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International Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences uses the software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Manuscripts that are found to have been plagiarized from a manuscript by other authors, whether published or unpublished, will incur plagiarism sanctions.
Manuscript preparation
Submitted manuscripts that are found to include citations whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations to a given author’s work, or to articles published in a particular journal, will incur citation manipulation sanctions.
The manuscript should be computer typed in Microsoft Word using a 12 point Times New Roman font for English writing, single-spaced throughout the text, including figure legends, tables, and references. Use A4 paper for typing. The typed area should be printed on (A4) 3 cm margins on the left side and the other 1 cm. The manuscript, subdivided by one-line space between headings, should be organized as follows:
Title page: The first page of the manuscript includes the title of the article followed by a one-line space, the names of all authors (no degrees), and their correspondence addresses, including the corresponding author's e-mail address. The first letter of each name and main word should be capitalized. The title, author's name, and affiliation should be centered on the width of the typing area.
Abstract: The second page contains the abstract, which should be 150-250 words in a single paragraph and presents the main findings. For indexing purposes, a list of 3–5 keywords in English not included in the title should be typed below the abstract.
Introduction: In the Introduction section, the researcher should illuminate the background of the study, clarify the purpose of the research, and emphasize the significance of the research problem. A careful review of the current state of the research field is essential, with citations to key publications. Ensure that the Introduction remains accessible to scientists who may not be specialists in the particular topic of the paper.
Materials and Methods: Provide sufficient details to reproduce the experiments. Support the techniques and methods used with references. Investigations on animals must comply with institutional and/or equivalent guides for the care and use of animals. Metric and standard international units should be used in this section and throughout the manuscript. Specify the computer software used for statistical analysis and define statistical terms, abbreviations, and symbols applied.
Results and Discussion: Present the results and their significance. Graphs and tables should be self-explanatory. Do not repeat in figures or the text the data presented in tables. Tables and figures should be numbered in the order of their mention in the text. Deals with critical review and interpretations of the results supported by relevant updated references. Repetition of data should be avoided. It should end with brief conclusions. In Short Communications, Results and Discussion may be combined.
Conclusions: The conclusion section should precisely articulate the main findings of the article, emphasizing its significance and relevance. In the conclusion, it is highly recommended that authors avoid referencing figures or tables. Instead, these should be appropriately referenced within the body of the paper.
Acknowledgements: Include the sponsor, funding agency, provider of major facilities, and the names of those who contributed substantially to work but did not fulfill the authorship requirements.
References: Literature references should be mentioned in the text according to the system of the Tikrit Journal for Agricultural Sciences. Titles of journals should not be abbreviated and should be in italics font, followed by the number of Volumes, the number of Issues between brackets, and then the page numbers.
References Examples
Books
Bernstein, T. M. (1965). The careful writer: A modern guide to English usage (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Atheneum.
Replace place-of-publication and publisher information with the DOI.
Anderson, C. A., Gentile, D. A., & Buckley, K. E. (2007). Violent video game effects on children and adolescents: Theory, research and public policy.
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195309836.001.0001
Beck, C. A. J., & Sales, B. D. (2001). Family mediation: Facts, myths, and future prospects. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/10401-000
- Two or more works by the same author
Arrange by the year of publication, the earliest first.
Postman, N. (1979). Teaching as a conserving activity. New York, NY: Delacorte Press.
Postman, N. (1985). Amusing ourselves to death: Public discourse in the age of show business. New York, NY: Viking.
If works by the same author are published in the same year, arrange alphabetically by title and distinguish the documents by adding a lowercase letter after the year of publication as indicated below.
McLuhan, M. (1970a). Culture is our business. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
McLuhan, M. (1970b). From cliché to archetype. New York, NY: Viking Press.
- Book by a corporate author
Associations, corporations, agencies, government departments, and organizations are considered authors when there is no single author.
American Psychological Association. (1972). Ethical standards of psychologists. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Anthologies, Course Packs, & Encyclopedias
Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (1991). Children of color: Psychological interventions with minority youth. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
- Work in an anthology or an essay in a book
Bjork, R. A. (1989). Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human memory. In H. L. Roediger III, & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory & consciousness (pp. 309-330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Goleman, D. (2009). What makes a leader? In D. Demers (Ed.), AHSC 230: Interpersonal communication and relationships (pp. 47–56). Montreal, Canada: Concordia University Bookstore. (Reprinted from Harvard Business Review, 76(6), pp. 93-102, 1998).
- Article in a reference book or an entry in an encyclopedia
If the article/entry is signed, include the author's name; if unsigned, begin with the title of the entry
Guignon, C. B. (1998). Existentialism. In E. Craig (Ed.), Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy (Vol. 3, pp. 493-502). London, England: Routledge.
Articles
- Article in a journal––for articles retrieved online
Mellers, B. A. (2000). Choice and the relative pleasure of consequences. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 910-924. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.126.6.910
Note: List only the volume number if the periodical uses continuous pagination throughout a particular volume. If each issue begins with page 1, then list the issue number as well.
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the hiring process in organizations. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45(2), 10-36. https://doi.org/10.1037/1061-4087.45.2.10
- Articles in a journal, more than seven authors
Gilbert, D. G., McClernon, J. F., Rabinovich, N. E., Sugai, C., Plath, L. C., Asgaard, G., ... Botros, N. (2004). Effects of quitting smoking on EEG activation and attention last for more than 31 days and are more severe with stress, dependence, DRD2 A 1 allele, and depressive traits. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6, 249-267. https://doi.org/10.1 080/1462220041 0001676305
- Article in a newspaper or magazine
Semenak, S. (1995, December 28). Feeling right at home: Government residence eschews traditional rules. Montreal Gazette, p. A4.
Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic, social status. The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4.
Driedger, S. D. (1998, April 20). After divorce. Maclean's, 111(16), 38-43.
- Article from an electronic source
Zhao, S., Grasmuck, S., & Martin, J. (2008). Identity construction on Facebook: Digital empowerment
in anchored relationships. Computers in Human Behavior, 24(5), 1816-1836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2008.02.012
URL for an online periodical:
Cooper, A., & Humphreys, K. (2008). The uncertainty is killing me: Self-triage decision making and information availability. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 4(1). Retrieved from http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/ejap/article/view/124/129
Multimedia
- Television or radio program
MacIntyre, L. (Reporter). (2002, January 23). Scandal of the century [Television series episode]. In H. Cashore (Producer), The fifth estate. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Film, video recording or DVD
Kubrick, S. (Director). (1980). The shining [Motion picture]. United States: Warner Brothers.
- Online lecture notes and presentation slides (such as Moodle)
Cress, C. M. (2009). Curricular strategies for student success and engaged learning [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://www.vtcampuscompact.org/2009/TCL_post/ presenter_powerpoints/Christine%20Cress%20-%20Curricular%20Strategies.ppt
Web pages
- Web pages and non-periodical documents on the Internet
Library and Archives Canada. (2008). Celebrating women's achievements: Women artists in Canada. Retrieved from http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/002026-500-e.html
Geography of Canada. (2009, September 29). In Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Canada
- Note
Please avoid using footnotes. Change footnotes to endnotes. Insert “(Note 1, Note 2)” in the running text and explain the note in an end notes section after the references page.
- Appendix
The appendix comes after the references and the notes. In the text, refer to appendices by their labels: e.g., produced the same results for both studies (see Appendices A and B for complete proofs).
