Author Guidelines

Potential authors should examine recent issues of the Journal to assess the type of material covered and the presentation style and should also consult the document on the scope and standards of IJAIED.
Submission of a paper represents certification by the author that the article is not being considered nor has been published elsewhere.

SUBMISSION OF THE PAPER (updated Oct, 2012)

The paper should be submitted through the website: http://www.editorialmanager.com/ijaied/.

REVIEWING PROCESS (updated Oct, 2012)

All papers will be assigned to an Associate Editor who will manage the review process. At that stage, the paper will be assessed to determine whether it is within scope and at an appropriate level for IJAIED; if not, there will be a quick reject with an explanation of the reason. Normally, Associate Editors will invite at least three expert reviewers. The Editors-in-Chief are committed to ensuring that all papers will receive three high quality reviews within two months of submission. Below are general details for the paper, followed by details for hard-copy submission and for electronic submission, and then details for the final version of the paper, if it is accepted.

Templates

GENERAL DETAILS

Layout for submission: Authors are advised to follow the layout instructions below. This makes you look serious about your submission! It will also mean that you have far less work to do for the final version of the paper (if accepted).
Layout of the final paper
Authors must follow these guidelines for the final version of the paper. We do not have the resources to do extensive reformatting. If a paper submitted as a final version does not have a satisfactory layout it will not be accepted as the final version.

General: Papers should conform to the APA style as specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association available from APA, 1200 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 USA.
Length: In general, articles should not exceed 10000 words (with figures considered equivalent to the number of words possible in the amount of normal text that would fit in the space the figure will require to remain legible when published).
Sections: Articles should be subdivided into unnumbered sections and sub-sections using short, meaningful subheads.
Abstract: This should be an informative, comprehensive abstract of 75 to 200 words. One generic outline for an abstract consists of about one sentence on each of the following points (although it may not contain all of them):

  • What research problem or question does the paper address?
  • Why is it important?
  • What approach does the paper take?
  • How well does it work (what’s the result)?
  • What is the significance of the result – the main way in which the paper advances the field?

Keywords: Three or four keywords should be listed. Authors may find a helpful starting point is to consider the terms that appear in the description of the IJAIED scope.
Citations: Examples of references cited within the text of articles are as follows: (Williams, Allen, & Jones, 1978) or (Moore, 1990; Smith, 1991) or Terrell (1977).
Quotations: Quoted material of more than two lines should be set in a narrower width than the remainder of the text. At the close of the quotation, give the complete source including page numbers. Where necessary, it is the author's responsibility to obtain written permission from the copyright holders to quote or reproduce material from another publication.
Tables and Figures: Tables and figures should be included in the text at appropriate places. Captions should be provided at the top of each table, and figure captions should be below the figure. (See section on the final submission.)
Equations: Equations should be prepared carefully, use separate lines and centre each equation. If a reference is needed in the text, refer to it as Equation 1, etc., and number each equation, placing this number on the right hand side of the equation.e.g.
 
z=f(x,y) (1)

Program Listings: Program listings should be avoided unless they are essential and add significantly to the article. If included, they must be formatted exactly as they are to appear - usually, using a fixed width font, e.g.
while x=0 do
    begin
    readln(y);
    ...
    end
Acknowledgements: Financial support for work reported or a grant under which a study was made should be noted in the Acknowledgments. Appreciation to individuals for assistance with the manuscript or with the material reported may also be included. Any acknowledgements should appear just before the references and be formatted in the same manner as a section.
References: Authors are responsible for checking the accuracy of all references and that all references cited in the text also appear in the References section. All references should be in alphabetical order by author (unnumbered), as shown below. Use the following style when referencing a book, an article in a periodical or in conference proceedings:

Bull, S., Brna, P., & Pain, H. (1995). Extending the scope of the student model. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 5, 45-65.

O'Shea, T., & Self, J. A. (1983). Learning and Teaching with Computers: Artificial Intelligence in Education. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

 Vassileva, J., Greer, J., McCalla, G., Deters, R., Zapata, D., Mudgal, C., & Grant, S. (1999). A Multi-Agent Design of a Peer-Help Environment. In S. Lajoie & M. Vivet (Eds.) Artificial Intelligence in Education (pp. 38-45). Amsterdam: IOS Press.

Page Set-up: Use pages of A4 size, with the text falling within a space of 16cm by 22cm.

Fonts and Sizes: The recommended typefont is . As a second choice, use Times. Only for tables and figures (illustrations) you may use Helvetica, Univers or other sans-serif fonts. Keep italics and/or bold for special text parts.

Recommended typefont sizes:

  • For the title: 18 pts.
  • For authors names and addresses, headings and subheadings: 12 pts.
  • For the main text (including headings and captions): 11 pts.
  • For footnotes, references, figures and tables: 10 pts.

Title: Type the title approx. 2 cm below the first line of the page. Left justify the title on the page. Leave approx 1 cm between the title and the name(s) of the author(s) typed left-justified and bold 12pt. Continuing straight after, type the address(es) for correspondence left-justified in italics. Please include email addresses and URLs when possible in the address on separate lines and italicised.

Abstract: The abstract should be in 10pt, not indented and begin with the emboldened word "Abstract." There should be two blank lines before and after.

Keywords: The keywords should be in 10pt, not indented and begin with the emboldened word "Keywords." There should be two blank lines before and after.

General Layout Layout of the Paper
Use single line spacing. The main text (including the abstract) should be fully justified. Start a new paragraph by indenting it 0.75 cm from the left margin (and not by inserting a blank line), except under a heading and subheading. Only use italics if you want to emphasise specific parts of the main text.

Headings: Headings, subheadings and subsubheadings should be left-justified. Do not include references to the literature, illustrations or tables in headings and subheadings. A HEADING should be in bold and capitals, with two blank lines before and one blank line after it. A Subheading should be in bold and lowercase, with one blank line before and after it. A Subsubheading should be in bold and italics, with one blank line before and after it.

Illustrations and Tables: All illustrations must be numbered consecutively (i.e., not section-wise), using Arabic numbers. All illustrations should be centred, except for very small figures (no wider than 7 cm), which may be placed side by side. Centre figure captions beneath the figure, e.g.

Fig. 4. A caption.  
Do not assemble figures at the back of your article, but place them as close as possible to where they are mentioned in the main text. To avoid technical problems that arise mainly with figures, all figures must also be sent as separate files in a proper graphical format - GIF, JPG, EPS, etc.

All tables must be numbered consecutively (in Arabic numbers). Table headings should be placed above the table, e.g.  

Table 4
A caption
 
References: References should be listed in alphabetical order at the end of your paper (under the heading 'REFERENCES') but before any appendix. They should be in 10 point.