Author Guidelines

 

1. Select A Journal

 

Submitting your manuscript to an unsuitable journal will result in rejection. To avoid waste both yours and editors’ time and effort, it is important to choose a journal that matches your research. This builds more chance that your manuscript will be accepted. Below are some factors to consider when choosing a journal to submit:

 

Read the Aim and Scope section of the journal carefully, you will get a clear understanding of the topic areas the journal is willing to consider. You can also browse the articles published by the journal already. This will give you an idea of which topics the editors are interested in.

 

Here is an example, if your article is a literature review, you will need to find out whether the journal publish this type of articles.

 

You need to find out what is the word limitation for submission. Also, check is there any requirements for figures. Mae sure your article meet these restrictions.

 

A journal’s Impact Factor is not the only measurement of its reputation, and not always the most important. You need to consider the prestige of the authors that publish in the journal and whether the journal is well known in your specific field; sometimes the most highly regarded journals in a field are not those with the highest Impact Factor. You may want evaluate how significant your results are for your field and for boarder scientific world with an objective and honest attitude. After a fair evaluation of your research, you can decide which journal it is best fitted for.

 

2. Prepare Your Paper for Submission

 

At this point, you are fully educated on the topic. Now it’s the time to write. You might enjoy this, but if you’re like many others, it might also be the most challenging aspect of disseminating your results. Center for Energy and Economics Studies provides many resources to support you as you write your manuscript, with guidelines and translation services to help you perfect your work before you submit. This will help you publish a high-quality paper that shares your research with the world.

 

In this section, we will provide some supportive and helpful advices that assist you in preparing your submission.

 

How to Write a Great Research Paper

 

A great question to ask yourself when you considering publication of an article is “have you create a story to tell?” Our editors and reviewers are looking for original pieces contain innovative research that adds to their field of study, provided insight on previous findings or joins the dots between researches in different areas. Your conclusion needs to be based on a solid foundation and strong statistics. 

 

Also, you may ask “Is there an audience for your story?” The audience for your work is not limited by your peer and researchers in your field, but also professionals in other areas and even broader. Keep your research as original and innovative as possible to attract more audiences. If your work is clear, understandable and compelling enough, you could even share your research with general public.

 

The third question to ask yourself is “how can you tell your story?” There are a variety of shape and sizes for Scholarly articles. Each of them designed to suit research published at different stages, in different fields and to share different aspects of the work.

 

Types of Articles

 

 

Full Article is the most common type of journal manuscript used to publish full reports of data from research. It may be called an Original Article, Research Article, Research, or just Article, depending on the journal. The Original Research format is suitable for many different fields and different types of studies. It includes full Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections.

 

 

Short reports and letters communicate brief reports of data from original research that editors believe will be interesting to many researchers, and that will likely stimulate further research in the field. As they are relatively short the format is useful for scientists with results that are time sensitive (for example, those in highly competitive or quickly-changing disciplines).

 

This format often has strict length limits, so some experimental details may not be published until the authors write a full Original Research manuscript. These papers are also sometimes called Brief communications.

 

 

Review articles provide a comprehensive summary of research on a certain topic, and a perspective on the state of the field and where it is heading. They are often written by leaders in a particular discipline after invitation from the editors of a journal. Reviews are often widely read (for example, by researchers looking for a full introduction to a field) and highly cited. Reviews commonly cite approximately 100 primary research articles.

 

 

Case study reports specific instances of interesting phenomena. A goal of Case Studies is to make other researchers aware of the possibility that a specific phenomenon might occur. This type of study is often used in medicine to report the occurrence of previously unknown or emerging pathologies.

 

Article Format

 

If you’re writing a different type of article, you may still be able to apply some of the guidance identified below but be sure to consult the guide for authors. One way to get started on your manuscript is to create a skeleton template of the sections of the article – title; authors; keywords; abstract; introduction; materials and methods; results; discussion & conclusions; acknowledgments. You can then easily add content in each section, which you can work from as you progress.

 

Title

 

A title should be summarizing the main idea of the manuscript simply and, if possible, with style. It should be a concise statement of the main topic and should identify the variables or theoretical issues under investigation and the relationship between them. A title should be fully explanatory when standing alone. Avoid using abbreviations in a title; spelling out all terms helps ensure accurate, complete indexing of the article. The recommended length for a title is no more than 12 words. (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, page 23)

 

Authors

 

Only authors who have made an intellectual contribution to the research should be credited, including those who will take responsibility for the data and conclusions, and those who have approved the final manuscript. The order of credited names can vary between disciplines; the corresponding author may not always be the first author.

