International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
(IJHAS)
Guidelines for Authors
Authors are required to prepare manuscripts in accordance with the Journal’s style guides for authors that appear below. If authors do not follow the guidelines then their manuscript will be sent to them for revision prior to submission to the full review process.
Guidelines
- Use 12 size font of Time New Romans
- Page setting should be 81/2X11
- Document should be double space
- Page number in the upper- right corner
- One inch margins should be left from top and side
- All paragraphs should be left aligned
- All manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word
Publication of Accepted Articles
Accepted papers are copy-edited. Authors review edits in page proofs. IJHAS’s copy editor–production manager will contact you after the acceptance of your manuscript for publication.
Front Pages
Address: Title page should be added (this is not included with submissions under review) only for final versions of accepted manuscripts. Author’s names, affiliation, your work and complete addresses must be mention in your manuscripts. Example:
TITLE OF THE ARTICLE
AUTHOR(S) FULL NAMES
Current University
School and/or Department
Building and/or Street
City, State, Zip Code
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
E-mail: scholar@univ.edu
Acknowledgment
Add a note at the bottom of front page, if you wish to acknowledge financial support, any other assistance, or the constructive feedback provided by the reviewers or the editor.
Abstract.
An abstract of 100-200 words and the title of the work go on page 2.
Headings and Sections
IJHAS uses only three levels of headings. Use bold- face for all three. Main headings (all capital letters; centered) are first. Second-level headings (title-style letters; flush left) are next. Third-level headings (first letter of first word capitalized; indented; italicized; and run into paragraph) are next. Don’t skip steps: no second-level headings before you use a first-level heading, for instance. Use second- and third-level headings in sets of two or more.
Examples:
METHODS [1st level]
Data and Sample [2nd level]
Measures [2nd level]
Independent variable [3rd level]
Dependent variables [3rd level]
Footnotes
Use footnotes placed on their respective pages (not endnotes).
Hypotheses
If your study contains any hypothesis, fully and separately state each hypothesis you tested separately. Phrase it in the present tense.
Abbreviations and Language
Avoid use of abbreviations. If it is necessary then use full name for the first time and then use abbreviations in the subsequent paragraphs.
Tables and Figures
Tables and figures can enhance both the reader’s understanding of information and the efficiency of its presentation. But just as too many figures and tables can detract from the overall narrative. Thus we encourage the judicious use of tables and figures and we discourage their overuse.
Number tables and figures consecutively (one series for tables, one for figures). Place them at the end of your manuscript, but indicate the position of each in the text as follows:
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Insert Table 2 about here
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Figures, unlike tables, contain drawings (e.g., an arrow, boxes). Make sure your figures print out clearly so that they can be scanned. Do not use color. Sample Tables and a Figure are given below.
Fig. 1. Marijuana usage in North America
Table 1
Assessment of Health related Issues in Africa
| Health Issues | %Cases |
| HIV | 20 |
| Hepatitis | 15 |
| Malaria | 35 |
| Tuberculosis | 30 |
Citations
These are your in-text, in parentheses, identifications of other research. Every work that has a citation needs to have a corresponding reference (see “References,” below). Examples:
Name and year— several studies (Arnold, 1994; Bruce, 2013; Lei, 1995a, 1995b) support this conclusion.
Year only—But David and Xie (1999) presented conflicting evidence.
Order. Order citations alphabetically. Designate two or more works by one author (or by an identical group of authors) published in the same year by adding “a,” “b,” and so forth, after the year. See the “name and year” example above.
Multiple authors. If a work has two authors, give both names every time you cite it. For three through six authors, give all names the first time, then use “et al.” in citations.
Examples:
First citation — (Foster, Whittington, Tucker, Horner, Hubbard, & Grimm, 2000).
Subséquent citation — (Foster et al., 2000)
For seven or more authors, use “et al.” even for the first citation. (But the corresponding reference should give all the names.)
Page numbers in citations. Use this format: Writing a book is “a long and arduous task” (Xie, 1992: 3).
Citation with no author. For an article with no author, cite the periodical as author. Example:
Periodical as author —Economic Analyst predict a significant decrease in unemployment rates (Wall Street Journal, 1999).
