Review Article

GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW ARTICLE

A review article is a comprehensive summary of the current understanding of a specific research topic and is based on previously published research. The review should provide comprehensive summary of the current state of knowledge of the subject. The review should contain present background information, critical analysis of studies and works that has been done, including limitations, significance, knowledge gaps and the future focus of the filed. The review should address fundamental concepts, recent findings and important unresolved issues. 

Title

The title should be brief and no more than 15 words. It should clearly describe the overall content of the manuscript. A clear link should be evident between the title, objective, findings and conclusions

Authors’ names

Author list: Use author(s) full legal name in the order the names should be published; do not use initials. Include author affiliation.

Corresponding author: Include full name, mailing address and email address

Abstract

The abstract should contain 250 words and should not contain any undefined abbreviations.

Key words

Please provide 4 to 6 keywords.

Introduction

The introduction should describe the background of the review, significance or rationale and the objective(s) of the review.

Body

Provide details of the review using appropriate sections/headings depending on the subject matter and type of review.

 Conclusions and recommendations

Summarize the key findings, new interpretations, new insights that have resulted from the review. Include suggestions for future investigation on the work where necessary. Avoid conclusions that are not supported by data.

Acknowledgements

Place the acknowledgments after the conclusion and recommendations.

References – Refer to the author guidelines for research articles.

Fonts

  • Use Tahoma font type size 12.
  • The font must be consistent throughout the document.
  • Italics should only be used when appropriate (scientific text, titles of works).
  • Font colour must be black for all main text; coloured font may be used for charts, graphs, maps etc.

Margins

  • Use normal margin measuring 1 inch (or 2.54 cm).
  • The text should be justified.
  • Tables and figures, including their captions must conform to margin requirements.

 Spacing and indentations

  • The text should be 1.5 spaced.
  • Text for figures and table captions, footnotes, items within tables and lists in appendices are single spaced.
  • The first line of each paragraph should be indented using a standard tab indent

 Tables

  • Tables should be placed as close as possible to their first mention in the text.
  • Tables should be editable tables in a Word document. 
  • If a table continues on more than one page, repeat column headings on subsequent page(s).
  • All columns must have headings.
  • Leave no space between lowercase letters and their preceding values (e.g., 731.2ab).
  • Do not footnote the title - use the unlettered first footnote to include general information necessary to understand the title (e.g., define terms, abbreviations, and statistical tests).
  • Use approved abbreviations or abbreviations already defined in the text and define others in the general footnote. 

 Figures

  • Figures should be at least 300 dpi, or 1200 dpi for line graphs.
  • Photographs should be treated as figures
  • The quality in which figures are submitted is the quality in which they will print—please ensure figures are high quality.
  • The following file types of figures are accepted: tif (preferred), eps (preferred), rtf, ppt/pptx, pdf, ps, psd, ai, gif, png. Figures should be in their native format for best quality.
  • Maximum height: 240 mm.
  • Maximum width (one-column figure): 82 mm.
  • Maximum width (two-column figure): 171 mm.