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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been published previously, nor is it currently under consideration by any other journal, unless an explanation has been included in the cover letter to the Editor.
  • The submission file is in the format of a Word document (. DOC/DOCX).
  • The article is structured into three primary parts: Abstract, Keywords, and Full Text, which also includes References. Tables and Graphs are located after the References section. It's worth mentioning that there are no restrictions on the length of the Full Text section. However, the Abstract should be between 200 and 300 words.
  • References - APA - American Psychological Association, (6th ed.): In adherence to the 6th edition of the APA (American Psychological Association) style, meticulous attention has been devoted to ensuring completeness, accuracy, and consistency in the referencing process.
  • Cover letter to the Editor has been provided.
  • Competing Interest- Form for Disclosure has been filled.
  • If you have used AI tools like ChatGPT, you have disclosed this information to the editor in your cover letter. Ensure that you have adhered to ethical guidelines and research integrity standards in your use of AI tools.

Author Guidelines

Authors, please ensure the following:

  1. Membership of the Socrates Scholars International Research Network (SSIRN) is mandatory for paper submission to the Journal. If you are not an active member of SSIRN.NET, please click here for membership.
  2. The paper must be in Word (.DOC or DOCX) format.
  3. References must follow the APA (American Psychological Association, 6th ed.) style and should be carefully checked for completeness, accuracy, and consistency.
  4. The paper will undergo a double-blinded review, so please remove all author information and identifications from the manuscript.
  5. The paper submitted for review and consideration of publication must not have been published or presented elsewhere. Any legal consequences resulting from duplication will be the sole responsibility of the author, with no liability on the journal, editor, or referees.
  6. This is a peer-reviewed journal, and submitted papers/articles may be sent for revision and resubmission.
  7. Articles submitted for publication should contain data not older than 2 years from the date of receipt of the article.
  8. Each article should present a complete investigation and should not be split into parts. Maintain proper continuity in presenting information, ensuring clarity, objectivity, and conciseness in all statements.
  9. There is no prescribed page limit for full-length articles, but the article should be at least 2 full printed pages of the journal.
  10. The article is organized into three main sections: Abstract, Keywords, and Full Text, with the Full Text section also incorporating References. Tables and Graphs appear after the References section. It's important to note that there are no word limits for both the Full Text and the Abstract.

Structured Abstract:

The abstract should meet the following criteria:

  1. It should be informative, original, relevant, structured, and concise, ranging between 200 and 300 words.
  2. Include the following mandatory sections: Purpose, Design/Methodology/Approach, Findings, Originality/Value.
  3. If applicable, include sections for Research Limitations/Implications, Practical Implications, and Social Implications.
  4. Describe research methods/methodology if they are original or relevant to the research.
  5. Precisely and informatively describe results, emphasizing new findings, long-term impact data, important discoveries, and data of practical value.
  6. Conclusions should be associated with recommendations, estimates, suggestions, or hypotheses from the paper.
  7. Avoid duplicating information from the title and eliminate unnecessary introductory phrases.
  8. Use research and technical language while avoiding complex grammatical constructions.
  9. Include keywords relevant to the paper's topics.

Keywords:

Provide up to 5 keywords that encapsulate the principal topics of the paper on the Article Title Page.

 


Mandatory Steps for Corresponding Author:

Before submitting your paper to the Journal, make sure to complete the following steps:

  1. Provide a cover letter to the Editor [Click here]
  2. Fill out the Competing Interest Form for Disclosure [Click here]

Submitting the replication data:

After acceptance for publication, authors are required to provide replication data and code for all quantitative analyses included in the article. Upload data and code to the Dataverse repository: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/SOCRATESJOURNAL

For full instructions please click here.


Peer Review Process:

The Journal follows a double-blind peer-review process, where reviewers and authors remain anonymous to each other. Detailed information about the peer review process can be found [here].


