Authors Guidelines

Author Guidelines

International Journal of Advances in Social Science and Humanities (IJASSH) publishes reviews (comprehensive and short), original research papers and technical notes. Manuscripts will be reviewed by members of the editorial board, whose opinions will form the basis of the final decision by the editor. It is recommended that an English check of the manuscript by a competent and knowledgeable native speaker be completed before submission. Failure to follow them may result in papers being delayed or rejected.

Before you begin

All submitted manuscripts (Article) should contain original work neither published previously not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Articles from any part of the world are accepted provided submitted in English language only. It is necessary that authors prepare their manuscripts according to the instructions. Effectiveness of the peer review process will greatly depends upon the care used by the authors in preparing the manuscripts.

Submitting papers to IJASSH

Manuscripts are accepted on the understanding that the authors have obtained the necessary authority for publication. Manuscripts with multi-authors imply the consent of each of the authors. The publisher will presume that the corresponding author has specifically obtained the approval of all other co-authors to submit the article to IJASSH. Submission of an article to IJASSH is understood to imply that it has not been either published or not being considered for publication elsewhere. On acceptance, authors are asked to fill the copyright transfer form that is available on journal website. There are a number of key steps you should follow to ensure a smooth and trouble-free online submission. For article submission please choose the Register or if you already have account then login option is available on website home page. If you already have an login, you are welcome to reuse the existing username and password here.

Manuscript can be submitted through Website Online Manuscript Submission system

(https://www.ijassh.com/index.php/IJASSH/about/submissions)

If you have any query regarding submission of Manuscript (Article) Email us: submissionijassh@gmail.com

Types of manuscripts

Research paper: Reports on any type of research undertaken by the author(s), including:

• The construction or testing of a model or framework
• Action research
• Testing of data, market research or surveys
• Empirical, scientific or clinical research
• Papers with a practical focus

Viewpoint: Covers any paper where content is dependent on the author's opinion and interpretation. This includes journalistic and magazine-style pieces.

Technical paper: Describes and evaluates technical products, processes or services.

Conceptual paper: Focuses on developing hypotheses and is usually discursive. Covers philosophical discussions and comparative studies of other authors’ work and thinking.

Case study: Describes actual interventions or experiences within organizations. It can be subjective and doesn’t generally report on research. Also covers a description of a legal case or a hypothetical case study used as a teaching exercise.

Literature review: This category should only be used if the main purpose of the paper is to annotate and/or critique the literature in a particular field. It could be a selective bibliography providing advice on information sources, or the paper may aim to cover the main contributors to the development of a topic and explore their different views.

General review: Provides an overview or historical examination of some concept, technique or phenomenon. Papers are likely to be more descriptive or instructional (‘how to’ papers) than discursive.

Manuscripts preparations

File Formats: Manuscripts files should be provided in Microsoft Word format. Manuscripts should be neatly typed, 12 points, 1 lines-spaced throughout, including tables, on pages of uniform size with at least 1.5 cm margins on all sides. Submit word files with tables electronically embedded within the text of the document with at least 1.5 cm margins on all sides. Photos and graphs can be uploaded in supplementary file option separately also.

Manuscript Title: Top of paper, Times New Roman; Fonts: bold, 14 points.

Author Names:   full First and Middle name, followed Last name, corresponding author of the manuscript must be marked with an asterisk and should be listed first, font: bold, 10 points.

Institution Name: Institution addresses 10 points.

E-mail and Mobile no: Email and mobile no. of the corresponding author, 10 points.

First-page file should contain Manuscript Title, Authors detail, Affiliation, Email, Mobile no, Address for correspondence and Acknowledgements (if applicable).

Article file should contain Manuscript Title, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion or Results and Discussion, Acknowledgment, Conflict of Interest, References;

Abstract

Times New Roman, 12 points font size, with 1 line spacing All Research, Research Notes, Reviews, Tools, Experience, and Commentary articles should include structured abstracts of 200 to 250 words. All submissions must include a structured abstract, following the format outlined below.

Research Article/Case Study: Objective(s), Design, Intervention(s), Main outcome measure(s), Results, Conclusion, Keywords.

Technical Notes/Short communications: Objective(s), Methods, Results, Conclusion, Keywords.

Reviews Article: Objective(s), Data sources Study selection, summary of contents of the article, Conclusion, Keywords: Paper submission should include up to 5-12 appropriate and short keywords that capture the principal topics of the paper.

Text (Article or paper format)

Times New Roman, 12 points font size, texts of the document with 1 line spacing Use subheads to introduce the article main sections. Research papers should be presented in this format: Introduction, Objective(s), Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion.

