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Author Guidelines

Instructions for authors

It is a biannually (June and December) international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes of health and applied sciences subject areas, high-quality, and original research. Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts (research articles) in English.

Preparing your manuscript

Your manuscript should be written in accordance with the following elements in the following order: title, abstract, keywords, introduction, literature review, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgements, funding statement, references, appendices (as appropriate).

It should be between 3500 – 8,000 words, including table/figure captions, and references.

It should contain an abstract of 250 words (between 3 – 6 keywords).

Formatting your manuscript

1. Your manuscript has not been published/accepted and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
2. Your manuscript must be written in English and word-processed according to the following guidelines:

• All margins should be 2.5 cm (top, bottom, left, right).
• The text should have 1.5 line spacing, 11 font size, and be written in Cambria with 3500 – 8000 words in length.
• Divide the text into paragraphs with a blank line between each paragraph.

3. Title, abstract, keywords, introduction, literature review, methods, results, discussion, conclusion (including implication and suggestions for future research), acknowledgements, declaration of interest statement, references, appendices (as appropriate).

• Title. Concise and informative. Use bold for your manuscript title, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns
• Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and make sure that all names are accurately spelled. Present the authors’ affiliations and provide the full address of each affiliation, including the country name and the email address of each author. In addition, please clearly indicate who will handle the correspondence. This includes answering any future queries about the manuscript (corresponding author).
• Abstract. All manuscripts must contain an abstract, which summarizes the purposes of the work, the methods, the most significant results, and the conclusions. The abstract should not exceed about 250 words. The abstract must be able to stand alone because it is presented separately from the article. References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s).
• Keywords. Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords.
• Introduction. The introduction shows what is already known from the previous studies, defines the importance of the study, literature review, and the research objectives. In order to understand what is already known from the previous studies, the introduction must consist of discussions of relevant journal articles (with citations) and a summary of the current understanding of the problem to show novelty of the research.
• Literature review. This section consists surveys books, scholarly articles, and any other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory, and by so doing, provides a description, summary, and critical evaluation of these works in relation to the research problem being investigated.
• Methods. The methods explain clearly how the author carried out the research. The method must describe the research design clearly, the replicable research procedures, describe how to summarize, and analyze the data.
• Results. The result section shows objectively the presentation of the research key result without any interpretation using text, tables and figures. The result section must present how the author ensure the data validity and reliability. The results should be clear and concise.
• The discussion section shows how the author interprets the results in light of what was already known, and to explain the new understanding of the problem after taking the results into consideration. The discussion must connect with the Introduction so it tells how your study contributes to the body of knowledge and society.
• Conclusion. The conclusion, implications, and limitations section shows the answers or clarification of research questions and opportunities for future research by giving relevant suggestions.
• Acknowledgements. The purpose of the acknwledgements section is to thank all of the people who helped with the research but did not qualify for authorship. Acknowledge anyone who provided intellectual assistance, technical help (including with writing and editing), or special equipment or materials.
• Funding statement. Authors are required to specify any sources of funding (institutional, private and corporate financial support) for the work reported in their paper. This information, in the form of the name of the funding organisation/s and the grant number -or should be included at the end of the article under the heading ‘Funding’, and provided at the time of submitting the paper. If there was no funding, the following wording should be used: “This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”
• References. The references include only literatures that have been actually cited in the article. The reference must be written in APA style 6^th
• Appendices (as appropriate). The appendices section contains supplementary material that is not an essential part of the manuscript itself but which may be helpful in providing a more comprehensive understanding of the research problem and/or it can also refer to information which is too cumbersome to be included in the body of the paper.

Please click here to download the manuscript template.