 

Keywords

 

We suggest you provide a list of keywords, usually 4-8, when you submit your article. These are usually important words that are relevant to the work you’re presenting and capture the research effectively. Keywords are used by abstracting and indexing services and choosing the right ones can increase the chances of your article being found by other researchers.

 

To choose your keywords, it may be useful to imagine your readers searching for research they’re interested in. What would they type in the search box? In addition, you can define a subject classification during the online submission process; this helps editors to select reviewers.

 

Abstract

 

An abstract is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the article; it allows readers to survey the contents of an article quickly, like a title, it enables persons interested in the document to retrieve it from abstracting and indexing databases.

 

A well-prepared abstract can be the most important single paragraph in an article. Most of people have their first contact with an article by seeing just the abstract. Readers frequently decided on the basis of the abstract whether to read the entire article. The

 

abstract needs to be dense with information. By embedding keywords in your abstract, you enhance the user’s ability to find it. A good abstract is accurate, coherent and readable and concise. (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, page 27)

 

Please keep your abstract paragraph in the word limit of the journal to which you are submitting your article. Word limits very from journal to journal and typically from 150 to 400 words.

 

Journals are increasingly requesting the submission of a “graphical” or “visual abstract” alongside the body of the article. This is a single, concise, pictorial and visual summary of the main findings of the article.

 

The trend of increasing journals started to accept graphical abstracts. A graphical abstract is a useful way to provide a visual summary of your article’s main findings. Graphical abstracts can be shared on social media or directly with colleagues to help you broaden your audience.

 

Introduction

 

Introduce the problem. The body of a manuscript opens with an introduction that presents the specific problem under study and describes the research strategy. Because the introduction is clearly identified by its position in the manuscript, it does not carry a heading labeling it the introduction.

 

Before writing the introduction, consider the following questions:

 

 

A good introduction answers these questions in just a few pages and, by summarizing the relevant arguments and the past evidence, gives the reader a firm sense of what was done and why (Publication Manual of the American

 

Psychological Association, 2009, pp. 28).

 

 

State why the problem deserves new research. For basic research, the statement about importance might involve the need to resolve any inconsistency in results of past work and/or extend the reach of a theoretical formulation. When research is driven by the desire to resolve controversial issues, all sides in the debate should be represented in balanced measure in the introduction. Avoid animosity and ad hominem arguments in presenting the controversy. Conclude the statement of the problem in the introduction with a brief but formal statement of the purpose of the research that summarizes the material preceding it. For literature reviews as well as theoretical and methodological articles, also clearly state the reasons that the reported content is important and how the article fits into the cumulative understanding of the field (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2009, pp. 28).

 

 

Discuss the relevant related literature, but do not feel compelled to include an exhaustive historical account. Assume that the reader is knowledgeable about the basic problem and does not require a complete accounting of its history. A scholarly description of earlier work in the introduction provides a summary of the most recent directly related work and recognizes the priority of the work of others. Citation of and specific credit to relevant earlier works are signs of works of scientific and scholarly responsibility and essential for growth of a cumulative science. In the description of relevant scholarship, also inform readers whether other aspects of this study have been reported on previously and how the current use of the evidence differs from earlier uses. At the same time, cite and reference only works pertinent to the specific issue and not those that are of only tangential details; instead, emphasize pertinent findings, relevant methodological issues, and major conclusions. Refer the reader to general surveys or research syntheses of the topic if they are available.

 

Demonstrate the logical continuity between previous and present work. Develop the problem with enough breadth and clarity to make it generally understood by as wide a professional audience as possible. Do not let the goal of brevity lead you to write a statement intelligible only to the specialist (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2009, pp. 28).

 

 

After you have introduced problem and have developed the background material, explain your approach to solving the problem. In empirical studies, this usually involves stating your hypotheses or specific question and describing how these were derived from theory or are logically connected to previous data and argumentation. Clearly develop the rationale for each. Also, if you have some hypotheses or questions that are central to your purpose and others that are secondary or exploratory, state this prioritization. Explain how the research design permits the inferences needed to examine the hypothesis or provide estimates in answer to the questions (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2009, pp. 28).

 

Materials and Methods

 

The material and method section should comprehensively describe how the study was conducted, including conceptual and operational definitions of the variables used in the study. Materials and methods should be described with sufficient detail to allow others to reproduce and build on published results. If you choose to adopt new methods and protocols, you need to describe them in detail. While well-established methods can be briefly described and appropriately cited. Give the name and version of any software used and make clear whether computer code used is available. Include any pre-registration codes.

 

Please avoid repeat the details of established methods. You are allowed to use References and Supporting Materials to indicate the previously published procedures. Broad summaries or key references are sufficient.

