Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements:

• The submission meets the minimum requirements as outlined in the Author’s Guidelines.
• The submission must not have been previously submitted nor currently being considered by other related journals.
• All references must adhere to APA format (7^th edition). Please consider its accuracy and completeness. Referees are strict on this part of the article. If possible, 80% of the reference section must emanate from Scopus, Web of Science and ASEAN Citation Indexed (ACI) journals.
• In-text and parenthetical citations must have been recent and hyperlinked in the reference section. Only the year should be hyperlinked. This is to ensure that all cited authors are found in the reference section.
• Novelty aspect of the paper must have been highlighted in the abstract part. (What new policy, idea or component have you discovered that will benefit international audience?)
• All tables and figures must have been numbered and labeled properly and consecutively.
• Permissions must have been sought initially if you consider other’s photos, datasets and other materials included in the submitted article. If possible, they must be cited or acknowledged properly.
• All authors are advised to obtain ORCID ID and hyperlink the same just slightly above the last name.
• To pass the 10% iTurnitin plagiarism tolerance, authors are advised to rephrase all copied texts from various sources without having to risk the original semantic feature.
• Anonymously prepare your article to observe fairness during peer review process.
• Research article should not exceed 8000 words including the reference section.
• Review papers, critical analyses, and professional papers must be within 3000 to 5000 words only including the reference part.
• In the reference part, indicate if the journal you cited is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, or ASEAN Citation Index (ACI) and hyperlink the same.
• Briefly acknowledge the funding agency and all those who paved the way for the completion of your article.
• Authors should declare any competing interests or funding source of their research.
• Indicate the institutional approval number for the Ethics Committee Approval section.
• One hundred words author’s data is required at the last page of the article with formal picture (optional).
• Append any materials used at the last part such as questionnaire, glossary, interview guide, communications, datasets etc., as necessary to contribute to the total grasp of the article.