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Author Guidelines

Authors can submit their articles, prepared adhering to following guidelines in soft-copies (in Microsoft Word File (.doc or .docx)) electronically via the Submission link below or the simplified online submission system or ejournalhss2018@gmail.com.  Articles can be submitted any time and accepted articles will be published in the following issue once the entire review process is completed. Individual author is committed to ensure the originality of his/her manuscript by affirming that the article is neither published no under consideration for publication elsewhere. The journal only accepts manuscripts written in English. The length of the paper should not exceed 10000 words excluding the abstract, tables and figures.

The abstract should be concise and factual with maximum (250 words). Provide a maximum of 5 keywords that best describes your research paper.

Title page
The following sections are mandatory in the title page

• Font type: Times New Roman
• The title of the paper: IN CAPITAL LETTERS (Font size 14/bolt/)
• Names and affiliations of all authors and the contact information of the corresponding author. (font size 12)
• Further, if this paper has been presented in a symposium or meeting, complete related information should be given on a footnote at the title page.

Sections from second page

• Main Topics: IN CAPITAL LETTERS/ Bolt/ Font Size 12
• Sub topics: in simple letters with capitalize each first letter of the word

Main Topics/Sections

1. INTRODUCTION
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
4. RESULT AND FINDINGS
5. CONCLUSION
6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
7. REFERENCES (use only APA reference style)

Table/s, Map/s and Pictures

• Table/s should not repeat data which is available elsewhere in the script.
• Table/s should be numbered consecutively.
• Tables should carry legends which make their general meanings clear without reference to the text and all table columns should have explanatory headings.
• If the data is secondary the source should be clearly indicated at the bottom of the table.
• Maps and line drawings should be sent in their final form ready for the printer.
• They should be fully labelled and captioned.
• Scanned figures must be of high quality (300 dpi) to fit the proportions of the printed page (12 x 17 cm)

Citations and References:
Guidelines specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition) must be followed.

A consolidated alphabetical list of all books, articles, essays and theses referred to (including any referred to in the tables, graphs and maps) in the text should be provided at the end of the article.

References for tables and figures should accompany the table or figure. If more than one publication by the same author is listed, the items should be given in chronological order. References should be embedded in text in the author-date method of citation. For example: (Konhert, 2007, p. 12), (Kannabiran et al., 2008, pp. 175–200).

The detailed style of referencing is as follows:

Journal article
Smith, J. R. (2001). Reference style guidelines. Journal of Guidelines, 4, 2–7.

Book
Smith, J.R. (2001). Reference style guidelines. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Article in an edited book
Smith, J.R. (2001). Do not capitalize prepositions. In R. Brown (Ed.), Reference style guidelines (pp. 55–62). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Edited book
Smith, J.R. (Ed.). (2001). Reference style guidelines. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Dissertation (unpublished)
Smith, J.R. (2001). Reference style guidelines. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.

Article presented at a symposium or annual meeting
Smith, J.R. (2001, January). A citation for every reference, and a reference for every citation. Article presented at the annual meeting of the Reference Guidelines Association, St. Louis, MO.

Online reference
Smith, J.R. (2001, January). Quotes of 45 or more words will be block quotes. Reference style guidelines. Retrieved Date, Month, and Year, from http://www. sagepub.com

Please do not place a period at the end of an online reference.

(Permissions and Releases: Material taken directly from a copyrighted source, including a website, should be clearly identified, and the copyright holder’s written permission to reproduce it must be submitted in a separate file.)

Please visit www.apastyle.org or http://libguides.library.usyd.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=22193083 for more information in referencing.

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.

1. The submission has not been previously published, in part or in whole, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. All third-party-owned materials used have been identified with appropriate credit lines, and permission has been obtained from the copyright holder for all formats of the journal. Authors acknowledge their responsibility to gain all permissions prior to submission.
3. All authors qualify as authors, as defined in the authorship guidelines, and have given permission to be listed on the submitted paper.
4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. Every effort has been made to ensure that the submission is ready for peer review according to the journal's review policy (following the instructions to ensure blind peer review).

5. Figures are all cited in the main text and are uploaded as supplementary files. Figures/images have a resolution of at least 150dpi (300dpi or above preferred). The files are in one of the following formats: JPG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, EPS (to maximise quality, the original source file is preferred).

6. The corresponding author is submitting an ORCID identifier in their author data and co-authors have been recommended to also provide an ORCID.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication.

Articles in the Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Review are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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