Publication Guidelines

THE TITLE OF THE PAPER

IMPACT FONT TYPE, 16 POINT, BOLD, CENTERED

First and last name of each author in Times New Roman font type, 14-point, centered, for example Rudy Aernoudt1*

1 Author affiliation: University, city, country. Times New Roman, 10 point

• Corresponding author: First and last name – email address

Received:

DOI:

Category:

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ABSTRACT

A single paragraph of about 250 words maximum. The entire paper should be written using Times New Roman font type, 12 points, alignment: justify, line spacing: 1, and paragraph spacing: 6 pt before and after each paragraph. The abstract must include sufficient information for readers to judge the nature and significance of the topic. It should summarize the objectives of the article, methodology, results, and conclusions. In order to increase the visibility of the article, the abstract should reiterate keywords and phrases while avoiding unnecessary repetition.

Keywords: Four to seven keywords (words or expressions) that capture the essence of your paper should be listed in decreasing order of importance, ensuring consistency with the title and the abstract of the article.

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1. Introduction

The body of the paper should be written using Times New Roman font type, 12 points, alignment: justify, line spacing: 1, and paragraph spacing: 6 pt before and after each paragraph. An empty row should be introduced before every subtitle. All subtitles should be numbered.

The introduction familiarizes the reader with the context of the paper. It must briefly reflect current research in the field and the approach presented in the article. You can use endnotes, but not footnotes.

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2. Paper Body

The paper should result from research in the area corresponding to the topic of the journal's issue. The structure of the paper should be clear and well emphasized by titles and subtitles placed in a logical sequence, according to the writing methodology of scientific papers. The following structure is recommended: Review of the scientific literature, Research methodology, Results, and Discussion.

For lists, unordered bulleted lists should be used:

• This is the first item on the list. In the case of sublists, unordered lists with dashes will be used, as follows:

o first subitem

o second subitem

• The second item on the bulleted list

• Last item on the bulleted list.

Tables and figures should be placed in the body of the paper exactly where the authors want them to appear and be of the size desired. They should fit on one page and be inside the margins of the paper. Graphs must be uncluttered and easy to read, preferably in black and white. Tables and figures will be numbered. Their content will be written using Times New Roman font type, 12 points. The heading should be in Times New Roman font type, 12 points, bold, positioned above the corresponding table or below the corresponding figure. Data sources should be indicated when appropriate (in Times New Roman font type, 10 points, italic, centered, below the table or figure). References to tables and figures must be made within parentheses in the text of the paper, e.g.: (figure 1), (table 1).

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Example of a table:

Table 1. Comparison between policy methodologies

Tables and figures should follow this format.

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2.1 Equations and Formulas

Equations and formulas should be numbered. The numbers are to be justified to the right within parentheses.

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2.1.1 Abbreviations and Acronyms

Abbreviations and acronyms should be defined the first time they are used in the text.

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3. Conclusions

A conclusion section is required. Conclusions should provide a synthesis of the paper's main contributions, discuss the importance of the work, and suggest possible applications and extensions of the research.

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References

References should be written in Times New Roman, 11 points, line spacing 6 pt (before and after). The journal uses the Emerald Chicago Style Reference format.

For books:

Surname, initials (year), book title, publisher, place of publication.

For journal articles:

Surname, initials (year), "Title of the article," journal name, volume, issue, page numbers.

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