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Author Guidelines

Journal of Policy and Development Studies (JPDS) is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal aiming at theories, methods, and applications in accounting, finance, economics, etc. It is an international scientific journal that focuses on the advancement of innovative scientific research. Please follow the author's style guide for the formatting.

 Language

All manuscripts should be in the English language.

 Size and style

Matters of all types should be typed in Times New Roman (08-points medium). However, all headings should be bold, with main headings in UPPER CASE, while sub-headings in Lower case and left-justified.  

 Submission of articles

The articles should be typed in accordance with the instructions. These should preferably be typed in Microsoft Word. Running titles should be inserted to print on the top of the page in the following manner:

 First page: No running title, only page number in the bottom left, 0.25” away from the bottom line of the page.

Odd page: Page no. left-justified, Author (s) name right-justified.

Even page: Article’s caption, left-justified Page no. right justified.

 Submission

To reduce delays, authors should ensure that the level, length, and format of a manuscript submission conform to the Journal of Policy and Development Studies (JPDS) requirements at the submission and each revision stage. Submitted articles should have a summary/abstract, separate from the main text, of up to 300 words. This summary does not include references, numbers, abbreviations, or measurements unless essential. The summary should provide a basic-level introduction to the field; a brief account of the background and principle of the work; a statement of the main conclusions; and 2-3 sentences that place the main findings into a general context. The text may contain a few short subheadings of no more than 40 characters each. The paper should be submitted using the online submission portal on the following link: Submit paper.

 Abstract

Each paper is required to contain an abstract, which should be descriptive and should not exceed 300 words. It should indicate all the main results in the paper.

 Paper

Each section and formula should be numbered, including acknowledgement and references. Footnotes and explanations in parentheses should be avoided as far as possible. In case footnotes are essential, these should be identified by a superscript number in the text and typed at the bottom of the page, separating it from the main text by a line.

Keywords

Keywords used in the paper are required and should be given following the abstract. Any word in the title of the paper should not be repeated as a keyword. It should contain 6-8 words.

 Tables

These should be used at a minimum and designed as simply as possible. We strongly encourage authors to submit tables in .doc format. Tables are to be typed double-spaced throughout, including headings and footnotes. Each table should be on a separate page, numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, and supplied with a heading and a legend. Tables should be self-explanatory without reference to the text. Preferably, the details of the methods used in the experiments should be described in the legend instead of in the text. The same data should not be presented in both table and graph form or repeated in the text. Cells can be copied from an Excel spreadsheet and pasted into a Word document, but Excel files should not be embedded as objects.
Note: If the submission is in PDF format, the author is requested to retain the same in .doc format in order to aid in the completion of the process successfully.

 Figures

The preferred file formats for photographic images are .doc, TIFF and JPEG. If you have created images with separate components on different layers, please send us the Photoshop files. All images must be at or above the intended display size, with the following image resolutions: Line Art 800 dpi, Combination (Line Art + Halftone) 600 dpi, Halftone 300 dpi. See the image quality specifications chart for details. Image files also must be cropped as close to the actual image as possible. Use Arabic numerals to designate figures and upper-case letters for their parts (Figure 1). Begin each legend with a title and include sufficient description so that the figure is understandable without reading the text of the manuscript. Information given in legends should not be repeated in the text.

Tables and Equations as Graphics

If equations cannot be encoded in MathML, submit them in TIFF or EPS format as discrete files (i.e., a file containing only the data for one equation). Only when tables cannot be encoded as XML/SGML can they be submitted as graphics. If this method is used, the font size in all equations and tables must be consistent and legible throughout all submissions.

Formulae

Standard notations should be used. Symbols like ‘one’ and ‘ell’, ‘kappa’ and ‘kay’, ‘o’ and ‘zero’ etc. should be properly distinguished. In case of confusion, the letter should be described in the margins. Superscripts, subscripts, and sub-subscripts should be in different sizes.  

 References

References should be listed at the end of the paper serially. No reference should be listed unless cited in the text of the paper. The references should be typed double-spaced and should follow the APA style.

 Paper Withdraw Policy

Journal of Policy and Development Studies (JPDS) has a smooth review process policy which takes 6-12 weeks minimum to review the paper. Once the review process is completed, the author is notified if the paper gets accepted. Once the paper gets published, the author cannot withdraw the paper. The author can withdraw the paper before the review process is completed. After the review process, if the paper gets accepted, the author has to pay review charges to withdraw the paper before publication.

 Copyright

Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or thesis) and that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All works published by JPDS are under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This permits anyone to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source are appropriately cited.
Note: Authors are solely responsible for any scientific misconduct, including plagiarism, in their research articles; the publisher is not responsible for any scientific misconduct that happens in any published research article. As a publisher, we will follow strictly scientific guidelines and EIC's advice to retract or issue an erratum for any article at any time if scientific misconduct or errors happen in any articles.

 Style Guide

Please follow the author's style guide for the formatting.

Article Processing Charges

To maintain the academic independence of the journal, JPDS does not charge any fees for submission, review, or publication. The journal is committed to promoting open-access research and ensuring that financial constraints do not hinder the dissemination of knowledge.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • 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.
  • Add all authors' names and their affiliations correctly when you register your account. Otherwise, the system will consider the data that you enter at the time of registration of the online portal. No abreviations of authors' names. The author's name should be in the format of first name, middle name, last name (without abbreviations).

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Author(s) retain the copyrights and will grant the Journal of Policy and Development Studies the non-exclusive rights to the first publication of the manuscript electronically and in print form and to identify the Journal of Policy and Development Studies as the original publisher under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. It will allow others to share the content with an explicit indication of the authorship and its initial publication in the Journal of Policy and Development Studies. Under these licensing terms, the author(s) confirm that all the content of the published manuscript will be distributed in the public domain, and other researchers may use it exclusively for the non-profit scientific purpose(s) with the obligatory acknowledgement of authorship. The author(s) reserve unconditional rights to copy and reproduce the published work for teaching, use it in other research, and redistribute, share, or place a copy of the article in any other medium or format, even commercially, only if Journal of Policy and Development Studies is explicitly acknowledged as the original publisher. However, the author(s) cannot apply any legal or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything that is already permitted under the licence terms.

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