AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Please read the guidelines carefully and follow them closely to ensure that your manuscript is formatted properly and that the review process will be as quick and efficient as possible. The manuscript may be returned to the author if it is not prepared in accordance with these instructions.

Manuscripts submitted using the online submission system available here.

The journal does not charge any article processing fees and article submission fees as well. The submission and publication of the article are free of charge.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The manuscripts must be submitted in accordance with the journal standard.

There is a template available for this journal: download template. The submissions should be prepared based on the template. The submissions that are not formatted in accordance with the journal requirement will be returned to authors.

It is essential that it is submitted in grammatically correct English. The authors should make sure that their papers are free of any language errors. Spelling can be US or UK English so long as it is used consistently.

There is no page or word limit for the submissions.

Please ensure the figures and the tables included in the single file are placed next to the relevant text in the manuscript, rather than at the bottom or the top of the file. The corresponding caption should be placed directly below the figure or table.

Subsections: Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.

Equations: Present simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separate from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).

Footnotes: Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article.

Figures and tables captions: Ensure that each exhibit has a caption. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself). Also, each exhibit should contain a note below that allows a full understanding of the illustration. The exhibits should be self-explanatory. In particular, the authors should explain all symbols and abbreviations used.

Tables: Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables should be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, and not on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body.  The authors should avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells. Each object should be numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals. They should also have a title above and an explanatory footnote below (source).

The manuscripts have to be 'spell-checked' and 'grammar-checked'. The manuscripts cannot include language, spelling, or grammar error. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.

REFERENCES

The references in the revised submissions should be formatted according to the American Psychological Association (APA) style. Please refer to Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).

The APA citation and referencing guidelines could be also found here: APA guidelines.

The examples of references could be also found in the journal template: download template.

Please, avoid the footnotes in the main text - use only the Harvard style (author-date) for references.

Please include DOI numbers if possible. Use of DOI is highly encouraged

AUTHOR’S RIGHTS

As an author you (or your employer or institution) may do the following:

• make copies (print or electronic) of the article for your own personal use, including for your own classroom teaching use make copies and distribute such copies (including through e-mail) of the article to research colleagues, for the personal use by such colleagues (but not commercially or systematically, e.g., via an e-mail list or list server);
• post a pre-print version of the article on Internet websites including electronic preprint servers, and to retain indefinitely such version on such servers or sites post a revised personal version of the final text of the article (to reflect changes made in the peer review and editing process) on your personal or institutional website or server, with a link to the journal homepage;
• present the article at a meeting or conference and to distribute copies of the article to the delegates attending such a meeting for your employer, if the article is a 'work for hire', made within the scope of your employment, your employer may use all or part of the information in the article for other intra-company use (e.g., training) retain patent and trademark rights and rights to any processes or procedure described in the article include the article in full or in part in a thesis or dissertation;
• use the article or any part thereof in a printed compilation of your works, such as collected writings, books, or lecture notes (subsequent to publication of your article in the journal) prepare other derivative works, to extend the article into book-length form, or to otherwise reuse portions or excerpts in other works, with full acknowledgement of its original publication in the journal.