Submission Guidelines

We adopt Your Paper Your Way (YPYW). YPYW is an easier submission process, focusing on the quality of the science in the initial stages of submission and only requiring elements needed for eventual production at the revision stage. When papers are rejected, this easier submission process saves authors time and effort and in addition, may help them achieve faster publication speeds. However when papers are accepted, authors are asked to adopt the APA style. While we adopt YPYW, authors nonetheless may find the following helpful:

Articles must include an abstract of no more than 200 words (not included in the word count). The abstract must be written in plain English and written in a way that is understandable to academic and non-academic readers alike.
Footnotes and endnotes are discouraged and should only be used to provide additional explanatory information when deemed necessary.
Author details: names, organisation address, and emails should be includes in a separate word document accompanying the submitted article. This should also include a short biographical statement to include author current job title or role (or one previous title), and type of articles (e.g. conceptual paper, research).
Manuscripts will use a sans serif font e.g. Arial, font size 11.
Margins should be set as ‘normal’ for A4 paper – (2.54 cm top, bottom, right, left margins).
Title and main headings should be sentence case in bold e.g. The University as a learning organisation? A case study of the Middle East University.
Sub-headings should be sentence case in italics: Flattening the Organisational Structure.
A lower level of sub-sub headings should be used sparingly.
In text citations and references should use Quotations of less than 20 words should be put in the text with single quotation marks. Quotes of more than 20 words should be indented and delineated by a space at top and bottom, but without quotation marks.
Where figures/tables are reproductions/non-original content permissions must be granted from the copyright holder before final publication.
Caption headings for tables should be placed above the table, and should be labelled sequentially e.g. Table 1, Table 2 etc. Tables should be in word format and placed in the text where first cited.
Caption headings for figures, should be placed below the figure, and labelled sequentially e.g. Fig. 1; Fig. 2 etc. Figures should be placed in text where first cited.
Check all references – accuracy, format, before submission.
For re-submissions following initial review, please supply a marked copy and clean copy of your manuscript and a point by point response to the reviewer/editor comments
Manuscripts should be submitted in MS word format or RTF format. Please email to: ijhrdppr22@gmail.com