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Submission Guide and Policies

Submission Requirements 

Page Length: The JAAER  welcomes submissions of approximately 7,500 words or 25 double-spaced pages (excluding references and supplemental content – i.e., appendices, etc.). 

Originality: The JAAER does not accept previously published articles or those currently under consideration for publication in another refereed journal. All articles are submitted to iThenticate to ensure authenticity.  

Format: Please submit your article to the JAAER as described. If selected for publication, the article will be reformatted to a double-column style. Following these guidelines will assist the editorial team in reviewing, editing, and preparing the document for publication.

Document

• All submissions must be in English. Foreign words and phrases should be avoided. If necessary, foreign words should be set in italics rather than underlined or in bold. 
• Begin the document with the title and abstract, followed by the introduction. (The title and abstract will also be entered by the author as part of the online submission process.)
• Text should be double-spaced, single column, and all page margins should be 1-inch, including any tables, figures, and objects/images.  
• Do not include page numbers or headers/footers. (These will be added by the system.)
• The use of footnotes should be avoided. If footnotes are required, the text should be in Times New Roman 10 pt., numbered consecutively using superscript for the numerals, and placed at the bottom of the page where it is referenced. Do not use symbols to identify footnotes. 
• When proofing your document, pay attention to the rendering of any numerical equations, especially symbols and notations drawn from other than standard fonts. 
• The manuscript should be free of errors (e.g., spelling, grammar, APA style).
• Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single Microsoft Word file. (The system will convert your document to a PDF.)  

Citations and References

• American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7^th). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

• In-text citations and sources in the reference list MUST be static text and not automatically generated.

• We support the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system. A DOI is a unique identifier associated with basic metadata where a URL pointer provides a permanent link to the internet location. Information regarding DOIs is available by visiting doi.org. Upload your References page to  www.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery/ to find DOIs.

 

Tables, Figures, and Images

• Keep titles as short and concise as possible.
• Remove titles and captions in tables/figures/images' pixel area; use a new line outside.
• Remove border lines around images.
• Minimize use of long cross-page and/or cross-column tables and figures.
• Consider starting a new separate figure when cross-page and/or cross-column tables and figures occur.
• Keep the number of cross-column images and tables to be less than YourPageNumber - 2.
• Keep in-text referenced tables/figures/image as close as possible to where referenced (i.e., insert at end of mentioned paragraph).
• Keep tables within 3-5 columns width when possible.
• Use high-resolution or vectorized image files for best readability.
• Label X and Y axis titles in figures.
• Ensure text illustrations/captions in figures are readable when rendered in half-width (single column) format.
• Take advantage of the use of color in figures and maps (etc.). Avoid colors if their translation to black and white would render the material illegible or incomprehensible. 
• Save images in separate files to submit if paper is accepted for publication.

Policies

Who Can Submit?

Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in the JAAER provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

Rights for Authors and the JAAER

As further described in our submission agreement (the Article Submission Agreement), in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to the JAAER all copyright in the article.  

Attribution and Usage Policies

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.  

JAAER Open Access Statement

The JAAER is an open access journal, free of any fees or charges from its authors or readers. 

General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the website and/or software agree not to misuse the service or software in any way.

The failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Article Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Article Submission Agreement or JAAER policy is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Article Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Article Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the JAAER and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.