For reports, handbooks, and the like, cite the “corporate author” that produced them. Example:
Organization as author—Analysts predict an increase in service jobs in the U.S. Industrial Outlook (U.S. Department of Sociology, 1992). Such sources can also be identified informally. No corresponding reference will then be needed.
Example:
Informal citation—According to the 1999 U.S. Industrial Outlook, published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, service jobs will increase.
Electronic sources.
Use a regular citation (author, year) if you can identify an author of one of the types discussed above (human, periodical, or corporate). If not, give the web address that was your source in parentheses. No corresponding reference need be used in the latter case.
References
References are your entries in the alphabetical list at the end of your article or research note. This list should include only work you have cited.
Order. Alphabetize references by the last name of a sole author, a first author, or an editor, or by the name of a corporate author (for instance, U.S. Census Bureau) or periodical (such as the Wall Street Journal) if there is no human author or editor. Order works by an identical author by year of publication, listing the earliest first.
If the years of publication are also the same, differentiate entries by adding small letters (“a,” “b,” etc.) after the years. Repeat the author’s name for each entry.
Books.
Follow this form: Last names, initials (separated by a space). Year.
Title (Boldface italic, capitalize only the first letter of the first word and of the first word after a long dash or colon.) City where published: Name of publisher. (For small U.S. and Canadian cities, follow the name of the city with the postal abbreviation for the state or province; for small cities in other countries, give the full name of the country.) Examples
Granovetter, M. S. 1965. Ozone layer and the Environment. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
John, R. L., & David, E. (Eds.). 1998. Education facilities in Coastal Thailand. Glencoe, IL: Free Press.
Hopkins, D., & Xie, R. L. 1978. Technology and Societies (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.
National Center for Education Statistics. 1992. Digest of education statistics. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Periodicals.
Follow this form: Authors’ last names, initials. Year. Title (regular type; same single-capital rule as for books). Name of Periodical (boldface italic, title-style capitalization), volume number (issue number, if needed—see below): page numbers. Examples:
David, P. 1995. Good E-governance in Asia. Annual Reviews of Sociology, 20: 936 –960.
Include an issue number only if every issue of the referenced periodical begins with a page numbered
- (Look at more than one issue to check.)
If an article has no author, the periodical is referenced. Examples:
BusinessWeek. 1998. The best B-schools. October 19: 86 –94.
Chemical Reactions. 2003. How are we doing? 81(4): 3.
Chapters in books.
Follow this form: Authors’ last names, initials. Year. Title of chapter (regular type, single-capital rule. In Editors’ initials and last names (Eds.), Title of book: Page numbers. City (same rules as above): Publisher. Examples:
Gutt, B., & March, J. G. 1988. Education Policy. In W. R. Scott & J. F. Short (Eds.), Handbook of Sociology, vol. 14: 319 –340. Palo Alto, CA
Staw, J., David, J., & Bruce, C. 1999. The Child Pedagogy. In P. Frost & S. Taylor (Eds.), 21st century academic life: 239 –248. London: Sage.
Unpublished works.
These include working papers, dissertations, and papers presented at meetings.
Examples:
John, R. G. 1971. Issues in Education Policy. Working paper no. 54 –71, Northwestern University Graduate School of Arts and Humanities, Evanston, IL
Guidelines for submitting figures/images:
Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
Line illustrations should be submitted at 900 dpi.
Halftones and color should be submitted at a minimum of 300 dpi.
Save as either TIF, JPG files.
Black and White art must be submitted as grayscale – not RGB.
PowerPoint or Excel files should NOT be submitted.
Language editing Services for Authors
Separate English editing charges will be applied to authors that require extensive English language editing or formatting. For details of language editing charges, please contact info@gipublishing.com. Non-English speaking authors who would like to refine their use of language in their manuscripts might consider using a professional editing service. In order to enhance the chances of acceptance of a manuscript by the peer-reviewers, non-native English speaking colleagues are encouraged to use professional English editing services before submitting a manuscript. The professional editing services may be acquired from other English-language editing firms as well, such as Editage (www.editage.com) and Enago (https://www.enago.com)