Author Guidelines
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** Since 2025, the reference style in the manuscript must follow APA 6th edition
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Submission Guidelines for Asian Journal of Arts and Culture (AJAC)
Authors are responsible for formatting their manuscripts in accordance with the standards of the Asian Journal of Arts and Culture (AJAC). The specific requirements are as follows:
- The manuscript must adhere to the journal's template
- 1.1 Research Article Manuscript and references should be approximately 5,000 – 10,000 words, includes abstract of 300 words.
- 1.2 Academic Article: Manuscript and references should be approximately 4,000 – 7,000 words, includes abstract of 300 words.
- The structure of the manuscript is as follows:
- 2.1. Title: The title should be precise, concise, and accurately reflect the article's content and focus. Clearly specify the title: AJAJ - Writing Article Titles with Initial Capital Letters.
- 2.2. Author(s): Full names of all authors, without including any titles, ranks, or honorifics. For multiple authors, separate the names with commas, and for the last author, use "and."
- 2.3. Full Address: Provide the full address, including the name of the department, faculty, or school; the name of the institution or organization; province; postal code; and country.
- 2.4. Abstract: The abstract should succinctly summarize the article, including its objectives, methodology, key findings, and discussion, all within 300 words. The abstract must be written as a single, coherent paragraph.
- 2.5. Keywords: Authors should provide a minimum of three keywords and a maximum of five, reflecting the core themes of the study.
- 2.6. Main Text: The manuscript should be structured into an introduction, followed by the main body, with clear subheadings or sections to enhance readability. Authors' identities must not be discernible from the text; any self-references should use the term "author(s)" instead of personal names.
- 2.7. Acknowledgments: This section should acknowledge sources of research funding, institutional or personal support, and any contributions from generative AI tools, if applicable.
- 2.8. References: References must adhere to the APA 7th Edition guidelines. All cited works should follow the American Psychological Association referencing style, particularly for articles in foreign languages.
- 2.9. Appendix: If applicable, supplementary materials or data may be included as appendices.
Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
- Generative AI tools may be used only to improve the readability and language of a manuscript.
- Such tools must be applied with human oversight and control. Authors remain fully responsible for the content.
- AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors.
- If AI-assisted technologies were used, a declaration must be included in the manuscript, in a dedicated section before the references.
CRediT author statement
Firstname lastname 1: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software. Firstname lastname 2: Data curation, Writing- Original draft preparation. Firstname lastname 3: Visualization, Investigation. Firstname lastname 4: Supervision. Firstname lastname 5: Software, Validation. Firstname lastname 6: Writing- Reviewing and Editing.
Note: See the CRediT taxonomy for role definitions. Authorship is reserved for substantial contributors only.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Conceptualization | Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims |
| Methodology | Development or design of methodology; creation of models |
| Software | Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components |
| Validation | Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs |
| Formal analysis | Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data |
| Investigation | Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection |
| Resources | Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools |
| Data Curation | Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later reuse |
| Writing - Original Draft | Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation) |
| Writing - Review & Editing | Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision – including pre-or postpublication stages |
| Visualization | Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation |
| Supervision | Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team |
| Project administration | Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution |
| Funding acquisition | Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication |
References:
References should follow the standards summarized in the APA 6th edition with “AJAC style”
Include the complete citation at the end of your paper in a references section. References are organized by the author's last name in alphabetic (A-Z) order. Use an hanging indent to separate each list item.
The style of citation is as follows:
Journal:
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.
Book:
De Vaus, D. A. (2014). Surveys in social research (1st ed.). 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 (pp. 209-224). In Morley, I., & Crouch, M. (Eds.). Knowledge as value:
Illumination through critical prisms. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi.
Proceedings:
Smith, P. L. (1999). Motivation for exercise (pp. 258-298). In Proceedings of the Conference on Health and
Fitness. Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury.
Internet website:
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
Thesis:
Schneider, A. T. (1997). A study of an innovative approach to teacher education in Pakistan (Doctoral
dissertations). Australia: University of Melbourne.
Pingley, T. (2017). The impact of witnessing domestic violence on children: A systematic review (Master’s
thesis). USA: St. Catherine University.
Secondary Sources:
Cited in text: Arnett (2000, as cited in Claiborne & Drewery, 2010).
References: Claiborne, L., & Drewery, W. (2010). Human development: Family, place, culture. North Ryde:
NSW, McGraw-Hill.