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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font (Cambria); employs italics rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
  • Submitting authors obtain copyright permission, prior to submission, for any third-party images used.

Author Guidelines

Submission to the Newcastle Business School Student Journal is open to all UoN NBS students who are engaged in either an undergraduate or post-graduate course of study. Submissions must be in Microsoft Word format. Between the submission and publication dates, all authors must be contactable via their student email, as this is the vehicle for discussion between members of the Editorial Board and authors. Authors will automatically be listed as Reviewers for future editions of the Journal. Authors whose papers are selected for publication in the Journal must also be prepared to give a brief presentation of their paper at conferences held by the Journal. Submission of articles is via the For Authors link to the right of this page. You will be asked to set up a login and password and then you can begin the five step process.

Given the broad range of areas covered by the Journal, authors are encouraged to make clear the interest of their subject to non-specialist readers. Authors are recommended to keep technical or specialist language to a minimum, to provide definitions where applicable, and to ensure that any technical studies make clear their relevance in a broader context. Highly specialised papers may be better placed in a journal with a more targeted expertise in the field in question. Where empirical studies, small samples, or case study approaches are used, authors are advised to indicate how their study adds to current scholarly and practical knowledge on the topic. As the Journal is an academic journal, articles must engage with the academic literature on their subject even if based upon fieldwork experience.

Manuscripts should not exceed 5,000 words. This includes footnotes but excludes the bibliography. If your manuscript is longer than this, please contact the editors before submitting, as it is very rare that longer articles are accepted. All material should be in Microsoft Word and single spaced. A concise (100-200 words) and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the article, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, references should be avoided, but if essential, cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. Immediately following the abstract, 5 keywords should be provided, using British spelling. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes. Keywords should not contain general and plural terms or multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "and", "of"). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible.

Article Requirements

Research Papers, Industry Papers, and Case studies should be no longer than 5,000 words in length (excluding references, tables, and figures). Book Reviews should be between 1,000 and 2,000 words. All articles should include an abstract of 200 words maximum and, immediately following, 5 keywords arranged in alphabetical order.

The editors ask that all authors read the below instructions carefully and ensure that the manuscript conforms to the guidelines. This will help expedite the review and production process.

  • Manuscripts are considered for publication on the understanding that they have not been submitted elsewhere.
  • Manuscripts should be written in British English and should assume little foreign language knowledge. Please use translations when quoting sources in languages other than English; where the original language quote is necessary it may be included in a note. The editors encourage submissions from authors whose native language is not English.

Style Guide

Submissions to the Newcastle Business School Student Journal must subscribe to the following guidelines:

Attribute

Style

Language

British English spelling, grammar and terminology should be used. Sexist or racist terms should not be included.

Reference Style

APA 6th Edition. http://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/apa-6th

Basic Structure

All submission must be formatted with the following structure:

Abstract

Introduction

Body

Conclusion (except book reviews)

Reference List

Margins

Top and bottom: 2.54cm (72pt)

Left and right: 3.17cm (90pt)

Text Fonts

Title: Cambria 28pt bold

Abstract: Cambria 12pt italics

Keywords: Cambria 10pt

Article: Cambria 12pt

Reference list: Cambria 10pt

Word Limits

Research Papers, Case Studies and Industry Papers should be between 2500 and 5000 words (excluding references, tables, and figures). Book Reviews should be between 500 and 1500 words (excluding any references, tables and figures).

Author

All authors who contributed to the paper must be clearly acknowledged. In the case of multiple authors, authors should be listed in alphabetical order. Authors should provide a brief biography, including their course of study.

Abstract

Abstracts should be between 200 and 300 words. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the article, the principal results and major conclusions.

Keywords

Authors should include 5 to 7 key words with their manuscript. The heading for keywords should be in italics and left justified. Cambria 10 pt font should be used.

Keywords should be in lower case, apart from proper nouns.

Headings

Title: bold, centred, 28pt Cambria font

Section Headings: bold, left justified, 12pt Cambria font)

Further Headings: bold, italics, left justified, 12pt Cambria font

Reference list heading ('References'): bold, centred, 12pt Cambria font

Paragraphs

Paragraphs should be separated with a single line space.

