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Author Guidelines

General Considerations

To present the best peer-reviewed e-working in the most rapid manner, The Journal of E-working has adopted simplified guidelines for manuscript preparation. Once you have prepared the manuscript accordingly, use the easy online manuscript submission process on our home page www.eworkjournal.org where the full text of all articles is always freely available.


Before you submit, you must register at www.eworkjournal.org as a participant. At the time of online submission, you will need the electronic manuscript file (prepared according to the specifications below)
· any associated files
· any administrative (patient-consent) files
· names, addresses and e-mail addresses of all secondary authors

What you submit is what will be reviewed and if accepted, published. Be certain that the wording is clear and is free of typographic errors. If you question your English proficiency, you may wish to consult a colleague or professional copy editor prior to submission. The Journal follows the APA Style Manual, available at www.apastyle.org.


The Journal publishes all articles on the Web as PDF (Portable Document Format) documents. This insures uniform viewing across all platforms without sacrificing search capabilities. The manuscript you submit (in Word or RTF format) will be converted as part of the submission process to a PDF, for the review-and-decision process and for the final accepted-and-published version.


For any questions about submission standards, please contact the Editor, Jasper Lim, h.n.lim@tbm.tudelft.nl


General Document Guidelines


Use any of the following word processor formats: Microsoft Word (version 5 and higher), Rich Text Format (RTF), Portable Document Format (PDF), preparing the document as follows:


Margins: One inch on all sides (top, bottom, left, right)

Font Size and Type: Times Roman 22 pt. for title, 14 pt. for authors and affiliations, 14 pt. for section headings, and 12 pt. for body text.
Spacing: Single-space throughout the paper, including the title page, abstract, body of the document, references, appendixes, footnotes, tables, and figure captions.
Alignment: Fully justified, right and left (straight margins)
Paragraph Indentation: 5 spaces
Pagination: The page number appears one inch from the right edge of the paper on the first line of every page, beginning with the title page.
Manuscript Page Header The first two or three words of the paper title appear five spaces to the left of the page number on every page, beginning with the title page. Manuscript page headers are used to identify manuscript pages during the editorial process. Using most word processors, the manuscript page header and page number can be inserted into a header, which then automatically appears on all pages.
Order of Pages Title Page, Abstract, Body, References, Appendixes, Footnotes, Tables, Figure Captions, Figures

Title Page

Pagination: The Title Page is page 1.
Key Elements: Paper title, author(s), author affiliation(s), and running head.
Paper Title: Uppercase and lowercase letters, centered on the page.
Author(s): Uppercase and lowercase letters, centered on the line following the title.
Institutional affiliation: Uppercase and lowercase letters, centered on the line following the author(s).
Running head: The running head is typed flush left (all uppercase) following the words "Running head:" on the line below the manuscript page header. It should not exceed 50 characters, including punctuation and spacing. The running head is a short title that appears at the top of pages of published articles.

Abstract

The abstract is a one-paragraph, self-contained summary of the most important elements of the paper.
Pagination: The abstract begins on page 1, below title, authors, and affiliations.
Heading: Abstract (centered on the first line)
Format: The abstract (in block format) begins on the line following the Abstract heading. The abstract should not exceed 120 words. All numbers in the abstract (except those beginning a sentence) should be typed as digits rather than words.

Body

Pagination: The body of the paper follows the Abstract. Subsections of the body of the paper do not begin on new pages.
Headings: Headings are used to organize the document and reflect the relative importance of sections. For example, many empirical research articles utilize Method, Results, Discussion, and References headings. In turn, the Method section often has subheadings of Participants, Apparatus, and Procedure
Main headings (when the paper has either one or two levels of headings) use centered uppercase and lowercase letters (e.g., Method, Results, Discussion, and References).
Subheadings (when the paper has two levels of headings) are italicized and use flush left, uppercase and lowercase letters (e.g., Participants, Apparatus, and Procedure as subsections of the Method section).