Introduction

Provide a context or background for the study. Explain the objective of research, or hypothesis used. Provide literature with references related to your research. Provide only directly pertinent references, and do not include data or conclusions from the work being reported.

Material and methods

The Methods section should include only information that was available at the time the plan or protocol for the study was being written; all information obtained during the study belongs in the Results section. Author should provide the appropriate reference for every method used in research work.

Results

Present your results in logical sequence in the text, tables, and illustrations, giving the main or most important findings first. Do not repeat all the data in the tables or illustrations in the text; emphasize or summarize only the most important observations. When data are summarized in the Results section, give numeric results not only as derivatives (for example, percentages) but also as the absolute numbers from which the derivatives were calculated, and specify the statistical methods used to analyze them. Use graphs as an alternative to tables with many entries; do not duplicate data in graphs and tables.

Discussion

Emphasize the novel and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them in the context of the totality of the best available evidence. Do not repeat in detail data or other information given in the Introduction or the Results section. For experimental studies, it is useful to begin the discussion by briefly summarizing the main findings, then explore possible mechanisms or explanations for these findings, compare and contrast the results with other relevant studies, state the limitations of the study, and explore the implications of the findings for future research and for clinical practice.

Conclusions

Link the conclusions with the goals of the study but avoid unqualified statements and conclusions not adequately supported by the data. Avoid claiming priority or alluding to work that has not been completed. States new hypotheses when warranted but label them clearly as such.

Tables, graphs, and figures

Must be appropriately inserted within the text. Author can also upload figures and table as supplementary file separately also. All figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, webpages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be submitted electronically. Both colour and black and white files are accepted.

Acknowledgments

Contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed under acknowledgments along with a description of their specific contributions. Examples include individuals providing technical or writing assistance, or a department chair providing general support.

Conflicts of interest

Authors should disclose any personal or financial relationships that could be viewed as potential conflicts of interest in relation to the publication on manuscript file just before references section.

References format

All references in your manuscript must be formatted using one of the recognized Harvard styles. Please ensure you check all your citations for completeness, accuracy and consistency.

In-text citations: All citations in the text or References to other publications in your text should be written as follows:

Single author: (Adams, 2006)

Two authors: (Adams and Brown, 2006)

Three or more authors: (Adams et al., 2006) Please note, ‘et al' should always be written in italics.

Reference list: At the end of your paper, References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, etc., placed after the year of publication.

For Journals	Surname, initials (year), "title of article", journal name, volume issue, page numbers. Example: 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 Books	Surname, initials (year), title of book, publisher, place of publication. Example: Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.
For Book Chapter	Surname, initials (year), "chapter title", editor's surname, initials (Ed.), title of book, publisher, place of publication, page numbers. Example: Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum", Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp.15-20.
For Published Conference Proceedings	Surname, initials (year of publication), "title of paper", in editor’s surname, initials (Ed.), title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, publisher, place of publication, page numbers. Example: Wilde, S. and Cox, C. (2008), “Principal factors contributing to the competitiveness of tourism destinations at varying stages of development”, in Richardson, S., Fredline, L., Patiar A., & Ternel, M. (Ed.s), CAUTHE 2008: Where the 'bloody hell' are we?, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld, pp.115-118.
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). Example: 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. Example: 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 Encyclopaedia Entries (With No Author or Editor)	Title of encyclopaedia (year), "title of entry", volume, edition, title of encyclopaedia, publisher, place of publication, page numbers. Example: Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926), "Psychology of culture contact", Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp.765-771. (For authored entries, please refer to book chapter guidelines above)
For Newspaper Articles (Authored)	Surname, initials (year), "article title", newspaper, date, page numbers. Example: 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, page numbers. Example: Daily News (2008), "Small change", 2 February, p.7.
For Archival or Other Unpublished Sources	Surname, initials (year), "title of document", unpublished manuscript, collection name, inventory record, name of archive, location of archive. Example: Litman, S. (1902), "Mechanism & Technique of Commerce", unpublished manuscript, Simon Litman Papers, Record series 9/5/29 Box 3, University of Illinois Archives, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
For electronic sources	If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as the date that the resource was accessed. Surname, initials (year), “title of electronic source”, available at: persistent URL (accessed date month year). Example: Weida, S. and Stolley, K. (2013), “Developing strong thesis statements”, available at: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/588/1/ (accessed 20 June 2018) Standalone URLs, i.e. those without an author or date, should be included either inside 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).
For Data	Surname, initials (year), title of dataset, name of data repository, available at: persistent URL, (accessed date month year). Example: Campbell, A. and Kahn, R.L. (2015), American National Election Study, 1948, ICPSR07218-v4, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (distributor), Ann Arbor, MI, available at: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07218.v4 (accessed 20 June 2018)