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Author Guidelines

Abstracts of articles should be provided (not more than 100 words long).

Articles should be up to 5000 words (inclusive of references).  We will endeavour to have reviews back within 4 weeks.  Re-reviews will be expected to be back within 2 weeks.  All reviews are carried out anonymously.

Book reviews should be up 2500 words (inclusive of references)

Articles and Book reviews should be single spaced, pitch 12, Times New Roman with in-text referencing and a separate document of references.

Italics should be used rather than underlining.

Articles should be submitted as Microsoft Word files (doc or docx format).

Images and tables should be provided as separate editable files and should not be embedded into the submission. They should either be in jpeg or png format. Their placement within the text must be clearly indicated within the text (eg. insert figure 1 here).

To ensure anonymity within the review process authors should follow the instructions at Ensuring a Blind Review

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.

1. The following metadata must be provided with each submission:

   • an abstract of not more than 100 words (not required for book reviews)
   • Keywords (six to eight).
   • Authors biography (approx 100 - 200 words)
2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format (docx or doc). Any images or figures must be sent as separate editable files and not embedded into the submission. It is the author's responsibility to obtain copyright permission to reproduce images in their submissions.
3. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
4. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.


2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.


3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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