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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The two submission files are in Microsoft Word document file format. Title page with author names and affiliation must be a separate file and Title, Abstract, Body of the manuscript and References must be another file.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The manuscript should use 1.5 line spacing, 12 font size and "Book Antiqua" font.
  • The list of references are placed after the endnotes, and arranged in the alphabetical order, on the basis of surnames. Only the works cited or referred to in the main text should be cited under the references. In-text citation and references adhere to the seventh edition of Publication Manual of American Psychological Association (APA).
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the authors must not reveal their identity in any form/part of the submission (in the anonymised file carrying the main text).

Author Guidelines

  • Graphics and Tables
  • Figures and tables should have captions. Figure insets, if any, are described in the caption. They should be mentioned in the text appropriately.
  • Graphs ought to have clearly labeled axes, legends, and data points.
  • It is preferred that graphics are embedded within the text.
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  • Supporting Information
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  • If any supporting information for publication or for review is available, please upload them as separate files. Do not place them directly in the manuscript.
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  • Permission to Re-Use Previously Published Material
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  • Written permission has been obtained for all content and graphics for which the authors or AJSS do not hold copyright.
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  • Funder Reporting Requirement
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  • Authors are required to report funding received, if any, for the preparation of the paper or research/data collection leading to the same.
  • Conflict of Interest Disclosure
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  • A statement describing any financial conflicts of interest or lack thereof is published with each manuscript.
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  • During the submission process, the Corresponding Author must provide this statement on behalf of all authors of the manuscript.
  • The statement should describe all potential sources of bias, including affiliations, funding sources, and financial or management relationships, that may constitute conflicts of interest.
  • The statement will be published in the final article. If no conflict of interest is declared, the following statement will be published in the article: “The authors declare no conflict of interest.”

 Please refer to the detailed Author Guidelines before making the final submission.

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