times New Roman 10-pt font.

REFERENCES

References should follow the referencing style used by the American Psychological Association (APA edition 6) in alphabetical order. All sources cited in the paper must be included in the references section.

- Citations in the text

Source material must be documented in the body of the paper by citing the author(s) and date(s) of the sources. 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.

Examples of references

Reference to a journal publication:

Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., & Lupton R. A. (2000). The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communications, 163, 51-59.

Reference to a book:

Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style. (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan.

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, Joe, (1999), One of Volvo's core values. [Online] Available: http://www.volvo.com/environment/index.htm ((7 July, 1999)

Footnotes: Content footnotes are occasionally used to support substantive information in the text. Place the footnotes at the end of the page: 10-pt Garamond or Times New Roman font.