Publishing Principles and Rules of the RIGEO
- Copyrights of the published manuscripts are concerned to the journal and legal and scientific responsibilities belong to its author(s).
- Submitted manuscripts must not have been published previously or must not be published elsewhere. Otherwise, the author(s) will be responsible for any inconvenience.
- Quotation can be taken from the articles published in RIGEO as long as they are referenced.
- The editorial boardwill examine and assess the articles which are submitted to the journal and if they don't meet the aims and objectives of the journal will not be taken into consideration.
- The editorial board has authorization to make grammatical and spelling alterations in the texts, if necessary.
- Manuscripts which meet the basic criteria of RIGEO will be sent to two referees for their comments.
- The final publicatins of the articles will be decided by the issue editor on the basis of referees' comments. If the numbers of articles exceed the numbers which can be published in an issue, the articles to be published will be decided by the editorial board.
- If one of the authors doesn't accept the paper for publication that paper is send a third referee. At least two referees should find the submitted article which deserves to be published.
- If the articles are accepted for publication in RIGEO with required corrections, those will be sent to the authors with referees' comments electronically. The authors are required to make required changes and correcions in the manuscripts and return final draft of the article to RIGEO in certain period of time. Authors permitted to make objections on comments and corrections on the basis of concrete evidences.
- Author(s) will not be paid for their published articles.
- The status of the submitted articles can be viewed on the RIGEO website
Author Guidelines
General Information
The manuscript must be previously unpublished and not duplicate substantial portions of previously published material. Permission to reproduce copyright material must be obtained by the authors before submission and any acknowledgments should be included in the submission. Acknowledgment of source and copyright should be given in cases where photographs, data and media are reproduced.
It is important that authors prepare their papers according to established specifications. Failure to follow them may result in the submitted paper being delayed. Therefore, contributors are strongly encouraged to read these instructions carefully before preparing a manuscript for submission, and to check the manuscript for compliance with these notes before submitting it for publication. To make the writing process easier a manuscript template is prepared. Contributors are encouraged to use the format provided in the manuscript template.
All manuscripts should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, 5th edition; for more details, please check: http://www.apastyle.org) or you can click to follow link in order to read more about American Psychological Association System (APA Publication Manual ) Manuscripts that are not written in APA style will be returned back to the sender for reformatting.
Preparation of Text
We recommend an article size of not more than 20 pages. This includes tables, illustrations, references, etc. The text should be 12 point Times New Roman in single-column format and should be single-spaced throughout with right and left margins of at least 3 cm each. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spell-check" and "grammar-check" functions of your word-processor.
Tables and figures: Tables and figures must be embedded in the text, not appended to the end of the document. High-resolution graphics and image files must always be provided separate from the main text file. Figures need to be clear and efficiently constructed in order to keep file sizes from exceeding what the system can handle. Number the tables and figures consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns.
Footnotes: Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic numbers. Many word-processors build footnotes into the text and this feature may be used.Arrangement of the article
Title: Insert a concise (not more than 15 words) and informative title. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations: Indicate the names of the authors clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses below the names.
Corresponding author: Corresponding author: Clearly indicate with a footnote (Check RIGEO Manuscript Template) that who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Provide the full postal address of corresponding author, including the country name, phone number (with country and area code) (with country and area code) and the e-mail address.
Abstract: Each article should include an informative, comprehensive abstract of 100 to 150-200 words with 10 point. The abstract should explain the critical information related to the paper's aim, method, findings, results and conclusions. References, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided. Five key words should also be given after the abstract.
Keywords: Please insert five keywords.
Introduction: State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
Method: Research design and method should be clearly defined.
Findings: Findings should be clear and concise.
Discussion and Conclusion: This section should explore the significance of the results of the work. A combined "Discussion and Results" section is often appropriate. The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a "Conclusions" section, which may stand alone or be a subsection of a Discussion.
Acknowledgements: Place acknowledgements, including information on grants received, before the references, in a separate section.
Author(s) bio statement(s)
References: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Listed references here should follow the referencing style used by the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, 5th edition; for more details, please see: http://www.apastyle.org).
Citations in the text: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Citations in the text should follow the referencing style used by the American Psychological Association.
Reference list: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
Appendixes: Appendixes should be placed at the end of the manuscript, after the reference list. In studies towards to develop a measurement scale, items in the tool should certainly be situated either in the main text or in the appendix.
