Title Page
Please make sure your title page contains the following information.
• Title
The title should be concise and informative. (Left Aligned). A subtitle can be added. (Left aligned)
• Author information
The name(s) of the author(s).
The affiliation(s) of the author(s): (department), institution, city, (state), zip code, country. Footnotes to the list of authors should be indicated by superscript lower-case italicized letters.
A clear indication and an active e-mail address of all authors.
If available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s); use the following format:
Shuaiqi Li (https://orcid.org/0000-0006-3034-6315) and Xiaoxu Han (https://orcid.org/0000-0004-3016-6317 ).
* Please do not include address information.
• Abstract
Please provide an abstract of max 500 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.
• Keywords
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
Text
• Text Formatting
Use only standard fonts: 12-point Times New Roman for text, 1.5 line spacing and justified. Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar. Do not end a line by pressing Enter unless this is the end of a paragraph. Make full use of your text editor functions: creation of footnotes, enabling and disabling automatic hyphenation, list formatting, indents, etc. Do not use field functions. Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables. Avoid creating tables by hand using multiple spaces or tabs and containing no cells. Use periods rather than commas in decimals (correct: 0.25, incorrect: 0,25). Dates should be rendered in the following format: January 27, 2014.
Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).
• Headings
Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings:
FIRST-LEVEL HEADING (centered)
Second-Level Heading (centered)
Third-level heading. (Left Aligned)
• Contractions and Abbreviations
Avoid word contractions altogether and word abbreviations whenever possible. They should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
• Footnotes
Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They should also not contain any figures or tables. Number footnotes to the text consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data). Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.
• Statements and Declarations
Include the following standard sections for Statements and Declarations. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Any information about any assistance received when carrying out the work and preparing the manuscript. FUNDING. Information on grants and other sources of financial support. COMPLIANCE WITH ETHICAL STANDARDS. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Disclose possible conflicts of interest (competing interests) for each author. AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS. This section is optional and describes the contribution of each author to the study. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Everything that should be stated but is not suitable for other sections.
Reference
• Citation
Use the APA style referencing throughout the text If there is a quote the page number must be included. Example of In-text citation;
[In Orientalism Said (1978) builds on this idea of psycho-affective violence and comes up with violence of essentialization. This form of violence also has an impact on the native’s psyche, however, instead of being rooted in actual physical violence, it is rooted in essentialisation. The native is native because certain essential characteristics can be attributed to it. Characteristics that differentiate it from humans. Said (1978; 91) says;
“…the limitations of Orientalism are, the limitations that follow upon disregarding, essentializing, denuding the humanity of another culture, people, or geographical region…”.]
• Reference list
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. All references must be listed in alphabetical order. Every item in the list of references should contain a reference to one source. If available, please always include DOIs as full DOI links in your reference list (e.g. “https://doi.org/abc”).
Examples
▪ Journal Article
Wacquant, L. (2004). Pointers on Pierre Bourdieu and democratic politics. Constellations, 11(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1351-0487.2004.00358.x
▪ Book
Weber, M. (1978). Economy and society: An outline of interpretive sociology (Vol. 1). Univ of California Press.
▪ Book chapter
Spivak, G. C. (2012). Subaltern studies: Deconstructing historiography. In In other worlds (pp. 270-304). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203441114
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
This journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and ultimately the entire scientific endeavour. Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation is helped by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include:
o The manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.
o The submitted work should be original and should not have been published elsewhere in any form or language (partially or in full), unless the new work concerns an expansion of previous work. (Please provide transparency on the re-use of material to avoid the concerns about text-recycling or self-plagiarism).
o A single study should not be split up into several parts to increase the quantity of submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over time (i.e. salami-slicing/publishing).
o Concurrent or secondary publication is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. Examples include: translations or a manuscript that is intended for a different group of readers.
o Results should be presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation (including image-based manipulation). Authors should adhere to discipline-specific rules for acquiring, selecting and processing data.
o No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own (‘plagiarism’). Proper acknowledgements to other works must be given (this includes material that is closely copied (near verbatim), summarized and/or paraphrased), quotation marks (to indicate words taken from another source) are used for verbatim copying of material, and permissions secured for material that is copyrighted.