Submissions

Registration

In order to submit an article to IJBE, you need to first register as an Author. When registering you need to explicitly tick the "Author" box or you will only be registered as a Reader and you will not see the "New Submission" option when you login.

Originality and length

The usual length of an IJBE article is between 5000 and 8000 words, including abstract, figures, tables and references, but occasionally lengths outside this range are accepted. Submissions to IJBE should be unpublished and not under consideration by another journal or for conference proceedings. Please note that it is your responsibility to confirm with any relevant conditions in your institution's research management procedures, for example, ethics committee approvals.

Formatting your manuscript prior to submission:

Manuscript Preparation

1. Language

• Papers can be written in English..

2. Title

• Title should be concise and informative.

• If the manuscript is in a language other than English, It should include an English version of the title.

• Try to avoid abbreviations, special characters, math and formulae where possible.

3. Author’s names and affiliations

• The submitted article should include the name(s) and the affiliation(s) of the author(s).

• Please:

  • Indicate the given name and family name clearly.

  • Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names.

  • Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.

4. Corresponding author

• Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing, publication and also post-publication.

5. Abstract

• Each manuscript must include an abstract in English of approximately 200-250 words.

• It should be concise and factual.

• It should have a structured form.

• The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions.

• An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so it must be able to stand alone.

• References should be avoided in the abstract.

• Do not use abbreviations, special characters, math and formulae in your abstract.

6. Keywords

• Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 8 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of').

• Try to provide at least 5 keywords.

• Key words should not repeat the title of the manuscript.

7. Subdivision of the article

• Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections.

• Subsections should be numbered 1, 2. (then 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2), 1.2, etc.

• The abstract is not included in section numbering.

• Research works should be divided into background, material and methods, results, discussion, conclusions, references.

Conclusion.

Acknowledgment

Manuscripts are to be submitted in English, using spelling and punctuation as per the Oxford English Dictionary. In-text citations and references need to conform to the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA style manual). Examples can be found on the APA site (http://www.apastyle.org/).

Please note: Unlike APA style, for references to journal articles IJBE requires volume and issue numbers. If no DOI has been assigned to an article,IJBE requires the URL of the cited article on the journal publisher site.