File Setup

How to ensure all files are anonymized

To ensure the integrity of anonymous peer review, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

• The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.
• The authors of the document have removed personal information from the file properties by taking the following steps:
  • Go to File
  • Select Info
  • Click on Check for Issues
  • Click on Inspect Document
  • In the Document Inspector dialogue box, select the checkboxes to choose the type of hidden content that you want inspected.
  • Click Remove All
  • Click Close
  • Save the document
  • Go to Tools
  • Click Protect Document
  • Select Remove personal information for this file on save
  • Click OK and save the file
• Microsoft Word for Windows:
• Microsoft Word for MacOS:

Accepted File Formats 

We accept MS Word (Office 2010-present).

A Title

The article’s full title should contain a maximum of 95 characters (including spaces).
If there is a subtitle, a colon (:) should follow the main title, and the subtitle should be on the following line. This should be followed on another line by the authors' or authors' names.

Author's Details

Add the author details in a separate file. Name and Affiliation, including email address and ORCID.

Abstract

The abstract, written in English, should be no more than 250 words long and in the past tense. The abstract should concisely summarise the topic's objectives, methods, results, and significance. The unstructured abstract for an Original Research article should be six paragraphs long, with no headings: Background, Aim, Setting, Methods, Results, Conclusion, and Contributions. The latter is the abstract's only labelled heading.

-Do not add any citations in the abstract

- Do not add any statistical value to the abstract

-Do not cite references or use abbreviations excessively in the abstract.

Keywords

5 to 7 keywords or phrases that best capture the article

Declarations

All manuscripts must contain the following sections under the heading 'Declarations'.

If any of the sections are not relevant to your manuscript, please include the heading and write 'Not applicable' for that section.

Funding (information that explains whether and by whom the research was supported)

Conflicts of interest/Competing interests (include appropriate disclosures)

Data availability (data transparency)

Code availability (software application or custom code)

Authors' contributions (Add the authors' contribution statement for all authors)

Author 1: Conceptualization, Methodology, Data collection, Formal analysis, Writing - Original Draft, Visualization. Author 2: Data collection, Validation, Writing - Review & Editing. Author 3: Supervision, Project Administration, Writing - Review & Editing.

Acknowledgements

Contributors must acknowledge all the research funding sources pertinent to their article. It is important to spell out all acronyms of funding agencies in full. The acknowledgement of funding sources recognizes the contribution of funding entities, meets their stipulations, and enhances the transparency of the research.

Funding Statement Examples

"The work leading to these findings was financed by the project 'AAA,' which is part of the 'BBB' program, under Grant agreement number NNN."

"This study was funded by the INSTITUTION (Grant agreement number NNN)."

"No specific funding was obtained for this research from any agencies in the public, commercial, or non-profit sectors."

Figures and Tables

All the Figures and Tables must be added with Captions, Funding Information (if any), Author Contributions, Conflict of Interest, and other Ethics Statements (if any). 

Text Formatting

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.

• Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.
• Use italics for emphasis.
• Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
• Do not use field functions.
• Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
• Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
• Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.
• Save your file in .docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).

Headings

All sections, subsections, and subsubsections should be numbered as follows: 1. Introduction, 1.1. First subsection, 1.1.1. First subsubsection, and so on. If a given section has a subsection, it must have a minimum of two; likewise, if a given subsection has a subsubsection, it must have a minimum of two.

The first line of any new section, subsection, or subsubsection should not be indented. Any subsequent paragraphs should be indented a uniform 1cm. There should be no additional space between paragraphs. Please do not do a double return between paragraphs.

The typeface in the template is set to Times New Roman throughout. Please do not change this. Italics should be reserved for foreign words and phrases as well as specialized terms and phrases on the first reference. Boldface may be used in moderation for emphasis.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Long quotations

Long quotations (four lines or more) should be indented 1cm and separated from the main text (see template). Shorter quotations should be incorporated into the main text.

Headers or footers

Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They should also not contain any figures or tables.

Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data). Footnotes to the title or the authors of the article are not given reference symbols.

Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.

Tables and figures:

Tables and figures should be placed in the correct position in the text, referenced in the main text, and numbered consecutively. Figures should, additionally, be submitted in a standard graphical format, preferably JPG/JPEG. Tables should be preceded by an explanatory caption; figures should be followed by a caption (for example, see template). Avoid the use of shading in tables. Figures may be in full colour if desired. All figures and tables should be in portrait rather than landscape mode.

