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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 previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Book Chapters Length

  • Book chapter length: min. 20 pages in the template format

The book chapter proposals should be minimum 20 pages in the template format. There is no maximum page limit.

A book cannot be less than 5 chapters. There is no maximum chapter limit. ISTES values international contributions so the chapters should involve authors from different countries.

 

Book Chapter Guidelines

The following template should be used for the chapters:

Book Chapter Template (Download)

Paper Size must be A4 format (21 x 29.7 cm).

  • Margins must be 1 inch (about 2.54 cm).
  • Font Face must be Times New Roman.
  • Font Size must be 10 point (except paper Title is 14 pt) in 1.5 times space, and justified.
  • Please use 12-point bold for first-level headings, 10-point bold for second-level headings, and 10-point italics for third -level headings with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns. Leave one blank line before and after each heading. (Exception: no blank line between consecutive headings.) Please margin all headings to the left.
  • One blank line should be left after the paper title. After the title, names of authors should be provided.
  • All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, addresses, ORCID information, and email addresses on the last page of the paper.
  • The informative 10-point highlights presenting the main points of the paper and conclusions.
  • Tables and figures should be centered and not exceed the given page margins. 
  • Table titles should be on top of the table and all words should be centered, and only the first letters capitalized.
  • Figures titles should be centered and only the first letters capitalized and located at the bottom of the figures.
  • One blank line should be allowed between the paragraphs.
  • References and citations within the text should be prepared in the latest APA format: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html
  • Do NOT include HEADERS or FOOTNOTES

Copyright Notice

Submissions may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Authors alone are responsible for the contents of their submissions . The publisher owns the copyright of the articles. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand, or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of the research material.

The author(s) of a submission agree that if the submission is accepted for publication in the book, the published submission will be copyrighted using a Creative Commons “Attribution 4.0 International” license. This license allows others to freely copy, distribute, and display the copyrighted work, and derivative works based upon it, under certain specified conditions.

Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to include any images or artwork for which they do not hold copyright in their submissions, or to adapt any such images or artwork for inclusion in their submissions. The copyright holder must be made explicitly aware that the image(s) or artwork will be made freely available online as part of the article under a Creative Commons “Attribution 4.0 International” license.

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