Author Guidelines

General Author Guidelines for Structuring the Publishable Executive Summary of Research Article (Technical Paper) 

Style Sheet for GSU Higher Education Research Review

General Author Guidelines for Structuring Publishable Research Article

Please follow the Guidelines given here when submitting or revising your Article for Publication. The editorsreserve the right to make editorial revisions in articles. Most of the entries are based from APA 6th Edition ©2010 and Wiley-Blackwell’s writing for publication ©2009.

Manuscript Preparation

1. Page Setup

• US letter size (8.5x11)
• 1-Inch margins
• Single-spaced
• Tahoma 10-Point Font
• Paragraphs must be Justified
• Leave two spaces before and after the major Headings and Sub-headings
• No extra space between paragraphs or sections
• References, Acknowledgements, Tables, Titles, and Figure Legends should be typed Single-Spaced
• Use Endnotes and not Footnotes when required by the discipline
• First line of each paragraph is indented by half inch
• Arabic Page Numbers (I.E. 1, 2, 3) begin on Title Page, Top-Right

2. Manuscript Content

• Title
• Author(s) and Address(es)
• Abstract and Keywords
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods for Experimental Study or Methodology for Non-Experimental Study
• Results and Discussion
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgment
• References

Manuscript should be as concise as the subject and research method permit, generally 4,000 to 6,000 words.

Spell out acronyms or unfamiliar abbreviations when these are mentioned for the first time in the text.

Write the scientific names of species completely with author(s) when it is first mentioned in the text and without author in succeeding references. Scientific names should be written in Italics or Bold face.

Use the metric system only or the international system of units. Use abbreviations of units only besidenumerals (e.g. 6 m); otherwise, spell out the units (e.g. kilometers from here). Do not use plural forms or periods for abbreviations of units. Use the bar for compound units (e.g. 1 kg/ha/yr). Place a zero before the decimal numbers less than 1 (e.g. 0.25).

Spell out number from one to ten, except when used in tables and lists, and when used with mathematical, statistical, scientific, or technical units and quantities, such as distances, weights, and measures.

Title. Title must be written in upper and lowercase and preferably no more than 12 words. It should be single-spaced if longer than 1 line, centered, and must be written in the upper half of the page.

Author(s).This includes name(s) of author(s), their affiliation, and ORCID no. Email Address of the corresponding author must also be included.

Abstract. An abstract of about 100-200 words should be presented on a separate page immediately precedingthe text. The Abstract summarizes the main points of the study and should contain five parts written in one paragraph: Introduction to the topic, Chief Purpose/Objective, Method, Results, and Conclusion.

Keywords. The abstract must be followed by at least three keywords to assist in indexing the paper andidentifying qualified reviewers. Keywords may contain four parts: discipline of the study, concepts investigated, method/process, and geographic location of study.

Introduction. Introduction provides details about the paper’s purpose or objective and the gap that it tries to address. It also provides the background of the topic and the scope it attempts to cover. A brief significant literature can be included in this part.

Materials and Methods/Methodology. This part details the research design used in the study. It highlights the research site, respondents of the study, sampling procedures, instrumentation, statistical tools used, and research ethics adopted.

Results and Discussions. This section discusses the salient points of the study. Results and discussions mustbe presented in a logical manner based on the objectives of the article. Only important tables and/or figures must be used. Findings must validate the existing literature or theory used in the study.

Conclusions. Conclusions should briefly answer the objectives of the study. They are not repetitions of the discussions but are judgments based on findings vis-à-vis existing literature.

Acknowledgement. This is an optional section that recognizes the contributions of funders or service agencies that contributed to the implementation of the study.

References. Every manuscript must have a section that contains only those works cited within the text. Eachentry should contain all information necessary or unambiguous identification of the published work using the APA 6thedition format. This must be arranged alphabetically and include published works only.

Authorship

Author Undertaking. Authorship undertaking does not only involve the very people who actually formulate and introduce the idea or perform the experiments or field works necessary for the paper but also includes thosewho make the undertaking possible, such as providing logistical, technical, or financial support and the likes.

• The author must first acquire an application form for authorship, declaration of authorship, copyrightform, and the clearance that comes with the paper or manuscript. Forms are available in the office of the Research and Development. The researcher/s may also email to jp@gsu.edu.ph.
• After filling up the forms, the author may either submit them personally, together with the clearance and soft copy of the paper or manuscript, to the Editorial Board or by electronic mail. There must be one set of forms or requirements for every paper.

Originality Undertaking. An undertaking of originality in publication is an undertaking not only of honesty andintegrity but of the pursuit of new ideas, the very rationale of publication itself

• Authors must first choose a topic or subject for their paper and search out for existing works of similar idea with that of their own and determine whether the similarity between them is not close enough for either of them to be identical with the other, unless if the paper is comparative by nature.
• Author must not overly rely upon or absorb the entire substance of other published works and should try to innovate and create new ideas. Authors may use the postulations of other works to either refute them or make a new approach out of
• Author must and always make a citation of their