Artwork and Illustrations Guidelines

Electronic Figure Submission

• Supply all figures electronically.
• Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork.
• For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF format. MS Office files are also acceptable.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
• Name your figure files with "Figure" and the figure number, e.g., Figure 1. eps.

• Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.
• Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
• All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
• Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 1200 dpi.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.

Permissions

If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s). Please be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free and that we will not be able to refund any costs that may have occurred to receive these permissions. In such cases, material from other sources should be used.

Accessibility

In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your figures, please make sure that

• All figures have descriptive captions (blind users could then use text-to-speech software or text-to-Braille hardware)
• Patterns are used instead of or in addition to colours for conveying information (colourblind users would then be able to distinguish the visual elements)
• Any figure lettering has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1

Generative AI Images

Please check our policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein.

Supplementary Information (SI)

We accept electronic multimedia files (animations, movies, audio, etc.) and other supplementary files to be published online along with an article or a book chapter. This feature can add dimension to the author's article, as certain information cannot be printed or is more convenient in electronic form.

Before submitting research datasets as Supplementary Information, authors should read the journal’s Research data policy. We encourage research data to be archived in data repositories wherever possible.

Audio, Video, and Animations

• Aspect ratio: 16:9 or 4:3
• Maximum file size: 25 GB for high-resolution files; 5 GB for low-resolution files
• Minimum video duration: 1 sec
• Supported file formats: avi, wmv, mp4, mov, m2p, mp2, mpg, mpeg, flv, mxf, mts, m4v, 3gp

Text and Presentations

• Submit your material in PDF format; .doc or .ppt files are not suitable for long-term viability.
• A collection of figures may also be combined in a PDF file.

Spreadsheets

• Spreadsheets should be submitted as .csv or .xlsx files (MS Excel).

Specialized Formats

• Specialized formats such as .pdb (chemical), .wrl (VRML), .nb (Mathematica notebook), and .tex can also be supplied.

Collecting Multiple Files

• It is possible to collect multiple files in a .zip or .gz file.

Numbering

• If supplying any supplementary material, the text must make specific mention of the material as a citation, similar to that of figures and tables.
• Refer to the supplementary files as “Online Resource”, e.g., "... as shown in the animation (Online Resource 3)", “... additional data are given in Online Resource 4”.
• Name the files consecutively, e.g. “ESM_3.mpg”, “ESM_4.pdf”.

Captions

• For each supplementary material, please supply a concise caption describing the content of the file.

Processing of supplementary files

• Supplementary Information (SI) will be published as received from the author without any conversion, editing, or reformatting.

Accessibility

In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your supplementary files, please make sure that

• The manuscript contains a descriptive caption for each supplementary material
• Video files do not contain anything that flashes more than three times per second (so that users prone to seizures caused by such effects are not put at risk)

Citations

In-text citations should look like this: (Kennedy 2003), (Kennedy 2003,2005), Kennedy 2003, James 2017), (Kennedy 2003, 2005; James 2017). The template includes examples of all common types of entries for the bibliography at the end: for example.

References

All references will appear at the end of the article. Please follow the examples below.

Form Online Journal with DOI: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number, page range. https://doi.org/10.0000/0000 Volume no, Issue no, page no, and DOI are important to add.

Example:

Mehboob, F., & Othman, N. (2020). Examining the Links Leading to Behavioral Support for Change: An Expectancy Theory Perspective. International Journal of Social Sciences and Economic Review, 2(4), 1–08. https://doi.org/10.36923/ijsser.v2i4.78

From Newspaper Articles: Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Title of Newspaper. Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Example: Gendron & B. Burlingham (1989, April). The Entrepreneur of the Decade: An interview with Steve Jobs, Inc., 114-128.

Form Books: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. (visit here for more information on how to cite a book.)

Example: Carland, J.W. & J.A. Carland (1999).  Small business management: Tools for success (Second Edition).  Houston, TX: Dame Publishing.

JISSER is accepting the APA 6th reference format. So, it's essential to include the author(s) name(s), publication year, paper title, journal name, volume number, issue number, page numbers, and DOI. We recommend the authors add the bibliography using the software package EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley, or Reference Manager.

A bibliography

A short biographical note at the end, just before the bibliography, in the section titled About the author(s). This should be accompanied, where possible, by a small photo of the author (150x200 pixels is fine).

Appendices

-Appendices should be kept at a minimum and preferably be short.