1st Author FullName a, 2nd Author FullName b, 3rd Author FullName c,etc. names should be in the format,[First Name, Initial or Other Names, SurName]
Title (Use Title Case)
1st Author Full Name a, 2nd Author Full Name b, 3rd Author Full Name c, etc.
The names should be in the format, [First Name, Initial or Other Names, Sur Name]
a 1st Author Affiliation, City, Country
b 2nd Author Affiliation, City, Country
c 3rd Author Affiliation, City, Country
etc.
*Corresponding author: email address (Mandatory), Phone number (Optional)
This section guides authors on how to prepare their manuscripts in terms of text font, citations and table/figure preparations among other finer details.
Content paragraphs like this one are formatted using the Normal style (Times New Roman, 12 point). Double spaced.
In-text citations should be in APA (7th edition) style, and all citations must appear in the references at the end of the document. All references in the reference listing must be cited in the manuscript. References should be published materials accessible to the public and mostly peer reviewed. The use of referencing software is highly recommended.
The heading of a section should be in Times New Roman 12-point bold (Section Heading Style). All sections should be numbered and in sentence structure.
Use Table text style (as in Table 1) for all tables. Table captions should be placed above the table. Figure captions should be placed below the figure. Captions should be Times New Roman 10-point bold in sentence structure. Tables and figures should first be introduced in the text before the table or figure appears. For example, ‘All black matter considerations were made and reported as depicted in figure 3/ table 4’. Immediately or a few more sentences later, table 4 or figure 3 appears. Whenever possible, place figures and tables at the end of the paragraph in which the figure or table is referenced Number all tables or figures with the appropriate label followed by a colon, one space, and the caption. Captions should be Times New Roman 10-point bold (Caption style). They should be numbered (e.g., “Table 1” or “Figure 2”), centered, and placed beneath the figure and above the table. The words “Figure” and “Table” should be spelled out (e.g., “Figure” rather than “Fig.”) wherever they occur in the text. Use high-resolution images, 300+ dpi, legible if printed in color or black-and-white. Number all figures manually or using other software.
Submitted manuscript should have sections that will be compliant to specific guidelines as detailed below.
This is a template of the formatting requirements for a manuscript submitted to Advances in Sciences and Arts for review. This document serves as a template, describing how to prepare your submissions. Your manuscript’s title, authors, and affiliations should run across the full width of the page in a single column. The title should be Title Style. Author names should be in Author Name Style, and affiliations in Author Name Style. For the Abstract heading, use the Normal style and bold it. The Abstracts should be a concise statement of the problem, approach, findings, and implications of the work described within a single paragraph. It should clearly state the paper’s contribution to the field. The abstract should not have more than 300 words, in Times New Roman size 10. Keywords Include not less than 5 and not more than 10 keywords or phrases separated by semicolons for use in indexing this paper; these may also be used to identify appropriate reviewers. For the Keywords heading, use the Normal style and bold it. Do not bold the actual key words. Key words should not be included in the title as the title words are already used in indexing.
The heading of a section should be in Times New Roman 12-point bold (Section Heading Style). Sections should be numbered and in sentence structure. Generally, everything else but the title and abstract sections is Times New Roman 12-point font. A manuscript structure would be: Background ( containing the introduction and review of literature), a clear problem statement embedded towards the end of the background, Research Objectives/Questions in a paragraph and not numbered format, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Implications, and Conclusion. The background should be clear and logical in the flow. Details linking current knowledge to the need for new knowledge should be well expounded, both in the positive and the negative sense. Problem statement should be clear and based on existing literature. These have to be cited and a gap needs to be easily identified within the text. Objectives should be in sync with the title and the problem statement. They may be presented as one general objective which will be clear for the reader to draw possible sub elements from.
The method section should be written in the past tense. All methods used should be cited, as usually, already devised ones are used unless the authors are proposing a new method which should as well be validated already. Methods should also be in tandem with title, gap and objectives. This is not a review section for methods, all reviews of methods should be in the background and all method discussions in the discussion section relative to results. Methods should be clear in such a way that they can be replicated in given conditions. Ethical issues and statistical analyses should be clearly stated. Authors should state analytical tools and versions they used in their data analysis.
Results should be clear and not redundant, ie, if one presents the findings in a table, the same should not appear in text and figure forms. Make figures and tables clear with high resolution. Make sure all findings, unless otherwise, are well expressed after appropriate statistical analyses. Results must reflect the objectives of the study and should also be available for each and every activity undertaken in the methods.
Discussion should be linked to methods used, results obtained and what existing literature states. Discussion should be balanced with no bias in terms of pre-existing literature that supports current findings and those that contradict them. Authors’ position based on the new findings should be clear and certain. Limitations should be well discussed and should be relatable to how the conclusion is built.
The conclusion should be well linked to the title, problem statement, objectives and methods. It should be clear to the reader whether the study was able to achieve the objectives or not and what possibly needed to be done better. Conclusions should be clear to inform future studies, some level of policy and lead to sound recommendations.
Author contributions should be clearly stated by the mention of names such as Peter Chimphangwi, or PC, followed by how they contributed to the authorship.
All funders to the study and/or authorship should be declared. All grants should be identified by grant numbers and names of sponsors.
Conflict of interests or potential conflict of interests should be declared to inform the editors/readers on potential influence of any interests that the authors/funders/sponsors had in the study and the authorship.
References use the References Style. References should be in APA (7th edition) style and all citations must appear in the references at the end of the document. All references that are listed in this section should actually have been cited in the manuscript.