First line of paragraph should be indented.

Tables/Figures

Where possible, please submit tables as editable text and not as images.

Ensure that tables and figures are formatted within the article so as not to continue over a page.

Tables and figures should be high resolution quality for reproduction purposes. It is in the authors’ interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible.

Tables and figures should be labelled and numbered (e.g. Table 1: Description) at the bottom, left-justified and italicised.

Authors are requested not to use any other colour in tables or figures except black or grey shades.

All third-party images must have copyright owner approval for publication. It is the author's responsibility to obtain this prior to submission.

Quotes

Quotes of under 40 words should be included in the text and indicated by ‘single quotation marks’. Quotes that are over 40 words (i.e. block quotes) are to begin on a new line and be indented. They should also be indicated by ‘single quotation marks’.

In-Text Citations

In-text Citations should include the name of the author, followed by the year of the publication. For example, Jegadeesh and Titman (2001) is used if referring to the authors by name, otherwise the form (Jegadeesh and Titman, 2001) should be used.

If two or more authors are cited, the in-text citation should be in alphabetical order by surname e.g. (Friedman, 1995; Jegadeesh and Titman, 2001).

Number Lists

Number lists should use the convention (1), (2), (3) or (i), (ii), (iii) etc.

Language

British English spelling, grammar, and terminology should be used. Sexist or racist terms should not be included.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be kept to a minimum

When included, the first use of the abbreviation should be preceded by a full explanation of the abbreviation.

Acronyms

Acronyms should be kept to a minimum.

When included, the first acronym should be preceded by a full explanation of the acronym.

Numbers

Numbers should be spelt out if under ten. If over ten, they can be written as numbers (11, 13, 50, 100, etc.).

If a number is used at the start of a sentence, it should be written out.

Dates

Dates should be written as:

1 January 2016; or

the nineteenth century; or

in the 1950s.

Reference List

A reference list should be placed after the final paragraph of the article. It should be positioned 3 spaces after the final paragraph of the article and titled ‘References’. The reference list should only include sources that have been referred to in the article itself.

Appendix

Supplementary material should be collected in an appendix and placed after the references. The appendix should appear on a new page and should have a bold left justified heading entitled Appendix 1: Title of Appendix.

Appendices should be labelled alphabetically. If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Items in appendices should be given separate numbering. eg. Table A1, Figure A2, etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Figure B1 and so on.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Title

Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

Acknowledgements

Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided assistance during the research (e.g., language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).

Tables

Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules.

References

Citation in text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

Reference links

Increased discoverability of research and high quality peer review are ensured by online links to the sources cited. In order to allow us to create links to abstracting and indexing services, such as Scopus, CrossRef and PubMed, please ensure that data provided in the references are correct. Please note that incorrect surnames, journal/book titles, publication year and pagination may prevent link creation. When copying references, please be careful as they may already contain errors. Use of the DOI is encouraged.

A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) can be used to cite and link to electronic articles where an article is in-press and full citation details are not yet known, but the article is available online. A DOI is guaranteed never to change, so you can use it as a permanent link to any electronic article. An example of a citation using DOI for an article not yet in an issue is: VanDecar J.C., Russo R.M., James D.E., Ambeh W.B., Franke M. (2003). Aseismic continuation of the Lesser Antilles slab beneath northeastern Venezuela. Journal of Geophysical Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2001JB000884i. Please note the format of such citations should be in the same style as all other references in the paper.

Web references

As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

Copyright Notice

Copyright for all material published in the Newcastle Busness School Student Journal resides with the Author.

Readers ofthe Newcastle Business School Student Journal may, however, save and/or print any files from the Journal for their personal use, as long as no alterations are made to the material and any subsequent citation is properly acknowledged. For any other use/reproduction of material (e.g. for course materials), express prior permission must be obtained from the Journal's editorial board.

Authors are welcome to re-use/reprint their work elsewhere, as long as such publication includes due acknowledgement of the work's prior appearance in the Newcastle Business School Student Journal.

Authors are individually responsible for obtaining any necessary copyright permissions for images, photos or other materials reproduced in their articles and for including any required credits. Copyright clearance for their use must be lodged with the Journal if a submission is accepted for publication.

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