Graphics

If your article contains images, charts or graphs, include them in the body of the manuscript using the simple Microsoft Word method, text box with wrapping, which produces professional results. The text box can be any size or width on the page, as large as necessary for proper image display. Images, figures and illustrations should be inserted with a resolution of 72 dpi/ppi in order to help keep article sizes below the 2 MB limit (largest single-file upload permitted):

To make a text box:

1. choose Insert>Text Box from the main menu
2. place the cursor where you want to insert the image
3. clicking-and-holding the left mouse button, drag the cursor to create the text box (existing article text will wrap around the box)
4. place the cursor on any text box border (the four-arrow image appears), right-mouse click, choose Format Text Box>Layout and make certain that Square is marked as the preferred wrapping style

5. move the box (if needed) by clicking-and-holding any of the four sides of the box (the four-arrow image appears

To insert a graphic:

1. click anywhere inside the text box
2. choose Insert>Picture>From File
3. browse for and select the image you need to insert
4. resize the image (if needed) by clicking-and-holding the left mouse button on any corner of the image and dragging it - the text box will resize to accommodate the image

To insert a caption:

1. click on the lower right corner of the image but still inside the text box
2. hit the Enter key twice to space down two lines
3. if you cannot see the cursor below the image, expand the text box downward, by clicking-and-holding any of the four corners or the four mid-line miniboxes
4. add the caption (type in or copy-and-paste)
5. format the caption as needed by highlighting it and choosing Format>Font from the main menu

Associated Files: (Images, Line Graphics (Tables and Charts), Multimedia)

Some complex images and line graphics, when inserted into word processing documents, appear downgraded in quality (poor resolution). The editorial staff may ask you to resubmit your figures separately at a later time if the image quality in the PDF (as they view it) is less than acceptable.

References

All sources included in the References section must be cited in the body of the paper (and all sources cited in the paper must be included in the References section).
Pagination: The References section begins immediately following the body of the manuscript.
Heading: References (centered on the first line below the manuscript page header)
Format: The references (with hanging indent) begin on the line following the References heading. Entries are organized alphabetically by surnames of first authors.

Most reference entries have three components:

Authors: Authors are listed in the same order as specified in the source, using surnames and initials. Commas separate all authors. When there are seven or more authors, list the first six and then use "et al." for remaining authors. If no author is identified, the title of the document begins the reference.
Year of Publication: In parentheses following authors, with a period following the closing parenthesis. If no publication date is identified, use "n.d." in parentheses following the authors.
Source Reference: Includes title, journal, volume, pages (for journal article) or title, city of publication, publisher (for book). Italicize titles of books, titles of periodicals, and periodical volume numbers.

Examples of Reference Sources and Citations
For complete APA reference styles, see www.apastyle.org


Journal article
Murzynski, J., & Degelman, D. (1996). Body language of women and judgments of vulnerability to sexual assault. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 26,
1617-1626.

Book
Paloutzian, R. F. (1996). Invitation to the psychology of religion (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Web document on university program or department Web site
Degelman, D., & Harris, M. L. (2000). APA style essentials. Retrieved May 18, 2000, from Randolph University, Department of Philosophy Intranet site: http://www.randolph.edu/faculty/amilne/index.aspx?doc_id=8

Stand-alone Web document (no date)
Nielsen, M. E. (n.d.). Notable people in psychology of religion. Retrieved August 3, 2001, from http://www.psywww.com/psyrelig/psyrelpr.htm

Stand-alone Web document (no author, no date)
Gender and society. (n.d.). Retrieved December 3, 2001, from http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html


Journal article from database
Hien, D., & Honeyman, T. (2000). A closer look at the drug abuse-maternal aggression link. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15, 503-522. Retrieved May 20, 2000, from ProQuest database.

Abstract from secondary database
Garrity, K., & Degelman, D. (1990). Effect of server introduction on restaurant tipping. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 168-172. Abstract retrieved July 23, 2001, from PsycINFO database.

Journal article, Internet-only journal
Bergen, D. (2002, Spring). The role of pretend play in children's cognitive development. Early Childhood Research & Practice, 4(1). Retrieved February 1, 2004, from http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v4n1/bergen.html

Article or chapter in an edited book
Shea, J. D. (1992). Religion and sexual adjustment. In J. F. Schumaker (Ed.), Religion and mental health (pp. 70-84). New York: Oxford University Press.

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.

1. 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).
2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca) are activated and ready to click.
4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; 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.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
6. The text, if submitted to a peer-reviewed section (e.g., Articles), has had the authors' names removed. If an author is cited, "Author" and year are used in the bibliography and footnotes, instead of author's name, paper title, etc. The author's name has also been removed from the document's Properties, which in Microsoft Word is found in the File menu.

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