Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

  • The standard length of a research should be between 4,000 to 7,000 words including tables, appendices, and references.
  • The manuscript shall be written in word processing software and use single spacing on a A4 size paper.
  • Manuscript shall be written in English
  • Time New Roman font shall be used with 12 font size. All headings shall be numbered in sequence and should appear in boldface.
  • Manuscript of a research paper must include 150 to 250 words abstract.
  • Authors shall list 3 – 5 keywords after the Abstract.
  • A typical paper shall be arranged as follows: Title, Name of Author(s), Abstract, Keywords, JEL Codes, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and References.
  • Authors shall provide up-to-date references of all concepts, views, and statistics used in the paper which are taken from other secondary resources.
  • All papers are screened for plagiarism first. Authors shall make sure that the similarity index shall not exceed 20 percent excluding references.
  • The reference list shall appear at the end of the paper and must follow APA Style.

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Copyright Notice

  • Following the citation conventions, the readers can cite any of the published papers accessed online or in print form.
  • Authors by submitting their manuscript give the Journal exclusive right to process the papers for review and consider for publishing.
  • Once the papers are accepted for publishing, the Journal has a sole right to publish it electronically as well as in print form. Any publisher who wants to re-publish the paper in part or in full for commercial purposes must contact IJAZ for prior written permission.
  • It is expected that authors only contribute original contributions and which are not under review with any other journal, book series, conference paper or any other published medium.