Submissions

Author Guidelines

1.Instructions for Authors

1.1 Types of papers

Journal have no length requirements for manuscripts, but the manuscripts need to contain scientifically sound experiments and provide a substantial amount of new information. The manuscripts should neither be under consideration for publication in another journal nor previously published in another journal. The main article types considered for publication are:

Original Research: The manuscripts include full Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion sections. For related or sequential research work, authors should consider publishing them as one manuscript. The quality and impact of the study will be considered during peer-review.

Reviews: These provide concise and precise updates on the latest progress made in a given area of research. They are often written by leaders in a particular discipline. Reviews are often widely read (for example, by researchers looking for a full introduction to a field) and highly cited. Reviews commonly cite approximately 60 primary research articles.

Editorial: Editorials are submitted exclusively by the host editor(s) of Journals, to convey to the reader the aims and objectives of the research that pertains to the topic, as well as placing it in a broader context. The Editorial should present the contributing articles of the Research Topic but should not be a mere table of contents. As the final contributing article to the Research Topic, Editorials should be submitted once all expected articles have been accepted and published.

1.2 Accepted File Formats

Authors must use the word template APSP Manuscript Template.docx available on our website to prepare their manuscript. Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete copy-editing and publication of accepted manuscripts. Manuscripts must be converted into a single file before submission. If this requirement presents a problem, please contact the Editorial Office.

2.Manuscript Formatting Guidelines

• Front Matter

Title: The title should be concise and informative, and, where possible, state the main results or conclusions in the manuscript. Please do not include abbreviated or short forms of the title

Author information: Author information including name(s), email(s), affiliation(s). The name(s) should be the full first and last names. The PubMed/MEDLINE standard format is used for affiliations: complete address information including city, zip code, state/province, and country. Affiliations of the authors indicated by numbers (not symbols). At least one author should be designated as corresponding author, and his or her email address and other details should be included at the end of the affiliation section

Abstract: Please provide an abstract of 150 to 300 words. As a primary goal, the abstract should render the general significance and conceptual advance of the work clearly accessible to a broad readership. In the abstract, minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references, figures or tables.

Keywords: All article types require a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 keywords.

• Main Text

Introduction: Succinct, with no subheadings.

Materials and Methods: This section may be divided by subheadings and should contain sufficient detail so that when read in conjunction with cited references, all procedures can be repeated. New methods and protocols should be described in detail while well-established methods can be briefly described and appropriately cited.

Results: This section may be divided by subheadings. Footnotes should not be used and must be transferred to the main text. Provide a concise and precise description of the experimental results, their interpretation as well as the experimental conclusions that can be drawn.

Discussion: This section should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and an overly discussion of published literature. This section may be combined with Results.

Conclusions: This section is not mandatory but can be added to the manuscript if the discussion is unusually long or complex.

• Back Matter

Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section on the title page. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

Funding: Please describe any sources of funding that have supported the work. The statement should include details of any grants received (please give the name of the funding agency and grant number).

Conflict of interest: This section is required for all papers. If there are no interests to declare, please use the following wording: “The authors declare no conflicts of interest statement” or “The author declares no conflicts of interests”.

Figure and Table Guidelines：File for Figures must be provided during submission in a single zip archive and at a sufficiently high resolution. All Figures and Tables should be inserted into the main text close to their first citation and must be numbered following their number of appearance (Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 1, Table 2, etc.). We encourage authors to use color graphics, which do not add additional charges. All tables should be in editable form.

Supplementary Files：Additional data and files can be uploaded as "Supplementary Files" during the manuscript submission process. The supplementary files will also be available to the referees as part of the peer-review process and will be published as received from the author without any conversion, editing, or reformatting.

References: This section is compulsory and should be placed at the end of all manuscripts. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should be excluded from this section.

For references in reference list, all authors must be stated. Authors referenced are listed with their surname followed by their initials. All references should be numbered (e.g. 1. 2. 3. etc.) and sequenced according to the order it appears as an in-text citation. References should follow the following pattern: Author(s) followed by year of publication, title of publication, full journal name in italics, volume number, issue number in parenthesis, page range and lastly the DOI (if applicable). If the referred article has more than three authors, list only the first three authors and abbreviate the remaining authors to italicized ‘et al.’ (meaning: "and others").

• Journal

Journal article (print) with one to three authors

[1] Yao, Y., & Xia, B. (2014). Application of phase frequency feature group delay algorithm in database differential access. Computer Simulation, 31(12), 238-241.

Journal article (print) with more than three authors

[2] Gamelin, F. X., Baquet, G., Berthoin, S., et al. (2009). Effect of high intensity intermittent training on heart rate variability in prepubescent children. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 105, 731-738.

Journal article (online) with one to three authors

[3] Jackson, D., Firtko, A., & Edenborough, M. (2009). Personal resilience as a strategy for surviving and thriving in the face of workplace adversity: A literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 60(1), 1-9.

Journal article (online) with more than three authors

[4] Hargreave, M., Jensen, A., Nielsen, T. S. S., et al. (2015). Maternal use of fertility drugs and risk of cancer in children—A nationwide population-based cohort study in Denmark. International Journal of Cancer, 136(8), 1931-1939.

• Book

Book with one to three authors

[5] Schneider, Z., Whitehead, D., & Elliott, D. (2009). Nursing and midwifery research: Methods and appraisal for evidence-based practice (3rd ed.). Elsevier Australia.

Book with more than three authors

[6] Davis, M., Charles, L., Curry, M. J., et al. (2013). Challenging spatial norms. Routledge.

Chapter or Article in Book

[7] Knowles, M. S. (1986). Independent study. In Using learning contracts (pp. 89-96). Jossey-Bass.

• Others

Proceedings of meetings and symposiums, conference papers

[8] Chang, S. S., Liaw, L., & Ruppenhofer, J. (Eds.). (2000). Proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, February 12–15, 1999: General session and parasession on loan word phenomena. Berkeley Linguistics Society.

Conference proceedings (from electronic database)

[9] Bukowski, R. M. (2009). Prognostic factors for survival in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Update 2008. In Innovations and challenges in renal cancer: Proceedings of the third Cambridge conference. Cancer, 115(10), 2273. Retrieved from Academic OneFile database.

Online Document with author names

[10] Este, J., Warren, C., Connor, L., et al. (2008). Life in the clickstream: The future of journalism. Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance. Retrieved from http://www.alliance.org.au/documents/

Online Document without author name

[11] Developing an argument. (n.d.). Retrieved March 30, 2009, from http://web.princeton.edu/sites/writing/Writing_Center/WCWritingResources.htm

Thesis/Dissertation

[12] Gale, L. (2000). The relationship between leadership and employee empowerment for successful total quality management (Doctoral dissertation). University of Western Sydney.

Standard

[13] Standards Australia Online. (2006). Glass in buildings: Selection and installation. AS 1288-2006. SAI Global database.

Government Report

[14] National Commission of Audit. (1996). Report to the Commonwealth Government. Australian Government Publishing Service.

Government report (online)

[15] Department of Health and Ageing. (2008). Ageing and aged care in Australia. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing

No author

[16] Guide to agricultural meteorological practices. (2nd ed.). (2010). Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization.

Note: When referencing an entry from a dictionary or an encyclopedia with no author there is no requirement to include the source in the reference list. In these cases, only cite the title and year of the source in-text. For an authored dictionary/encyclopedia, treat the source as an authored book.