Paper Guidelines for Submission
To facilitate a constructive review of your manuscript, please ensure that your work fulfills the following requirements.
Submission Requirements
Include a 150-200-word, non-technical summary of the manuscript.
- This summary is given in a different field in the submission form. It is submitted in text, not as a file.
- The summary should be different from the abstract. The summary should outline the main points of your manuscript in an engaging manner that can be easily read and understood by a non-expert.
- A summary should focus on the conclusions of your research, while the abstract often also briefly describes the methods and details of the manuscript.
Submit an abstract within the manuscript file at the beginning.
To ensure the integrity of the review, please submit an anonymized copy of the manuscript (no name/personal identifier in the header, footer, or body) or provide an editable version so we can redact your identifiers when sending it for review.
Manuscript Formatting
Manuscript should follow APA formatting.
Submission may not exceed 30 pages, including all figures/tables and references.
- If additional space is needed, please prepare a Supplementary Materials document containing additional accompanying text, figures, and tables.
The work should be submitted in .docx, .doc, or .pdf format.
We prefer that the manuscript be prepared using a word-editing program such as Word or Google Docs. If your work is produced in software such as LaTeX, please include your source files. If your work is selected for publication, you will be asked to format it in text form.
Structure and Style
Writing should be clear, logical, and free from typographical or grammatical errors.
The appropriate structure of submissions will vary depending on the research field. However, the manuscript should be similar in style and structure to typical articles published in professional journals.
- In general, your manuscript submission might include sections for an Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, References, and Figures/Tables.
- Supplementary Materials may be submitted along with the manuscript in a different file.
Figures and Tables
Figures and tables may be incorporated into the body of the text for readability, at the end of the work, or in a supplementary file/folder.
- Submitting an additional folder of high-resolution figure files is much appreciated and will make your work look better in the publication!
- If a manuscript is selected for publication, the editorial staff will request high-resolution figures if the current figures are deemed low-resolution.
All figures must be appropriately referenced in the text and include legends in text format. For plots and graphs, axes should be clearly marked and legible.