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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.

  • 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).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word .doc or .rtf document file format.
  • Where available, the URL and/or DOI is provided for all references.
  • The text should be single-spaced, 11pt, Times New Roman font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all images, figures, and tables are embedded within the text at the appropriate points.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Paper submissions must be submitted by the author and/or the person who presented the paper or project at the Making Futures® conference hosted by Arts University Plymouth 17-19 October 2024. 

Papers should be 3,500-5,000 words plus up to (6) images in the following format:

  • Title: The name of the written work or project
  • Keywords: 5 keywords max. that identify the paper content or project
  • Introduction: Summary overview and relevance
  • Methodology: Methods, stages, and techniques
  • Results: Key findings or expected results
  • Discussion: Contribution and impact
  • References: List Relevant sources

References should be listed in Harvard Reference format:

  • In-text citations: are inserted into the body of your text and are included in the word count. The in-text citation should give the author(s) and publication date of a source you are referring to. If the publication date is not given, use the phrase 'no date' instead of a date. If using direct quotations or if you paraphrase a specific section in the source you also need the page number/s if available, or paragraph number for web pages.

  • Full references:  which are given in alphabetical order in a reference list at the end of your work and are not included in the word count. Full references give full bibliographical information for all the sources you have referred to in the body of your text. (book format: Author surname, initial. (Year) Book title. City: Publisher.; journal article format: Author surname, initial. (Year) ‘Article title’, Journal Name, Volume(Issue), pp. page range.) 

Both in-text citations and full end references are required. 

All texts must be submitted in English. 

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Copyright Notice

The author(s) certify that the manuscript submitted is their own original work; all authors participated in the work in a substantive way and are prepared to take public responsibility for the work; all authors have seen and approved the manuscript as submitted; the manuscript has not been published and is not being submitted or considered for publication elsewhere; the text, images, illustrations, and other items included in the manuscript do not carry any infringement/plagiarism issue upon any existing copyrighted materials.

The author(s) give consent for publication of this manuscript in Making Futures Journal (print, electronic or any other) and transfer copyright to the publisher and understand that manuscript will be accessible via Open Access.
 
The author(s) further state that there is no conflict of interests among the co-authors regarding publication of this manuscript.

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