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Please prepare your manuscript before submission, using the following guidelines:
Format All files should be submitted as a MS Word document
Article Length Articles should be between 3000 and 5000 words in length.
Article Title A title of not more than eight words should be provided.
Article Title Page This should include:

  1. Article Title
  2. Author Details
    • Full name of each author
    • Affiliation of each author, at time research was completed
    • Where more than one author has contributed to the article, details of who should be contacted for correspondence
    • E-mail address of the corresponding author
    • Brief professional biography of each author.
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Author Biographies
  5. Structured Abstract:

Authors must supply a structured abstract, set out under 4-7 sub-headings (see our “How to write an abstract” guide for practical help and guidance):

  • Purpose (mandatory)
  • Design/methodology/approach (mandatory)
  • Findings (mandatory)
  • Research limitations/implications (if applicable)
  • Practical implications (if applicable)
  • Social implications (if applicable)
  • Originality/value (mandatory)

Maximum is 250 words in total (including keywords and article classification, see below).

  1. Keywords
    • Please provide up to 10 keywords, which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper.
  2. Article Classification

Categorize your paper under one of these classifications:

  • Research paper
  • Viewpoint
  • Technical paper
  • Conceptual paper
  • Case study
  • Literature review
  • General review.
Headings

Headings must be concise, with a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchy of headings.

The preferred format is for first level headings to be presented in bold format and subsequent sub-headings to be presented in medium italics.
Notes/Endnotes Notes or Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the article.
Research Funding Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their article and a statement to this effect should appear in the Acknowledgements section. Authors should describe the role of the funder or financial sponsor in the entire research process, from study design to submission.
Figures

All Figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, web pages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be submitted in electronic form.

All Figures should be of high quality, legible and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Graphics may be supplied in colour to facilitate their appearance on the online database.

  • Figures created in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Illustrator should be supplied in their native formats. Electronic figures created in other applications should be copied from the origination software and pasted into a blank MS Word document or saved and imported into an MS Word document or alternatively create a .pdf file from the origination software.
  • Figures which cannot be supplied in as the above are acceptable in the standard image formats which are: .pdf, .ai, and .eps. If you are unable to supply graphics in these formats then please ensure they are .tif, .jpeg, or .bmp at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide.
  • To prepare web pages/screenshots simultaneously press the “Alt” and “Print screen” keys on the keyboard, open a blank Microsoft Word document and simultaneously press “Ctrl” and “V” to paste the image. (Capture all the contents/windows on the computer screen to paste into MS Word, by simultaneously pressing “Ctrl” and “Print screen”.)
  • Photographic images should be submitted electronically and of high quality. They should be saved as .tif or .jpeg files at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide. Digital camera settings should be set at the highest resolution/quality possible.
Tables

Tables should be typed and included in a separate file to the main body of the article. The position of each table should be clearly labelled in the body text of article with corresponding labels being clearly shown in the separate file.

Ensure that any superscripts or asterisks are shown next to the relevant items and have corresponding explanations displayed as footnotes to the table, figure or plate.
References References to other publications must be in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. This is very important in an electronic environment because it enables your readers to exploit the Reference Linking facility on the database and link back to the works you have cited through CrossRef.
For books Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication.
For book chapters Surname, Initials (year), “Chapter title”, Editor’s Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
For journals Surname, Initials (year), “Title of article”, Journal Name, volume, number, pages.
For published
conference proceedings 		Surname, Initials (year of publication), “Title of paper”, in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.
For unpublished
conference proceedings		 Surname, Initials (year), “Title of paper”, paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference, place of conference, available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date).
For working papers Surname, Initials (year), “Title of article”, working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date.
For encyclopedia entries
(with no author or editor)		 Title of Encyclopedia (year) “Title of entry”, volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
For newspaper
articles (authored)		 Surname, Initials (year), “Article title”, Newspaper, date, pages.
For newspaper
articles (non-authored)		 Newspaper (year), “Article title”, date, pages.
For electronic sources If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed.