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HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR RESEARCH (contents)

In order to submit your research, please upload your paper via the registration form AND email a copy to papers@scientificpress.org as .doc and .pdf.

DEADLINES (contents)

Please follow the deadlines listed on the call for papers.

NOTICE OF REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE (contents)

Within a few days of receiving your online abstract submission, we will notify you if your abstract had been accepted and will invite you to submit your paper. Once your full paper is submitted, your paper will be distributed to our reviewers for purpose of quality assurance. Our reviewers my accept, reject or recommend changes to your paper. Whatever the case is you will be notified within 1-2 weeks from the time you submitted your paper.

COPYRIGHT POLICY (contents)

Upon the acceptance of your paper the author will need to agree in writing that the work will be published in the Proceedings with open access. Our authors will also maintain full copyright and control over their intellectual property. They may publish their work elsewhere, whenever and wherever they like, without the need for our authorization. The right to express one’s work as freely and widely as possible raises legal and ethical issues which limit the extent of intrusion by other parties. (more about the Copyright Law...)

GUIDELINES FOR PAPER TEMPLATE (contents)

Title of Your Article
(16pt Times New Roman, Uppercase, Bold, Center text)

First Author
Include First Name, Middle Initial (if any), and Last Name. Do Not Include any Academic Title such as: “Dr.”, “PhD” etc.,

Institution
Include University Name and Country (if affiliated), (12pt Times New Roman, Center Text) Do not include department or email address! If you are not affiliated with any institution, list "Independent Scholar" followed by the name of your country of nationality.

Second Author (if applicable)
Follow the same listing instructions as for first author. Make sure your name comes in second.

Abstract
The abstract should be one paragraph of 100 to 150 words! (10pt, Times New Roman, Align text to the left)

Keywords
Please include no more than six keywords separated by commas. (10pt, Times New Roman)

Introduction, Literature Review, etc.
(12pt, Times New Roman)

Paragraph formatting
Paragraphs shall be single-spaced; typed in Times New Roman 12pt. Long quotations inserted as paragraphs must by typed in Times New Roman 11pt, with 0.375 paragraph inset. Allow approximately a one inch margin around the four borders; and a blank line between the paragraphs.

Referencing & Bibliography
As a general rule, we request that style consistency be maintained through the manuscript. Given the multidisciplinary nature of most of our articles, different disciplines prefer their own styles. In humanities, we recommend that you use Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide available here:
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

For artwork, math formulas, and tables, please consult the Guidelines provided by the University of Chicago Press:

Artwork
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cont/prep-art

Math Formulas
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cont/prep-math

Tables
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cont/prep-table

Submit
Email your formatted document to papers@scientificpress.org

Grammar
Before you send us your abstract/manuscript for publication, at the very minimum, run it on http://www.grammarly.com/, an automated proofreader that finds and corrects over 250 types of grammatical errors.