作者指南

1.  Submission of Manuscripts

• All manuscripts should be submitted (as either PDF, LATEX or Word files)through the online submission system at https://www.ipress.tw/J0177.
• Three files are necessary. The first is a regular manuscript. The second keeps the same as the first except all informations related to author(s) are removed, including acknowledgment. The third is Authors’ Information (see item 12). 
• Papers submitted to this journal must NOT been previously published nor be under review by another journal. Any form of duplicate publication or plagiarism is absolutely prohibited. Violation of it will be penalized. Author(s) alone should take all responsibilities of all possible accusations due to violation of those previously mentioned.
• Any addition, deletion, or rearrangement of the author’s name in the author list should be done before the manuscript is accepted and approved by the journal editor. Please consider the list and order of authors carefully before submitting.
• Once the files are deemed to have complied with the APA Formatting and Citation (7th Ed.) requirements, an acknowledgement email will be send together with a paper ID to the corresponding author.

2. Form of Manuscripts

• The length limit for each manuscript is 20 pages including figures, tables and others. 
• Manuscript should use 12-point Times New Roman font and 1.5 spacing throughout. Space should be fully utilized.
• All illustrations, photographs, tables, etc., should be on separate sheets, and should be included in each copy. Each page of the manuscript should be numbered.
• Manuscript should be written in impeccable English (either US or UK spelling is accepted, but not a mixture of both).

3. Organization of the Paper

• HEADING: The title of the paper should be concise and informative. Successive lines should give the author’s name, academic or professional affiliation, and address.
• ABSTRACT: Every manuscript must start with a concise abstract, no more than 150 words, followed by no more than 5 keywords.
• MAIN TEXT: Structured clearly with sections such as (but not limited to) Introduction, Literature Reviews, Notations and Assumptions, Data and Methodology, Model Formulation, Research Design, Data Analysis and Results, Discussion, Conclusions, etc. 
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This section includes acknowledgements of assistances and financial support, etc. Please note that only accepted manuscripts may include this section, else place this section in your authors’ file.
• REFERENCES: See detailed instructions in item 11.

4. Illustrations

• All Illustrations should be submitted in a form suitable for reproduction. Number the illustrations according to the sequence of their appearance in the text, where they are to be referred to as “Fig. 1,” “Fig. 2,” etc. Each illustration may have a legend, if required. 
• Photographs should be glossy prints. The author’s name and figure number should be indicated on the back of each illustration.

5. In-text Citations

• In the text, follow the rules implied in these examples. For one authr use: (Foxall, 2018) Or According to Foxall (2018)
• For two authors use: (Mason &Missingham, 2019) Or According to Mason and Missingham (2019)
• For more than three authors use: (Ewert et al., 2014) or According to Ewert et al. (2014)

6. Tables

• Tables should be typed on separate pages. Number the illustrations according to the sequence of their appearance in the text, where they are to be labeled as “Table 1”, “Table 2”, etc.
• Table titles should be short and self-explanatory.
• A brief title should be given above each table, and any footnotes below (see Section 8).

7. Headings

• The following sequence of headings should be used: 1 , 1.1 (then 1.2, 1.3, …), 1.1.1 (then 1.1.2, 1.1.3,…)
• Please refrain from using fourth level sections/headers.

8. Footnotes

• In the text, footnotes are not permitted. They should be properly included in the context.
• Use smaller font size for table footnotes. 

9. Symbols and Abbreviations

• Please use widely accepted symbols and forms of abbreviation.
• If there is any doubt in your mind about a particular symbol or abbreviation, give the full expression followed by the abbreviation, when it appears in the text for the first time.

10. Mathematics

• Mathematical expressions and equations should be properly typewritten, with all symbols aligned as they are to appear in print.
• All Greek letters and other special symbols must be identified. 
• Vectors will be set in bold face and should be indicated in the manuscript by underlining with a wavy line.
• Equations or formulae should be numbered serially on the right-hand side by Arabic numberals in parentheses. For example, the first formula in section 3 is numbered by (3.1). Only equations explicitly referred to in the text should be numbered.

