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General Information
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Language All manuscripts should be written in English -- British or
American as long as consistency is observed.
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Acknowledgements All contributors who do not meet the criteria for
authorship should be listed in an acknowledgments section. Examples of those who
might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing
assistance, or a department chairperson who provided only general support. Financial
and material support should also be acknowledged.
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Conflict of interest and funding Authors are responsible for disclosing
financial support from the industry or other conflicts of interest that might bias
the interpretation of results.
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Statistic validity If complicated statistical data are provided, the
authors may be requested to submit a statement issued by a certified statistician
regarding the validity of methods used.
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Submission Preparation Checklist
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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.
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I, the corresponding author, am authorized by all of my co-authors to submit this
manuscript.
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Gather the information about the manuscript: (a) For all authors: first name, last
name, postal address, e-mail address, affiliation, etc; (b) Manuscript title; (c)
Manuscript abstract. (d) Contact information (name, e-mail address and affiliation)
of suggested and/or excluded reviewers (if any).
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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).
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The manuscript, or any part thereof, is in no way a violation of any existing original
or derivative copyright.
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The manuscript contains nothing obscene, indecent, objectionable or libelous.
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The submission file is in Microsoft Word document format only.
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When available, the URLs to access references online are provided, including those
for open access versions of the reference. The URLs are ready to click (e.g., http:www.sapub.org/journal)
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Supplemental files are submitted in accordance with instructions and information
is given on a separate page at the end of the main manuscript.
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Submission Steps
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The manuscript submission process consists of 5 primary steps that gather detailed
information about your manuscript: 1. Journal information, 2. Manuscript general
information, 3 Authors' information, 4 Reviewers' information, 5.Validation and
Submission. You will need to complete the primary tasks in the correct order. You
will have the opportunity to make changes to your submission until your manuscript
is reviewed. The sequence of screens is as follows:
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Step1
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Journal Information
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Select the journal to which you would like to submit your manuscript.
You could not change the selected journal after submitting the manuscript in the
step5, so be sure you select the appropriate journal.
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Step2
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Manuscript General Information
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The 'Manuscript General Information' primary step asks you to submit the manuscript
type, title, abstract, keywords, pages and file.
You must select the actual file location (via an open file dialogue) on your computer.
Acceptable formats for the manuscript file include Micorsoft Word and Adobe PDF
format. Acceptable formats for figures include JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), GIF (.gif),
PostScript (.ps or .prn) and TIFF (.tif or .tiff). The file or figure could not
exceed 6MB in the online system.
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Step3
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Authors' Information
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Please provide the names, running titles, Email addresses, and affiliations of all
the authors (including current affiliation and affiliation where the work was primarily
carried out) of this manuscript, in the order that they appear on the manuscript.
In order to submit a manuscript, you must be one of the authors of the manuscript.
Please note, if you are the corresponding author please submit your details correctly,
especially the email and telephone number.
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Step4
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Reviewers' Information
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You may suggest information of some particularly qualified reviewers who have had
experience in the subject of the submitted manuscript, but who are not affiliated
with the same institutes as the contributor.
You may also submit a list of reviewers to be excluded.
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Step5
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Validation and Submission
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The Validation and Submission step is the last step in the manuscript submission
process, which gives you the opportunity to check and verify the manuscript information
and manuscript file uploaded. You may update and/or change manuscript information
and manuscript file by clicking on the 'Previous' button respectively.
Once your manuscript has been finalised, click on the 'Approve Submission' button
to submit your manuscript.
After submission you will receive an acknowledgement email. You can check the status
of your manuscript at any time by accessing the system with your username and password
or link sent to you in the acknowledgement email.
Please note that the submission process is not complete and your manuscript will
not be received by the editors until you have approved the above 5 steps.
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Peer Review Process
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Each submitted manuscript passing through initial screening will be subjected to rigorous and anonymous peer-review by a minimum of 2 peer reviewers. Manuscripts that were not submitted to the editor-in-chief for initial screening will automatically be rejected. It is the policy of IJAS that referees who review a manuscript remain unknown to the authors (blind review). All the reviewers send a detailed report with their comments on the manuscript to the appointed editors. Reviewers typically have to complete their reviews within 3-4 weeks. This process could however be extended dependent on the number of manuscript scheduled for review. Comments are sent to the author(s), for papers which require revision. The editor will ensure that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable. In cases of ambiguity and controversial articles, the final decision is solely made by the editor-in-chief. Please allow 8 weeks after the initial submission date of your manuscript before you contact the editor-in-chief for an article status update.
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