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Author Guidelines

Accentia accepts articles and book reviews on English language and education which have not been published elsewhere. Submitted articles should range from 3,000 to 6,000 words although up to 8,000 words will be accepted under exceptional circumstances. Book reviews should be between 1,500 to 2,500 words. Only 8 selected articles will be published in each Accentia issue (equals to 16 articles per volume/annually).

Submitted writing should adhere for the following guide to be considered for publication:

  • Manuscript should be in Microsoft Document file format
  • llustration and tables should be carefully checked for dimension and resolution. Images need to be properly cropped and not over-compressed to maintain eligibility.
  • Vector drawings (such as diagrams, image arts, charts, etc.) in Microsoft Words need to be grouped for shape and design consistency to avoid damage during layout.
  • Referencing format should comply to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (APA 6th), and use Mendeley or other apps for referencing manager.
  • Any additional documents should be submitted separately (in a separate file) during submission process.
  • Abstract should contain context, purpose, methods and procedures, core findings and results, and conclusions of the study in max. 300 words in English, and keywords.
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As parts of Blind Review Policy, every submitted writing should not present the author's name(s); either in the filename or the body text of the file. Once the submission process has been completed, the board of the editor of the journal will notify the author and proceed with the initial review process. Submissions will be checked for writing consistency, adherence to the submission guide, referencing style, and topic relevance. Only accepted paper will be sent to reviewers, whilst the rejected submission will be returned to the author.

 

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 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).
  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. The text is 1.15-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
 

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