Authors'Guidelines
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Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript through the online manuscript submission system. Regardless of the source of the word-processing tool, only electronic MS-Word files can be submitted through the online submission system. Review Process Manuscripts not adhering to submission template and guidelines here will be returned to authors without editorial evaluation. Submitted manuscripts adhering to journal guidelines are reviewed by the Managing Editor or an Section Editor, who will assign them to reviewers. The review process is single blind. The Handling Editor / Section Editor prepares a decision letter according to his personal evaluation or the comments of the reviewers, which is sent to the corresponding author. All submission decisions letters of manuscripts are sent within 4 weeks. Manuscript Preparation
To expedite the editorial review process, please format the manuscript in ways as follows: Manuscript type Single Column Manuscript organization All manuscripts are expected to be prepared as a single MS Word document with the complete text, references, tables and figures included. Any revised manuscripts prepared for publication should be sent as a single editable Word document. Paper in any language is acceptable (need to have Title and Abstract in English). Authors (except English language) are invited to provide the names of four well qualified reviewers at the bottom of the submission cover letter. Current e-mail addresses must be provided for all suggested reviewers. Title, author(s), and affiliations should all be included on a title page as the first page of the manuscript file, followed by a 100-300 word abstract and 3-5 keywords. The order they follow is: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction. Please prepare your manuscript before submission, using the following guidelines: Format All files should be submitted as a Word document (docx.). Article Length Articles should be between 3000 and 6000 words in length. This includes all text including references and appendices. There is no word limitations for thesis submission. After editorial evaluation authors will be informed the thesis word decision. Article Title A title of not more than twelve (12) words should be provided. Article Title Page An Article Title Page should be submitted alongside each individual article using the followings:
Author Details Details should be supplied on the Article Title Page including:
Abstract Authors must supply an abstract on the Article Title Page. On the Article Title Page, Abstract should contain the followings:
Keywords Please provide up to 7 keywords on the Article Title Page, which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper. Submission Classification Categorize your paper on the Article Title Page, under one of these classifications:
Headings Headings must be concise, with a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchy of headings. The preferred format is for first level headings to be presented in bold format and subsequent sub-headings to be presented in medium italics. Research Funding Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their article and a statement to this effect should appear in the Acknowledgements section. Authors should describe the role of the funder or financial sponsor in the entire research process, from study design to submission. Figures All Figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, web pages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be submitted in electronic form. All Figures should be of high quality, legible and numbered consecutively with arabic numerals. Graphics may be supplied in colour to facilitate their appearance on the online database. Tables Tables should be typed and included to the main body of the article (not in a separate file). References References to other publications should be in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. This is very important in an electronic environment because it enables your readers to exploit the Reference Linking facility on the database and link back to the works you have cited through CrossRef. You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author's name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied, numeric referencing list {example [1], [2] } should not be submitted for evaluation: For books Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication. e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY. For book chapters Surname, Initials (year), "Chapter title", Editor's Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages. e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20. For journals Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", Journal Name, volume, number, pages. e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80. For published conference proceedings Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of paper", in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers. e.g. Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007), "Connecting destinations with an ontology-based e-tourism planner", in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2007 proceedings of the international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, pp. 12-32. For unpublished conference proceedings Surname, Initials (year), "Title of paper", paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference, place of conference, available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date). e.g. Aumueller, D. (2005), "Semantic authoring and retrieval within a wiki", paper presented at the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 29 May-1 June, Heraklion, Crete, available at: http://dbs.uni-leipzig.de/file/aumueller05wiksar.pdf (accessed 20 February 2007). For working papers Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date. e.g. Moizer, P. (2003), "How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of mandatory rotation of audit appointments", working paper, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, 28 March. For encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor) Title of Encyclopedia (year) "Title of entry", volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages. e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) "Psychology of culture contact", Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp. 765-71. (For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above) For newspaper articles (authored) Surname, Initials (year), "Article title", Newspaper, date, pages. e.g. Smith, A. (2008), "Money for old rope", Daily News, 21 January, pp. 1, 3-4. For newspaper articles (non-authored) Newspaper (year), "Article title", date, pages. e.g. Daily News (2008), "Small change", 2 February, p. 7. For electronic sources If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed. e.g. Castle, B. (2005), "Introduction to web services for remote portlets", available at: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-wsrp/ (accessed 12 November 2007). Standalone URLs, i.e. without an author or date, should be included either within parentheses within the main text, or preferably set as a note (roman numeral within square brackets within text followed by the full URL address at the end of the paper). Copyright Open Access authors retain the copyrights of their papers, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC, The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations. 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