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Author Guidelines

Each submission must accompany statement of originality addressed to the editor in chief. In case there are multiple authors, the corresponding author can submit the statement of originality.

Manuscripts must contain a title page with the title of the paper, name(s), affiliation(s) and complete contact information of the author(s), abstract (200-250 words) and keywords (3-5 keywords organized alphabetically) along with brief biography(-ies) of the author(s) (Maximum 150 words for each author) and any acknowledgements.

The main text must contain state the introduction, research problem, review of the relevant literature, methods, data analysis, and conclusion. The total length of the manuscript including tables, figures, references and endnotes must be between 5000-7000 words. Longer and shorter papers may also be considered depending on their quality and relevance.

The SAJBI Editorial Board or the Reviewers may sometimes request the access to data and calculations during the review process. Relevant authors must be willing to supply these if requested.

Style Specifications
All manuscripts should be prepared according to following specifications,

• Font: Times New Roman
• Page size and Page margins: A4; 1-inch margin each side
• Title: 14pt, Bold, Centered, Capitalize the first letter of each word in the title except prepositions and conjunctions. Titles do not normally include numbers, acronyms, abbreviations or punctuations. Preferably the length of the title must be maximum two lines.
• Author Names, Affiliations and Contact Information: Times New Roman, 12pt.
• Abstract: indent 1cm from both left and right.
• Do not indent the first paragraph in each section. But indent subsequent paragraphs (1.5 cm from left).
• Do not use footnotes. Use endnotes instead. Do not use MS Word feature for numbering endnotes.
• Endnotes, References: 12pt
• Spacing: 1.5 lines
• Language: All articles must be in English and use American dictionary for spellings

Heading Styles

• First Level Headings
  12pt (bold, centre aligned); Do not number; Capitalize Each Word.
• Second Level Headings
  12pt (bold, left aligned): Do not number. Capitalize Each Word.
• Third Level Headings
  12pt (bold, italics, left aligned): Do not number. Capitalize Each Word.

Art Work
Figures should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and labelled below the Figure (e.g. Figure 1). Do not add borders for figures unless it is required. Figures must be produced as black/white (grayscale) images embedded in the text.

Tables should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and labelled above the table (e.g. Table 1). Only horizontal lines should be used to distinguish the content within a table.

Keep one blank line above and below each Table/Figure to separate them from text.

The titles of Figures/Tables must be in ‘Sentence case’ and in Times New Roman-12pt and centre aligned.

References
Use APA style for references and citations. Sort reference list alphabetically (Do not number. Use hanging indent).

Acknowledgements
Submissions are to be with a section of acknowledgments, in case any acknowledgments to be made.

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, in part or in whole, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. All third-party-owned materials used have been identified with appropriate credit lines, and permission has been obtained from the copyright holder for all formats of the journal. Authors acknowledge their responsibility to gain all permissions prior to submission.
3. All authors qualify as authors, as defined in the authorship guidelines, and have given permission to be listed on the submitted paper.
4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. Every effort has been made to ensure that the submission is ready for peer review according to the journal's review policy (following the instructions to ensure blind peer review).
5. Tables are all cited in the main text and are included within the text document.
6. Figures are all cited in the main text and are uploaded as supplementary files. Figures/images have a resolution of at least 150dpi (300dpi or above preferred). The files are in one of the following formats: JPG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, EPS (to maximise quality, the original source file is preferred).

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