Submissions
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.-
All author contact information must be included on the cover sheet or first page of the article, including name, title, affiliation, mailing address, and email address.
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The submission files are in Microsoft Office format; the text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
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Exhibit Presentation: Please organize and present exhibits consistently throughout an article, because we will print them the way they are presented to us. Exhibits can be presented in color, but they must be able to reproduce well in b/w, in other words, lines or bars in charts as well as legend categories need to be able to be distinguished from one another when printed in b/w. The online version of the journal is published in color.
Align numbers correctly by decimal points; use the same number of decimal points for the same sorts of numbers; center headings, columns, and numbers correctly; use the same language in successive appearances; identify any bold-faced or italicized entries in exhibits; and provide any source notes necessary.
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Graphs: Graphs will appear the way you submit them. Please be consistent as to fonts, capitalization, and abbreviations in graphs throughout the article, and label all axes and lines in graphs clearly and absolutely consistently.The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
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Equations: Please display called-out equations on separate lines, aligned on the exact same indents as the text paragraphs and with no punctuation following. Number equations consecutively throughout the article in Arabic numbers at the right-hand margin. Leave space around operations signs like plus and minus everywhere. It is preferable if manuscripts containing mathematical equations are submitted in Word, using either Equation Editor or MathType.
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You may have your article printed in color at a cost of $1200. If you would like to exercise this option, please contact Mitchell Gang at m.gang@pageantmedia.com.
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At least one author of each article must be prepared to sign IPR Jourals copyright agreement form—giving us exclusive rights to publish the material in all media—prior to publication.
- Supplemental Material: You may include any supplemental materials you would like to appear on our website along with your article. These may include Tables, Graphs, and Equations. Please follow the same guidelines as those used for manuscript submissions. Please put these materials in a separate file and clearly label it Supplemental Material.
- Please highlight three key takeaways from your article to highlight key findings for the readers.
Copyright Notice
COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT
Author: (the “Author)
Address & Phone: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Article Title: ______________________________________________________________________________ (the “Article”)
Journal: The Journal of _____________________________________________________________________ (the “Journal”)
The Author hereby submits the Article to Pageant Media Ltd. (“IPR Journals”) for publication in the Journal. The Author represents and warrants that (i) he or she is the sole owner of the copyright in and to the Article and (ii) neither the Article nor this Copyright Agreement violates any rights of any other party. The Author hereby assigns and transfers to IPR Journals the copyright in and to the Article, throughout the world. All other intellectual property rights relating to the Article shall remain with the Author. The Author understands that IPR Journals shall have the right to use the Article without restriction in any manner and in any media now known or hereafter invented or developed. If IPR Journals intends to make any changes to the content of the published article, it is required to seek prior written permission from the Author.
IPR Journals grants to the Author the following non-exclusive rights:
- The right to post on internal or external-facing websites the Article’s title and abstract together with a link to the published Article on IPR Journals’ website. In connection with such posting, the Author shall include a copyright notice in substantially the following form: “© [year of publication] IPR Journals. All rights reserved.”
- The right to use charts, tables, and figures from the article on presentation slides, but not in articles, book chapters, or similar formats consisting primarily of text content.
The Author shall remove any and all pre-publication versions of the Article from all websites (including SSRN and ResearchGate).
The Author understands and agrees that, except as provided above, any use, reproduction, or dissemination of the article is strictly prohibited, unless agreed to in writing by IPR Journals. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Author shall not (i) post the Article to any file-sharing service (including SSRN and ResearchGate), (ii) distribute the Article at any academic or industry conferences or similar events, (iii) include the article in an academic course pack or similar compilation, or (iv) allow the article to be reprinted as a chapter in a book. In the event that the Author violates the foregoing restrictions on use, reproduction, or dissemination of the Article, the Author agrees to pay IPR Journals damages equal to IPR Journals’ then applicable rate for unrestricted distribution rights for the Article for the duration of the violation.
The Author shall not publish or disseminate any update, sequel, or other work based on or derived from the Article unless such update, sequel, or other work contains at least one-third new content.
Any alterations to this agreement will be considered null and void unless agreed to in writing by IPR Journals.
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Author’s signature Date
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