Submissions

Author Guidelines

The Full Manuscript shall be in Microsoft .doc or .docx format and double spaced throughout the title page, abstract, text, references, tables, figures, legends, etc. Lettering in Arial and 11-point font is preferable. All pages must be numbered consecutively on the top-right corner. Each page must have line numbers. All measurements should be given in metric units. Abbreviate units of measure when used only with numerals. For example, use L for a liter and % instead of percent. Limit the number of pages of the research manuscript to 30 pages (approximately ten printed pages).

Research Notes. Reviews of previous works that deserve to be published but cannot be justified as full-length articles can be published as research notes. Its contents follow the sections of a full-length article but are only limited to 4 printed pages.

Policy brief is a “concise summary of a particular issue, the policy options to deal with it, and some recommendations on the best option” (FAO Food Security Communications toolkit). It is aimed at government policymakers and others who are interested in formulating or influencing policy. It is more flexible in terms of format and length but is typically a single sheet, containing, around 700 words. Longer briefs can take up to 8 pages or 3,000 words. Policy briefs should be anchored on at least one published article authored by one of the writers of the manuscript. (Policy Brief Format)

Manuscript format

The Title page includes the title, the full name of the author/s, and their affiliation. The title should not exceed 250 characters, without active verbs, abbreviations, and punctuation marks. Write the full name of each author (if more than one author). Give the contact address, phone number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author to whom inquiries regarding the paper should be sent. On the bottom of the page, list up to five keywords that reflect the content of the article arranged alphabetically.
The Abstract shall serve as the second page of the manuscript and should be written in one paragraph, not to exceed 300 words. It should summarize the background of the work, the major findings, and the implications of the results or the conclusions. No citation of references and use of acronyms are allowed. Since indexing services will index the abstract, it should capture the main content of the paper to be intelligible without the text.

Main Text. The text shall serve as the third page. It shall include the introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, and conclusion. (Exception to this are theoretical researches). They may be written as headings of separate sections or as an integrated text with appropriate headings suitable to the discipline. Headings and subheadings should be aligned to the left side of the page and set in boldface and italics. The main text of the manuscript should be written in this order:

• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results and Discussions
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgment (if necessary)
• Statement of Conflict of Interest
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Literature Cited. Avoid citing gray literature not accessible through indexes. Cite references in the text as follows: single author, Bacolod (2008) or (Bacolod 2008); two authors, Bacolod and Bohol (2008) or (Bacolod and Bohol 2008); more than two authors, Bacolod et al. (2008) or (Bacolod et al. 2008). Cite multiple references in chronological order (e.g., Bacolod and Bohol 2008, Bohol et al. 2009, and Baguio 2012, 2013). Do not cite unpublished work.
Literature citations should be selective, to include only those cited in the research paper. Arrange the Literature Cited alphabetically. List the Literature Cited as follows:

Journal Articles:
Balanay, R. M., & Yorobe Jr, J. M. (2011) Analysis of mining’s socioeconomic impacts with propensity score matching for insights on responsible mining in the Agusan Provinces of Caraga Region, Philippines. Journal of Development and Sustainability, 3(7) 1583-1594.

Book: Spielman, A. I., & Brand, J. G. (1995). Experimental Cell Biology of Taste and Olfaction: Current Techniques and Protocols. CRC Press. pp. 155

Proceedings:
Tabada, L. I., & Tagle, P. U. (2009, November). Shared Buffer Approach in Fault Tolerant Networks. In Computer Technology and Development, 2009. ICCTD'09. International Conference on (Vol. 1, pp. 235-239). IEEE.

Organization as Author:
USDA. 2003. The Alternative Farming Systems Information Center. “Organic Food Production.” National Agricultural Library, USDA

Recommendation: Use of reference manager such as Zotero or Mendeley is highly encourage to generate a well-formatted reference list and in text citations in APA 7th Edition Format.

Similarity Index

Papers submitted or to be submitted in the system need to be check first in a similarity index software such as turnitin or ithenticate and have a similarity index of less than 20%.