Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents, and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise, and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission. Due to page limitations, the inclusion of accepted articles in a journal issue strictly follows the time order of acceptance except in rare cases when an accepted manuscript is deemed deserving of rapid publication.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Structure of the Article. Article length should be between 6000 and 8000 words maximum, including notes and a bibliography. The text needs to be typed with Word software 1997-2003:

• Font Times New Roman
• Format 12, Single Line spacing

Article Structure (Title and Author Information)

Abstract. The abstract should encapsulate the brief summary of the research article including the corresponding keywords that allow other researchers to search your article. Also, it should capture the general information about your paper for your readers to have a clear picture of what your article is all about. It does not only provide the general scope of your research but also includes the essential result of your study and the conclusion that can be drawn from the result.

Keywords. Add up to 5 keywords in lowercase, but capitalize proper nouns, and separate each keyword by comma.

Acknowledgment. This part of the paper includes those people A, B, or C whom the author wishes to thank or those collaborating agencies who provided a grant for the realization of your study. This section is compulsory. Grants, financial support, and technical or other assistance are acknowledged at the end of the text before the references. All financial support for the project must be acknowledged. If there has been no financial assistance with the project, this must be clearly stated. 

Article Structure (Full Manuscript)

Introduction. The introduction of your research paper should explain what the research problem is all about which includes a very brief discussion of what has been done from previous research in relation to your problem and the gap you are trying to address. Likewise, the purpose of why you have conducted your research must be highlighted in this section including the contribution of the article.

Material and methods. This part of the research article should have a detailed discussion as regards the procedures that had been followed to come up with this study. Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.

If in case that there are several methods that you have utilized in your study, you can separate each of the following components of your methods by making subsections.

Each subheading should be Bold and italicized.

Results. Results should be clear and concise. Results should be presented continuously starting from the main result until supporting results. The unit of measurement used should follow the prevailing international system. It should also be allowed to present diagrams, tables, pictures, and graphics followed by narration of them.

The headings of each table should be bold and should appear above the table while captions of figures should appear below the figure itself and must be in lowercase form.

When referring to a figure in the body of the text of your paper, it should be abbreviated as “Fig.” At the same time, figures should be numbered based on how they appear in the text.

Figures, tables, and diagrams should be editable. Please do not send tables and figures in separate files. They should be embedded in the paper itself. Figures should have a resolution of at least 300.

Discussion. Describe the significance of your findings. Consider the most important part of your paper. Do not be verbose or repetitive, be concise and make your points clear. Follow a logical stream of thought; in general, interpret and discuss the significance of your findings in the same sequence you described them in your results section. Use the present verb tense, especially for established facts; however, refer to specific works or prior studies in the past tense. If needed, use subheadings to help organize your discussion or to categorize your interpretations into themes. The content of the discussion section includes the explanation of results, references to previous research, deduction, and hypothesis.

It should also include the limitation of the paper to allow other researchers to look into other possibilities of another research problem. Furthermore, possible applications and extensions of the study are included as well.

Conclusions. This section of the research paper should contain a review of the major points of the research paper based on your objective. The conclusion should be explained clearly and related to the hypothesis and new findings. Suggestions might be added containing a recommendation on the research done or an input that can be used directly by consumers.

References. The author-year notation system is required and completed. All references mentioned should be written down in reference using APA 7th Edition and arranged from A to Z. Articles have a minimum of 25 recent references (last 10 years) and 80% is the journal. References from journal publications should be provided by DOI. All cited references must be mentioned in the in-text citation. If you are a Mendeley user, please download the reference style here https://www.mendeley.com/guides/apa-citation-guide/