Information to Contributors
The International Journal of Advances in Education, Social Sciences and Innovation focuses on the results of original research projects in various fields. The journal is published in English. To be published in the journal, a paper must be substantial and original. The Editorial Board does not accept articles published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Informational material, such as notifications about conferences, books, jubilees, etc. may also be published under the Information heading. Articles and other material published in journal represent the opinions of the author(s) and should not be considered to reflect the opinions of the Editorial Board. All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening, anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees, and consequent revision by article authors when required.
Specifications
Articles must be clearly presented and have purpose for the readers. The Editorial Board solicits and encourages publication of worthy papers with a length not exceeding 15 published pages (approximately 7,000 words). Those of a length exceeding 25 pages, but containing very important results, can be published by the consent of the Editorial Board. If an article contains material reproduced from other sources, the necessary written permission from the author(s) and publisher must accompany the paper.
Articles may be submitted by e-mail. Please submit your manuscript to the following address: urdc@usl.edu.ph
Page style: Articles should be typed in 12-point font on an A4 page, paginated, and double-spaced. Margins should be set as top & bottom: 1 inch and left & right 1 inch. The title should be followed by an abstract of 150 to 250 words and 3 to 5 keywords. Footnotes should be avoided, and endnotes kept to a minimum. All pages should be numbered.
References:Paper format, including references, should follow American Psychological Association (APA) (6th Edition) style.
After a plagiarism check and an initial screening for acceptability, submitted articles will be distributed for double-blind peer review. Two reviewers write their comments on each article along with recommendations to publish the article, to publish with revisions, or to decline the article for publication. The editorial staff forwards these anonymous reviews to the article author and gives the author further instructions about making revisions, if necessary. Revised texts are re-sent for peer review. Authors should note that the peer review process can take one to two months or longer to complete.
Statement About Open Access
This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Articles are made available on the journal website as full-text pdf files.
Research Misconduct and Plagiarism
The journal has a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism and research misconduct. All submissions are scanned for possible plagiarism. When plagiarism is detected and confirmed, the article is immediately rejected for publication and the offending author is blacklisted from further publication.
Review and Publication Process
- The journal follows a double-blind peer review policy.
The submitted manuscript is acknowledged within 24 hours upon receipt.
The manuscript will be sent to two reviewers. The review process takes minimum two weeks.
The review reports are collected from the reviewers and the editor will send the review reports to the authors including all terms and conditions of the publication.
If the paper is accepted subject to modification, the editor will send the review reports to the author/corresponding author including a formal request to modify the paper by 10 days as per the suggestions of the reviewers. The author will send the modified paper to the same reviewers of the said paper to justify the modifications. If the paper is again returned by the reviewers, the paper is said to be finally rejected. The journal will not proceed with the said paper. However, in case of very minor changes, the editorial board may consider the paper for further modifications. The editor will send the processed paper for publication to the corresponding author for proof reading.
The paper is published online first. The editor will notify the author/corresponding author about online publication with necessary download link. The author/corresponding author may request for any correction in published paper (in case of extremely important changes) within three days of online publication.