Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

• Legal requirements
  Submission of a manuscript implies that the author has the copyright of the work and that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

• Permissions
  Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the author(s).

• How to submit
  Authors should submit their manuscripts as Word-documents attached to an email to the Editors, or one of the members of the editorial board. Where available, URLs or DOIs for the references have been provided.

• Reviewing procedure
  RoSE follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested to place their name and affiliation on a separate page, together with the Abstract. Self- identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted.

• Manuscript Preparation
  Title page
  The title page (separate) should include:

  • The name(s) of the author(s)
  • A concise and informative title
  • The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
  • The e-mail address, phone and fax numbers of the corresponding author

   

• Language
  The journal publishes papers in English, German and Spanish. Please provide your paper in one of these languages. All non-English articles will be translated by AI into English and published in a separate section. RoSE will edit the English AI translations to ensure they make sense. Please ensure that your paper has been proof read in your language before submitting. If authors supply a translation they must name the translator or the AI translation programme used. 

• Authors are responsible for reinserting self-identifying citations and references when manuscripts are prepared for final submission. 

• Abstract
  Please provide an abstract of 100 - 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

• Keywords
  Please provide 3 to 5 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

• Text
  • - Use a normal, plain font (e.g. 10-points Garamond) for text
  • - Use italics for emphasis
  • - Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages
  • - Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar
  • - Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables

- Use the equation editor or MathType for equationsWe recommend that the length of your paper including notes and references does not exceed 10.000 words for original empirical research papers and theoretical papers. The text is single-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.

Text formatting

• Heading levels (unnumbered)
  Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.

• Abbreviations and acronyms
  Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

• Footnotes
  If information is important it should be in the text to facilitate easy of reading. Therefore we prefer authors not to use footnotes. If footnotes are used, they should be numbered in Arabic numerals consecutively. 

• Acknowledgments
  Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

• List of References
  The list of References should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.

• Citation in text
  Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:

  • Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson, 1990)
  • This result was later contradicted (Becker & Seligman, 1996)
  • This effect has been widely studied (Abbott, 1991; Barakat et al., 1995; Kelso & Smith, 1998; Medvec et al., 1993)
  • Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson, 1990a, b)

   

• List style (APA 7th edition). We will accept Harvard citation style. Either style has to be fully consistent.
  Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work.

• Journal article
  Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G., Hoffman, D., DeNiro, R., Cruz, P. et al. (2001). Writing labs and the Hollywood connection. Journal of Film Writing, 44(3), 213-245.

  Book (authored)
  Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

  Book (edited)
  Felner, R. D., Jason, L. A., Moritsugu, J. N., & Farber, S. S. (Eds.) (1983). Preventive psychology: Theory, research and practice. New York: Pergamon Press.

  Book chapter
  O'Neill, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York: Springer.

  Paper presented at a conference
  Phelan, J. C., Link, B. G., Stueve, A., & Pescosolido, B. A. (1996). Have public conceptions of mental health changed in the past half century? Does it matter? Paper presented at the 124th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York.

  Dissertation
  Trent, J. W. (1975). Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California.

  Newspaper article
  Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world of Star Trek. Los Angeles Times, p. A3.

  Online document
  Doe, J. (1999) Title of document. Available at http://www.rsc.org/dose/html. [Retrieved 15 Jan., 2001].

• Tables, graphics, figures and photographs

  • All tables, graphics and photographs are number consecutively using Arab numerals and should be referred to in the text as well as having a caption. 

  Recommended format

   

• Tables: editable Word table (docx.)

• Figures, diagrammes and graphics : PDF or TIFF

• Photographs: TIFF or high resolution JPEG
  • Give sources for all materials used

     

• Proof reading
  Please proof read the final version. After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.

• Additional information can be obtained from responsible Managing Editor :
  Prof. Dr. Martyn Rawson
  
  Email: martyn.rawson@alanus.edu