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1. Submission of Manuscripts |
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You should
send your manuscript to the journal by e-mail: ijibms@gmail.com
All
manuscript should be in Microsoft Word file (*.doc or *.docx). |
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2. Form of Manuscripts |
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The length limit for
each manuscript is no more than 20 galley-proof pages including figures,
tables and others. |
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All illustrations,
photographs, tables, etc., should be integrated into the submitted
manuscript, and in a ready to publish style. |
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Full name(s) and
academic or professional affiliation(s) of the authors and the complete
address of the author to whom proofs and correspondence are to be sent
should be given. |
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3. Organization of the Paper |
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HEADING: The title of
the paper should be concise and informative. Successive lines should give
the author's name, academic or professional affiliation, and address. |
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AUTHORS' INFORMATION: Authors
should provide the following things when they submit their manuscript:
Full name, academic affiliation, full address and E-mail address. |
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ABSTRACT: Every
manuscript must contain a concise abstract, no more than 150 words. |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This
section includes acknowledgements of help from associates permission to
publish, and financial support. |
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REFERENCES: See
detailed instructions in Section 11. |
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4. Illustrations |
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All Illustrations
should be submitted in duplicate in a form suitable for reproduction,
preferably of such a size that the same degree of reduction (for example
2/3 the original size) can be applied to all of them; they should not
exceed 8 by 10 inches. Number the illustrations according to the sequence
of their appearance in the text, where they are to be referred to as
"Fig. I," "Fig. 2," etc. Each illustration must have a
legend. These legends should be typed (double spaced) on a separate page.
Prefix each legend with the number of the illustration to which it refers. |
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Lettering should be
done professionally with a Leroy ruler. |
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Photographs should be
glossy prints. The author's name and figure number should be indicated on
the back of each illustration. |
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5. Literature Citations |
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In
the text, references should be indicated in the text by author name(s)
followed by date of publication, all in parenthesis, for example (Brown
and Allen, 2001) or for a work by more than two authors (Van der Meer et
al, 2005). In a list of references put oldest first. At the end of the
article references should be listed (unnumbered) ordered alphabetically by
author name. Do not use et al here, rather, give the full list of authors.
If more than one reference has identical date and authorship use a, b, ...
after the date to distinguish, for example (Allen, 2001a). IN-TEXT
CITATION: APA's
in-text citations provide at least the author's last name and the year
of publication. For direct quotations and some paraphrases, a page number
is given as well. NOTE:
APA
style requires the use of the past tense or the present perfect tense in
signal phrases introducing cited material: Smith (2005) reported,
Smith (2005) has argued. Basic format for a quotation Ordinarily,
introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author's
last name followed by the year of publication in parentheses. Put the page
number (preceded by "p.") in parentheses after the quotation.Critser (2003) noted that despite growing numbers of overweight
Americans, many health care providers still "remain either in ignorance
or outright denial about the health danger to the poor and the young"
(p. 5). NOTE:
APA
style requires the year of publication in an in-text citation. Do not
include a month, even if the entry in the reference list includes the
month.Basic
format for a summary or a paraphrase Include
the author's last name and the year either in a signal phrase
introducing the material or in parentheses following
it. A page
number is not required for a summary or a paraphrase,
but include one if it would help readers find the
passage in a long
work. (For the use of other locators, such as paragraph
numbers or section names in online sources, see pp.
6-7.) Yanovski and Yanovski (2002) explained that sibutramine
suppresses appetite by blocking the reuptake of the neurotransmitters
serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain (p. 594). Sibutramine suppresses appetite by blocking the reuptake of the
neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain (Yanovski
& Yanovski, 2002, p. 594). Work
with unknown author If
the author is unknown, mention the work's title in the signal phrase or
give the first word or two of the title in the parenthetical
citation. Titles of
articles and chapters are put in quotation marks; titles of
books and reports are italicized. (For online
sources with no author,
see item 12 on p. 6.)Children struggling to control their weight must also struggle
with the pressures of television advertising that, on the one hand,
encourages the consumption of junk food and, on the other, celebrates thin
celebrities ("Television,"2002). Authors
with the same last name To
avoid confusion, use initials with the last names if your reference list
includes two or more authors with the same last name. Research by E. Smith (1989) revealed that . . . Two
or more works by the same author in the same year When
your list of references includes more than one ("a,""b,"and so on) with the year to order the entries in the reference
list. Use those same letters with the year in the in-text citation. Research by Durgin (2003b) has yielded new findings about the
role of counseling in treating childhood obesity. Two
or more works in the same parentheses When
your parenthetical citation names two or more works, put them in the same
order that they appear in the reference list, separated with semicolons. Researchers have indicated that studies of pharmacological
treatments for childhood obesity are inconclusive (Berkowitz et al., 2003;
McDuffie et al., 2002). Personal
communication Personal
interviews, memos, letters, e-mail, and similar unpublished communications
should be cited in the text only, not in the reference list. (Use the
first initial with the last name in parentheses.) One of Atkinson's colleagues, who has studied the effect of
the media on children's eating habits, has contended that advertisers
for snack foods will need to design ads responsibly for their younger
viewers (F. Johnson, personal communication, Electronic
source When
possible, cite electronic sources, including online sources, as you would
any other source, giving the author and the year. Atkinson (2001) found that children who spent at least four
hours a day watching TV were less likely to engage in adequate physical
activity during the week. Unknown
author If
no author is named, mention the title of the source in the signal phrase
or give the first word or two of the title in the parentheses. The body's basal metabolic rate, or BMR, is a measure of its
at-rest energy requirement ("Exercise,"2003). Unknown
date When
the date is unknown, use the abbreviation "n.d."(for"no date"). Attempts to establish a definitive link between television
programming and children's eating habits have been problematic (Magnus,
n.d.). No
page numbers APA ordinarily requires page numbers for quotations,
and it recommends
them for summaries and paraphrases from long
sources. When an electronic source lacks stable
numbered pages,
your citation should include information that will help
readers
locate the particular passage being cited. NOTE:
Electronic
files in portable document format (PDF) often have stable page numbers.