11. References

• • All cited works must be compiled into a comprehensive reference list at the end of the manuscript. References should be arranged alphabetically by the last name of the first author.
  • For publications written in languages that use the Roman alphabet, retain the original title. For works in non-Roman scripts (e.g., Cyrillic, Chinese, Arabic), provide a Romanized transliteration and indicate the original language in parentheses (e.g., (in Russian), (in Chinese)).
  • Include a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for each source when available. DOIs must be formatted as https://doi.org/xxxxx.
  • The journal follows APA Style (7th Edition). Please refer to the examples below:
  • Book or eBook: Ewert, E. W., Mitten, D. S., & Overholt, J. R. (2014). Natural environments and human health. CAB International. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845939199.0000
  • Chapter in an Edited Book or eBook: Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345-359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016
  • Journal Article from Academic Databases: Washington, E. T. (2014). An overview of cyberbullying in higher education. Adult Learning, 26(1), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159514558412
  • Conference Proceedings Published in a Journal: Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(47), 23499-23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116
  • Government Agency Report: National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf
  • Unpublished Dissertation or Thesis: Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practices of elementary school leaders [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia.
  • Webpage with Author and Date: Bologna, C. (2019, October 31). Why some people with anxiety love watching horror movies. HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horrormovies_l_5d277587e4b02a5a5d57b59e
  • Note: If the dissertation/thesis is unpublished (i.e., accessed only through a university library or repository), indicate this using square brackets. If the work is publicly available via a database (e.g., ProQuest), cite it as a published dissertation with a DOI or retrieval URL.
  • Only cite credible webpages with identifiable authors and publication dates. Italicize the name of the website or online news source. Do not include retrieval dates unless the content is expected to change over time.

  For full reference guidelines, please consult the official APA site: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples#textual-works

12. Authors’ Information

• • Authors are required to upload a separate file titled “Author Information”. The Author Information Form must provide the following information for each author: full name, institutional affiliation, ORCID iD (if available), email address, a brief biography, major area(s) of expertise or research, and any relevant funding and financial disclosures.
  • Funding and Financial Disclosures: Please disclose any grant support, fellowships, or financial contributions from individuals, institutions, or government entities that supported the research.

  Sample Format:

        Funding and Financial Disclosures: None.
  or
  Funding and Financial Disclosures: Supported by [name of funding agency], Grant No. [XXXX].

  • Author Details (listed in order of authorship): For each author, provide the full institutional affiliation, including department, university, city, and country; ORCID iD (if available); email address (institutional address preferred); a brief biography; and major area(s) of expertise or research (up to 3 keywords)

  Example Format:

  • Full Name: Author 1
  • Affiliation:Department of Information Management, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • ORCID iD: 0000-0000-0000-0000
  • E-mail: author1@tku.edu.tw
  • A brief biography:
  • Major area(s): Decision Sciences, Information Systems, Data Analytics

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13. Editorial Screening, Peer Review, and Research Transparency

• All submissions undergo an initial editorial screening to assess scope, basic quality, and compliance with journal policies. Manuscripts are also screened using professional similarity detection software prior to peer review. Submissions that pass screening will be evaluated through a double-blind peer-review process by at least two independent reviewers. Editorial decisions are made by the Editors based on reviewers’ reports and the academic merit of the manuscript.
• Authors are encouraged to include a Data Availability Statement describing where and how underlying data/materials can be accessed, or explaining any restrictions (e.g., privacy, confidentiality, or legal constraints). Methods, measures, and analyses should be reported transparently to support reproducibility. For studies involving human participants or personal data, authors must ensure appropriate ethical approval and compliance with applicable regulations.
• Authors must disclose any use of AI-assisted tools in the manuscript, and such tools must not replace core research activities.