 

The ideal Materials and methods section is written in a clean and clear manner, such that another researcher could duplicate the study. We require writers to provide a thorough description of methods of recruitment, participant characteristics, measures and apparatus, and procedures. Detailed information assists the reader in understanding the characterization of the current sample and the degree to which results may be generalizable. Measures should be appropriately referenced, including notation of their reliability and validity. In a clear study, the author explicates the research design and plan for analysis.

 

Unquestionably, reviewers will criticize incomplete or incorrect methods descriptions and may recommend rejection, because this section is critical in the process of reproducing

 

your investigation. We suggest all authors to present proper control experiments and statistics used, again to make the experiment of investigation repeatable.

 

Results

 

In the results section, summarized the collected data and analysis performed on those data relevant to the discourse that is to follow. Report the data in sufficient detail to justify your conclusion. Mention all relevant results, including those that run counter to expectation; be sure to include small effect sizes (or statistically non-significant findings) when theory predicts large ( or statistically significant) ones. Do not hide uncomfortable results by omission. Do not include individual scores or raw data, with the exception, for example, of single-case designs or illustrative examples.

 

In this section, you should present your findings objectively. The information in the results section will greatly contribute to the body of scientific knowledge. Thus, organize this section in a clear and logical manner. Emphasize any significant findings clearly. Tables and figures must be numbered separately; figures should have a brief but complete description.

 

Discussion and Conclusion

 

After presenting results, you are in a position to evaluate and interpret their implications, especially with the respect to your original hypotheses. Here you will examine, interpret, and qualify the results and draw inferences and conclusions from them. Emphasize any theoretical or practical consequences of the results (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2009, pp. 35).

 

An effective discussion section provides the reader a summary of what your study means and why it is important. Your discussion should provide an answer to the question “what do my results mean?” It should relate back directly to the questions posed in your introduction, and contextualize your results. In order to make your discussion section engaging makes sure you include the following information:

 

 

To avoid your reader to lose sight of the key results that you found, state the most important finding front and center.

 

The conclusion section should be a summary of everything that you have said thus far. This section should:

 

 

In this part, you only discuss what you defined early in the paper. Avoid introduce the reader to a whole new vocabulary. If you missed an important term, go back to the introduction and insert it.

 

Acknowledgements

 

Acknowledgements section should be brief. Only name those who helped with your research: contributors, or suppliers who provided free materials. Any financial or other substantive competing interest that could be seen to influence your results or interpretations should also be disclosed in this section.

 

3. Submit, Review and Revise

 

After you finished your manuscript, it’s the time for you to submit your work. Submission and revision could be frustrating in the journey of publication process. Center for Energy and Economics Studies aims to relieve you from the pain of submission by adopting efficient systems and processes. Once you’ve identified which journal you want to submit, you can find the link to submit your manuscript on the journal homepage.

 

Alternatively, if you have been invited to submit to a journal, follow the instructions provided to you.

 

Once submitted, your paper will be considered by the editor and if it passes initial screening, it will be sent for peer review by experts in your field. There are 5 possible outcomes:

 

 

Below are some tips for how to handle revision:

 

 

Below are some tips for how to handle rejections

 

 

After submission, you can track the status of your submitted paper online. A reference number will be provided to you for tracking purpose. You can login the same system for submit to track your submission.

 

4. Accepted for Publication

 

Once your paper is accepted for publication, it will be forwarded to the production team for processing. You will need to sign a publishing agreement with us.

 

Accepted papers will be sent to a production team to format into journal style. Besides our editor team, we will dedicate professional typesetters, copyeditors and proof-readers for this task. At this stage, we will send the article to authors for a final check. Authors can indicate changes that you would like to have made. The typesetter carries out corrections before an article is published online. Please note, after publication, changes are no longer possible.

 

Soon after our online publication is released, we will send a journal styled PDF to corresponding authors as soon as possible.

 

Publishing agreements and licenses

 

When you publish with Center for Energy & Economics Studies, you enter into a legal agreement. This means that both we at Center for Energy & Economics Studies and you as an author agree to certain rights and responsibilities and promise to act in a legally-sound manner

 

Energy & Economy journals started to publish articles under the Creative Commons Attribution License and are now using the latest version of the CC BY 4.0 license, which grants authors the most extensive rights. For more information regarding rights and permission, please refer to Creative Commons’ website.

 

5. Share and Promote

 

Now that your article is published, you can promote it to achieve a bigger impact for your research. Sharing research, accomplishments and ambitions with a wider audience makes you more visible in your field. This helps you get cited more, enabling you to cultivate a stronger reputation, promote your research and move forward in your career.

 

Below you will find several options for posting and sharing your article.