Author Guidelines

Structure

Your manuscript should be written in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Page Limits

Your manuscript should be between 6 to 8 pages, inclusive of the abstract, tables, references, figure captions, footnotes, endnotes. If the paper exceeds 8 pages, then it would be charged for additional fees.

Language and Quotations

Please use the American English style consistently throughout your article.

Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”. Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.

Formatting and Templates

Papers should be submitted in MS-Word document; in A4 paper format, font Times New Roman 12 point with one-columns and 1.5-space, page number, and must be between 6 to 8 pages. Paper margin should be set as follows:
Normal margins:
Left margin: 2 cm Right margin : 2 cm
Top margin : 2 cm Bottom margin: 2 cm.

Put the title page on center with font style Times New Roman 14 point bold. Section title/heading style should be presented using bold or bold-italics and do not use any numbering.
Section title/heading format should conform to the prescribed style as follows:
Section title/heading 1 (all capital, bold, left-aligned)
Section title/heading 2 (capital-small, bold, left-aligned)
Section title/heading 3 (capital-small, bold-italics, left-aligned)

Download the template here.