Submitted Article Categories:

Your article must fall under one of the following categories:

  • Research articles: Original research by author(s)
  • Review articles: Significant reviews of original research
  • Short communications: Brief research updates, news, views, and articles
  • Case studies: Analytical findings of individual cases
  • Research methods: Reports on new research methods
  • Opinion papers: Articles presenting an individual or group opinions
  • Observations (R&D): Expressing observations on research and development methods, experiments, tests, and findings
  • Special articles: Invited articles, memorial lectures, working papers, special papers, expert views, and comments
  • Standards: Documents establishing uniform engineering or technical specifications, criteria, methods, processes, or practices
  • Report (R&D): Detailed non-serial publications providing information, statements, opinions, and findings on specific topics
  • Proceedings papers: Papers published at conferences, symposia, seminars, workshops, or summarizations of all conference proceedings papers

Referencing and Citation Styles: APA 6th:

(Acknowledgement: The University of Sydney, Referencing and Citation Styles: APA 6th)

References in the body of the article

The APA in-text reference is in the format (author, date). When directly quoting from a text you must include a page number in the citation as given in the examples below. Including page numbers in all other circumstances is not required however, it is best practice to do so when referring to a part of a work (e.g. a paragraph or chapter in a book). When referring to an entire work that covers a single topic (e.g. a journal article) it is not required.

Referencing an idea

Anxiety and depression have been identified as more commonly in children and adolescents with long-term physical conditions (Dantzer, 2003; Pinquart & Shen, 2011).

or

Dantzer (2003), Pinquart and Shen (2011) all state that anxiety and depression have been identified as more commonly in children and adolescents with long-term physical conditions.

Referencing a quotation

Indeed, one researcher commented that “technological innovations have saved or extended the lives of many patients” (Lumby, 2001, p. 44).

Citing a source within a source where your source quotes or refers to another source, for example, Unsworth refers to previous work by Halliday on linguistics, the citation might read thus:

(Halliday, as cited in Unsworth, 2004, p. 15)

Only Unsworth will appear in the Reference list at the end of your paper. Reference List: Your reference list should be ordered alphabetically by author and then chronologically by year of publication. The APA 6th style requires the references to be indented as illustrated below in the examples. For instances of multiple articles with the same authors and years of publication, please check the APA publication manual or Academic Writer. If you have the DOI for the journal article, you should include it in the reference, otherwise, it is not necessary.

Book

De Vaus, D. A. (2014). Surveys in social research. Sydney, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Book chapter

McKenzie, H., Boughton, M., Hayes, L., & Forsyth, S. (2008). Explaining the complexities and value of nursing practice and knowledge. In I. Morley & M. Crouch (Eds.), Knowledge as value: Illumination through critical prisms (pp. 209-224). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi.

Journal article

Cheung, J. M. Y., Bartlett, D. J., Armour, C. L., Laba, T. L., & Saini, B. (2018). To drug or not to drug: A qualitative study of patients’ decision-making processes for managing insomnia. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 16(1), 1-26. doi:10.1080/15402002.2016.1163702

Webpage with an author

HealthTimes. (2015). The future of aged care nursing in Australia. Retrieved from https://healthtimes.com.au/hub/aged-care/2/news/nc1/the-future-of-aged-care-nursing-in-australia/495/

Webpage with no author

$250m funding boost for malaria vaccine. (2003). Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-09-22/250m-funding-boost-for-malaria-vaccine/1482220

Newspaper article

Fellner, C. (2019, April 7). Time bomb: Two new cases as NSW faces worst measles outbreak in years. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from https://www.smh.com.au

Government publication

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Physical activity across the life stages. Canberra, Australia: Author.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Physical activity across the life stages. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/physical-activity/physical-activity-across-the-life-stages/contents/table-of-contents

Company and Industry Reports

Vuong, B. (2018, November). IBISWorld industry report OD5381. Coffee shops in Australia. Retrieved from IBISWorld database.


ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers published in SOCRATES from other researchers and, supports automated linkages between them and their professional activities ensuring that their work is recognized. Click here to register for an ORCID iD

Socrates Journal now requires that all corresponding authors identify themselves using their ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript to the journal. ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript submission and grant applications, provides the following benefits:

Discoverability: ORCID increases the discoverability of your publications, by enabling smarter publisher systems and by helping readers to reliably find work that you’ve authored.
Convenience: As more organisations use ORCID, providing your iD or using it to register for services will automatically link activities to your ORCID record, and will enable you to share this information with other systems and platforms you use, saving you re-keying information multiple times.
Keeping track: Your ORCID record is a neat place to store and (if you choose) share validated information about your research activities and affiliations.

If you don’t already have an iD, you’ll need to create one if you decide to submit a manuscript to Socrates Journal. You can register for one directly from your user account on Scholar One or via https://ORCID.org/register.

If you already have an iD, please use this when submitting, either by linking it to your Socrates Journal's account or supplying it during submission by using the “Associate your existing ORCID ID” button.

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