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Author Guidelines

Criteria for Publication

To be accepted to the Journal of Virtual Studies, a submission must meet one of the following criteria; a) have been accepted for presentation at a recognized conference related to virtual sciences, or b) provide a theoretical or practical contribution to the field of knowledge management and virtual sciences using a clearly defined research methodology, development framework, or case study.

Submission Requirements

Papers and final summaries should be submitted to the Journal of Virtual Studies as a as either a MS Word (*.doc) or Rich-Text Format (*.rtf) document. Papers may be reformatted for publications as needed after submission or if they do not conform to the requirements below.

Page Set-up

·         Portrait Orientation

·         1″ margins (top, bottom, left, and right)

·         Tracking off (all revisions accepted)

Styles

·         Restrict style usage to

·         Heading levels 1, 2, and 3

·         Normal (Arial 10 pt font)

·         Caption (Centered, Label below)

Paper Sections

·         Paper Title

·         Submitter’s actual credentials and affiliation (Name, SL Avatar Name, Title, Institution, other contact detail as you want it published)

·         Abstract or synopsis (must be clearly marked)

·         Main paper body

·         Other tables and supporting appendixes as needed

·         References (APA format is preferred but not required)

Tables, diagrams, and images

·         All tables, diagrams, and images must be cited if they are not original work

·         All tables, diagrams, and images must be in-line

·         Colour diagrams and images are permitted (does not need to be B&W)

 

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 OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  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. Declaration

    I, the original author of this submission, declare the following to be true:

    ·         Attest that the submission is original work

    ·         Attest that the submission has not been published previously

    ·         Agree that the submission is not under review for publication elsewhere

    ·         Agree that the submission is not being submitted to multiple journals for consideration

 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:


  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

 

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ISSN: 2155-0107