Submission Guidelines

    Guidelines for submission are as follows (starting May 2025):

    • The manuscript must be in MS Word format. Language of Publication: English.
    • The title must not exceed twelve words and must be in Times New Roman size 14.
    • The text must be in Times New Roman size 12. The headings must be in Times New Roman size 12.
    • Spacing must be 1 between lines. Double space between paragraphs.
    • The preferred length is 3000-8000 words (including references, tables and notes).
    • Submissions MUST follow the given template STRICTLY.
    • The APA Style (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 7th ed., 2019) must be used for in-citations and references to other publications (starting May 2023).
    • Endnotes (if any) must appear at the end of the article.
    • An abstract of about 200 words must be included. It must be an informative summary of the article including the study’s purpose, subject information, methodology, types of data analysed, main findings, and conclusions.
    • Keywords (4- 6) must be provided beneath the abstract to encapsulate the principal topics of the paper.
    • Tables, graphs, figures and charts must be typed and included as part of the manuscript.
    • Acknowledgements (if any) must be placed before the References.
    • Send in (a) complete text, (b) complete text minus the title page to allow blind review, (c) author declaration form, and (d) corresponding author and co-author’s biodata forms.
    • The manuscript will also undergo the language reviewing process. If your manuscript requires language editing as suggested by our reviewer, kindly provide the evidence of language editing to us. The editing cost will be borne by the author(s).
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