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Author Guidelines
Each paper is first assessed by the editor in charge within TWO (2) weeks after submission. A paper that does not fulfil the content requirements will be rejected immediately and the authors will be notified through email. If the paper fulfils the content requirements; the editor in charge will identify TWO (2) independent reviewers within TWO (2) weeks. Then, it is sent to the reviewers for double-blind peer review. The reviewers are given FOUR (4) weeks to review the paper and submit their report. In the case that the reviewers do not submit the report within the given time, a reminder will be sent to them. Other new reviewers will be identified if no review report is submitted after six weeks from the assigning date. The reviewers’ recommendation will be used by the editor in charge to recommend the paper’s acceptance or rejection. Upon receiving the reviewers’ report, the editor in charge will provide his/her report to the Editor-in-Chief within TWO (2) weeks. Authors will be notified through email on the acceptance/rejection of the paper. For accepted papers, the authors are given TWO (2) weeks to address the reviewers’ comments. The revised papers will be included in the JOCN pipeline publication and undergo the editing and layout processes. JOCN receives many papers submission; therefore, accepted papers will have to wait for the next available issue.
PAPER PREPARATION :
Authors must prepare the paper using Microsoft Word. The entire paper should be written in 5000 to 7000 words. The paper should be typed in double-spaced A4 size paper using 11 point Times New Roman font. Please set the margins to 1" on the top, bottom, left and right) with pages numbered consecutively at the bottom. JOCN accept submissions in English for consideration for publication. Click HERE for manuscript format.
TITLE :
The title of the paper should be concise and informative. Avoid writing abbreviation/acronym/& symbol/ period/roman numericals/initialism/ in the title.
AUTHOR'S INFORMATION:
Authors' names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses should only be written on accepted paper after the review process. When making a new submission, please remove author names, affiliations, and email address for the blind-review process. An '*' is use to indicate the corresponding author.
ABSTRACT :
The abstract should contains 150-250 words with no more than five long-tailed keywords.
HEADINGS :
Headings must be short, with a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchies of headings. The first-level heading should be capitalized, bold-faced and centred. The second-level heading should be left-justified and bold-faced.
NOTES/ENDNOTES :
All types of endnotes and footnotes are not allowed.
PARAGRAPHS :
The first line of a new paragraph should be indented by 0.25”. All paragraphs should have a consistent length of words preferably between 150 to 180.
EQUATIONS :
Equations should be written using Equation Editor in Microsoft Word, and they are numbered consecutively. It should be placed immediately after the paragraph where the equation is mentioned. The symbols used in the equation should be described after its appearance.
TABLES AND FIGURES :
Tables and figures should be placed immediately after the paragraph they are mentioned. All figures should be in high resolution and readable. Authors are encouraged to submit the original format and file of the figures if they are created using other software. Please write a succinct and clear caption for all tables and figures. Caption for tables and figures are written in sentence case. They should be numbered in Arabic numerals.
ACRONYM OR ABBREVIATION :
Define acronyms or abbreviations in the abstract and the text upon first use.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS :
Authors need to include Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. It should be brief and concise. If the paper received no funding, then write “This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”
REFERENCES AND CITATIONS :
In-text citations and references must be formatted using the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition. References, only of works cited, should be listed in full at the end of the paper arranged alphabetically. Author self-citations: Author’s self-citations should be minimal.
SIMILARITY INDEX :
All submission must be less than or equal to 20%.
GUIDELINE COMPLIANCE :
The editor has the full right to rejects articles which does not comply with the guidelines.