For such sources, give the page number in the parenthetical citation. Indirect
source If
you use a source that was cited in another source (a secondary source),
name the original source in your signal phrase. List the secondary source
in your reference list and include it in your parenthetical citation,
preceded by the words "as cited in". In the following example, Satcher
is the original source, and Critser is the secondary source, given in the
reference list. Former surgeon general Dr. David Satcher described "a nation
of young people seriously at risk of starting out obese and dooming
themselves to the difficult task of overcoming a tough illness"(as
cited in Critser, 2003, p. 4). |
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6.
Tables |
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Tables should be typed on separate pages, and
numbered with Roman numerals according to their sequence in the text.
Column headings should be short and self-explanatory. A brief title should
be given above each table, and any footnotes below (see Section 8). |
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7.
Headings |
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The following sequence of headings should be used:
Capitals at the margin, italics at the margin italics at the margin
indented, italics in the line. If further subdivision is needed below the
level of the fourth heading, use (1), (2), etc., and (a), (b), etc. |
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8.
Footnotes |
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In the text, footnotes should be used only when
essential. They should be consecutively numbered throughout with
superscript Arabic numerals. The texts of the footnotes should be gathered
on a separate page at the end of the manuscript. |
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In tables, footnotes are usually preferable to
long explanations in the headings or body of the table. They should be
placed under the table and indicated by superscript lower case italic
letters. |
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9.
Symbols and Abbreviations |
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Please use widely accepted symbols and forms of
abbreviation. If there is any doubt in your mind about a particular symbol
or abbreviation, give the full expression followed by the abbreviation,
when it appears in the text for the first time. |
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10.
Mathematics |
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Mathematical expressions and equations should be
typewritten whenever possible, with all symbols aligned as they are to
appear in print. If longhand must be used, great care must be given to
legibility. Greek letters and other special symbols must be identified in
the left-hand margin the first time they appear. Also, distinguish
carefully between one and ell, zero and upper and lower case oh, letter
and Greek tau, plus sign and dagger, etc. |
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Vectors will be set in bold face and should be
indicated in the manuscript by underlining with a wavy line. |
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Equations should be numbered serially on the
right-hand side by Arabic numerals in parentheses. Only equations
explicitly referred to in the text should be numbered. |
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11.
References |
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References
should be indicated in the text by author name(s) followed by date of
publication, all in parenthesis, for example (Brown and Allen, 2001) or
for a work by more than two authors (Van der Meer et al, 2005). In a list
of references put oldest first. At the end of the article references
should be listed (unnumbered) ordered alphabetically by author name. Do
not use et al here, rather, give the full list of authors. If more than
one reference has identical date and authorship use a, b, ... after the
date to distinguish, for example (Allen, 2001a). Citations
at a glance: Citation
at a glance Article in a periodical (APA) To
cite an article in a print periodical in APA style, include the following
elements: 1
Author 2
Year of publication 3
Title of article 4
Name of periodical 5
Volume number; issue number, if
required 6
Page numbers of article Citation
at a glance | Book (APA) To
cite a print book in APA style, include the following elements: 1
Author 2
Year of publication 3
Title and subtitle 4
Place of publication 5
Publisher Citation
at a glance | Article from a database (APA) To
cite an article from a database in APA style, include the following
elements: 1
Author(s) 2
Date of publication 3
Title of article 4
Name of periodical 5
Volume number; issue number, if
required 6
Page range 7
DOI (digital object identifier) 8
URL for journal's home page (if
there is no DOI) Citation
at a glance | Section
in a Web document (APA) To
cite a section in a Web document in APA style, include the following
elements: 1
Author 2
Date of publication or most recent update 3
Title of section 4
Title of document 5
URL of section |