GUIDELINES FOR PAPERS
Papers should use the following style and the guidelines below.
Recommended length of abstract: 200 words
Recommended length of papers: 3000 words
Consider the following structure when presenting your contribution:
Notes for authors
The structure of the manuscript should be organized as follows:
- Title,
- Author(s), affiliation(s) (institutions), city, country, e-mails of authors (preferably institutional emails),
- Abstract,
- Keywords,
- Introduction,
- Research Aim,
- Literature Review,
- Research Methods,
- Results,
- Discussion,
- Conclusions and Suggestions for Practical Use,
- Acknowledgments (can be added if necessary),
- References.
The Title
Should be brief and informative, specific and amenable to indexing. The title should contain less than 15 words, each starting with a capital letter, small caps, and be centered, typeset the title in bold, Times New Roman (TNR) 16 pt, single line spacing.
Names and affiliations (institutions) of the authors, city, country, E-mail address(es) of the author(s) should be listed. This information should be centered, typeset in TNR 10 pt, and single-spaced, names being in bold.
Author(s)
Author name(s) as follows: first name, extra initials and family name. Add after each name of an author the e-mail address if available. Put the e-mail address [between brackets].
The Abstract
Should be limited to 1 paragraph (300-400 words) and convey the main points of the paper, outline the results and conclusions, and explain the significance of the results. Any inessential abbreviations (those personally invented, in particular), any formulas, references to bibliography, figures and/or tables are inadmissible in the abstract. Typeset your Abstract in TNR 11 pt, alignment, justify; line spacing: single.
Full paper length not less than 5000 and not more than 7000 words.
Submissions should be made to CALR @aou.edu.lb
Keywords
List up to six keywords to position your paper.
References
References should be elaborated according to the APA (American Psychological Association) specifications. References to journals should include the authors' names and initials, title of publication, full name of the journal, publication year, volume , number and starting and ending page.
Size of your contribution
Recommended length of paper is 3000 words. Papers including tables and illustrations should not exceed 8 pages.
Issues of language
The authors are responsible for presenting the paper in good English.
Submission of contributions
Contributions should be sent to CALR@aou.edu.lb
- Font: Times New Roman (avoid unnecessary bold or italics)
- Titles: 14 point, lower case, left aligned, no underlining
- Text: 12 point
- Spacing: 1.5 lines
Review procedure
All submitted proposals are blind reviewed. You will receive a reply message confirming receipt of your contribution
Copyright policy and responsibilities of authors
Submission of a contribution implies that, unless clearly indicated and all conflicting copyright issues resolved, the content has not been published elsewhere. Authors remain responsible for the content of their submission.
The working language is English
Accepted papers will be published