Submissions

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.

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).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-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.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

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Regarding the publication guideline, author can refer to the latest published articles of Journal of Policy and Sustainable Development Studies to follow its format. Manuscripts must be typed with a single spacing throughout. In general, the following is the paper format for Journal of Policy and Sustainable Development Studies:

Name of the Author and the Affiliation must not be in the paper.

The Paper is Organized as Follows:

Introduction

Literature Review

Methods

Heading 2 (if Any)

Heading 3 (if Any)

Results and Discussion

Conclusion

Acknowledgments (if Any)

References

Tables and Figures

Times New Roman, size: 11, text bold, alignment: left.

Times New Roman, size: 11, text italic & bold, alignment: left.

Times New Roman, size: 11, text italic, alignment: left.

Times New Roman, size: 11, text bold, alignment: left.

Can be placed on separate page(s) at the end

Page Layout

Paper Size: A4.

Top: 2 cm.

Left: 2.5cm.

Bottom: 2 cm.

Right: 2.5 cm.

Title

Font: Times New Roman, size: 11, alignment: center, text bold.

Abstract

The abstract should stand alone, means that no citation in abstract. The abstract should concisely inform the reader of the manuscript’s purpose, its methods, its findings, and its value. The abstract should be relatively nontechnical, yet clear enough for an informed reader to understand the manuscript’s contribution. An abstract consist of no more than 250 words.

Font: Times New Roman, size: 11, alignment: justify.

Keywords

Keywords consist of no more than 8 words

Font: Times New Roman, size: 11, alignment: left.

Body Text

Manuscripts must be typed with a single spacing throughout.

Font: Times New Roman, size: 11, alignment : justify.

Equation: Use Microsoft Equation 3.0 or above.

Tables

Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells.

Placement of Table: Centre

Title of the Table : Above the Table, alignment: center.

Font for the Title: Times New Roman, size 11, text bold.

Any word or words to be abbreviated should be written in full when first mentioned followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.

Figures

Figures can be placed on separate page(s) at the end. Number figures consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any figure notes below the figure body. Please use the following figure formats:

EPS (or PDF): Vector drawings, embed all used fonts.
TIFF (or JPEG): Color or grayscale photographs (halftones), keep to a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF (or JPEG): Bitmapped (pure black & white pixels) line drawings, keep to a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF (or JPEG): Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale), keep to a minimum of 500 dpi.

Placement of Figure: Centre

Title of the Figure: Above the Figure, alignment: center.

Font for the Title: Times New Roman, size 11, text bold.

Any word or words to be abbreviated should be written in full when first mentioned followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.

References

Each manuscript must include a reference list containing only the quoted work and using the Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero tool. Each entry should contain all the data needed for unambiguous identification. With the author-date system, use following format recommended by American Psychological Association style).

When quoted in the text style is:

... Smith (1995) ... or (Brown & Jones, 2002) or ... Smith et al. (2004a).

Increased discoverability of research and high quality peer review are ensured by online links to the sources cited. In order to allow us to create links to abstracting and indexing services, please ensure that data provided in the references are correct. Please note that incorrect surnames, journal/book titles, publication year and pagination may prevent link creation. When copying references, please be careful as they may already contain errors. Use of the DOI is highly encouraged.

Bibliography examples are:

Journal:

Guidolin, M. & Timmermann, A. (2005). Economic Implications of Bull and Bear Regimes in UK Stock and Bond Returns. The Economic Journal, 115(500), 111-143.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00962.x

Article or Chapter within an Edited Book:

Phelps-Brown, H. (1981). Labour Market Policy. In F. Cairncross (ed.), Changing Perceptions of Economic Policy (pp. 68-113). London: Methuen.

Book:

Mundell R. A. (1968). International Economics. New York: Macmillan.

Working Paper:

Rodrik, D. (1997). TFPG Controversies, Institutions and Economic Performance in East Asia (NBER Working Paper No. 5914). Retrieved from National Bureau of Economic Research website: https://www.nber.org/papers/w5914

Peer Review Process and Editorial Decision

Every manuscript submitted toJournal of Policy and Sustainable Development Studies is read by the editorial staff. Those manuscripts evaluated by editors to be inappropriate to journal criteria are rejected promptly without external review. Manuscripts evaluated to be of potential interest to our readership are sent to double blind reviewers. Every manuscript is independently reviewed by at least two reviewers in the form of "double-blind review". The editors then make a decision for publication based on the reviewer's recommendation from among several posibilities: Accept, Accept with revisions, Submit for review, Submit elsewhere, or Decline.

In certain cases, the editor may submit an article for review to another third reviewer before making a decision, if necessary.

The Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Policy and Sustainable Development Studies has the right to decide which manuscripts submitted to the journal should be published.

Review Process:

Author submit the manuscript
Editor Evaluation (some manuscripts are rejected or returned before the review process)
Double-blind peer review process
Editor decision
Confirmation to the authors

After Acceptance

Online Proof Correction

Corresponding authors will receive an e-mail with a link to log into our online proofing system, allowing annotation, correction, comment, and answer questions from the Copy Editor and upload your edits on the PDF version to the system. All instructions for proofing will be given in the e-mail we send to authors.

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