AUTHOR GUIDELINES

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Language

  • This journal accepts manuscripts written in the British English language.
  • To ensure that published papers are free from grammatical and spelling errors, authors for whom English is not their first language are advised to seek proofreading assistance from an English language expert before submitting their manuscripts.
  • Significant grammatical and spelling errors may result in the rejection of a submitted manuscript.

Submission Guidelines

Formatting style

  • All manuscripts must be prepared by using the APA Style Guide (7th Edition) and submitted as a Microsoft document.
  • Manuscripts must be in 12-point Gill Sans MT; single spaced.
  • Main text of the manuscript should not exceed 20 pages and all pages must be numbered sequentially.
  • Manuscripts must include margins of 1 inch on all four sides.

Manuscripts Sections

The manuscript must contain the following sections:

Title Page

  • The title must be concise and informative;
  • It must include full names of authors, contacts, and their respective institutional affiliation(s);
  • A corresponding author must be identified.

Abstract

  • An abstract of 150 to 250 words should briefly explain the purpose of the study, theory (if any), methods, key findings, and conclusion.
  • The abstract should have between 4 and 7 key words reflecting themes of the study drawn from the title and main text of the paper.

Main text

The main text must contain;

  • Introduction
  • Theoretical & Empirical Review/Hypothesis development
  • Methods
  • Results and Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements (if any)
  • Conflict of interest
  • Funding disclosure
  • References

Referencing style

All references should follow the APA 7th Edition Guide.

Article Template

This article template has been designed to guide you in preparing your manuscript for submission

Duties of authors

  • To ensure that submitted articles are their original work
  • To submit papers based on journal scope and other journal’s guidelines
  • To ensure that submitted papers have not been published before or are under consideration in any other journal or publisher
  • To state any conflict of interest regarding submitted papers
  • To acknowledge all sources of information and data used in their submitted papers
  • To immediately communicate all errors of their papers to the Chief editor after being submitted