Submission

Instructions for authors:

In order to  ensure the highest academic standards, the Board of Editors  follows a clear procedure to ensure the originality of submitted articles.

By submitting a text, an author declares that in the process of writing there has been neither ghostwriting (ghostwriting means that somebody else in addition to the author has contributed to the publication, yet their name is not mentioned as one of the authors), nor guest authorship (guest authorship means that the author’s contribution to the work is negligible or nil, yet they are listed as the author or a co-author of the publication).

Each author also signs an agreement with the Adam Marszałek Publishing House. After having the article accepted, authors are asked to send two signed copies of the standard agreement provided by the Asia-Pacific editor they are in contact with.

Manuscripts submitted to Asia-Pacific should not have been published elsewhere and should not be under review for publication elsewhere.

The electronic version of Asia-Pacific is published based on the following license: Open Access CC BY-NC-ND.

Editing information is included below. Authors are encouraged to consult recent issues of the journal available online for guidance on style and formatting. Authors with further questions should contact the Journal Secretary at azjapacyfik[at]swps.edu.pl.

STYLE GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

General guidelines:

• Asia-Pacific follows the APA style format. Please check the latest edition of the APA formatting and citation guidelines for details.
• Submitted manuscripts shall not exceed 8,500 words, or 3,500 words if the text is a review.
• Manuscripts should be submitted in electronic form via e-mail to – azjapacyfik[at]swps.edu.pl in a Word document or other common text editing format.
• A brief summary (250 words) and key words (5-8) should be attached to the manuscript.
• A note about the author, her/his mailing address, ORCID no, telephone number, e-mail address, name and address of the research institution should be provided. If the manuscript is part of a funded research project, information about the sources of funding should be included. If a manuscript is a co-authored paper, the contribution of each author should be indicated.

ABSTRACT

The manuscript should include an Abstract, which must not exceed 250 words. The Abstract should be comprehensible to readers before they have read the paper, and reference citations must be avoided.The abstract should clearly state the aim, the methods and findings of the article. Please attach 5 to 8 keywords.

MAIN TEXT

Spelling

Please follow American English standard spelling. Contributors who are not native speakers of English should consider having their manuscripts proofread by a native speaker before sending it to the journal. This may help to ensure that the academic content of the paper is fully understood by the editor and any reviewers.

Abbreviated terms

Abbreviated terms should be given in full on first use, with the abbreviated form in brackets; if used in the Abstract they should be re-defined at first mention in the main text.

Section headings

Section headings should not be numbered: first-level headings should be in bold text, second-level headings in italic text, and third-level headings in italic and included as part of the paragraph text.

Quotations

Quotations should be marked in italics; quotations of more than 3 sentences should be set apart from the main text and indented.

Tables and figures

Tables and Figures should be numbered sequentially, using Arabic numerals (e.g. Table 1, Table 2, Table 3; Figure 1, Figure 2 …). Each table and figure should have a brief descriptive title. Additional explanatory information can be provided as footnotes below the table or figure. All tables and figures must be cited in the text (e.g. “As Figure 3 illustrates …”).

Tables should be arranged as simply as possible, with any formatting (e.g. bold or italic text, indentation, shading, dividing lines) kept to a minimum. Column and row headings should be short, clear and self-explanatory, and any abbreviations should be defined in the table footnotes, even if already provided in the text.

Acknowledgements and funding statements

Acknowledgements can be provided in a short paragraph between the main text and the reference list. Sources of funding should be acknowledged in a footnote attached to the title of the paper.

Non-Latin script

When using words or names written in any non-Latin writing system in the text or in the references (e.g.Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc.) please include the Latin alphabet transcription or transliteration in italics, as well as English translation in brackets, separated by comma, i.e.:

孝 (xiao, filial piety)

Zhang, Ni. (1998). 邓小平的故事 (Deng Xiaoping de gushi, The story of Deng Xiaoping). Zhongguo Dangshi.

Accepted transcriptions/transliterations:

Chinese - Hanyu pinyin without tone marks

Korean - Revised Romanization of Korean (Ministry of Culture 2000) or McCune–Reischauer

Japanese - modified Hepburn system (e.g., ā,ō, Shinbashi)

Editorial rules

Provide the author (last name and initials*), year of publication (in brackets), title and subtitle (separated with a colon), and publisher of the book. Use the same format for both print books and ebooks.

• Include any edition information in the brackets after the title, without italics.
• If the book includes a DOI, include the DOI in the reference after the publisher name and a period.

* The names of East Asian authors should be written in full version, i.e. Chen, Zuoning, NOT Chen, Z.

Citing a Book:

Author, A. A. (Date). Title of book: Subtitle of book. Publisher.

example: Ebeling, G. (1979). The Study of Theology. Collins.

in the case of co-authored works up to 20 authors: list all of the authors and put an ampersand sign (&) before putting the last name: Author, A. A., Author, A. A., & Author A. A.

Citing an edited volume with one editor:

Editor, A. A. (Ed.). (Date). Title of book: Subtitle of book. Publisher.

Citing an edited volume with two or more editors:

Editor, A. A., & Editor, A. A. (Eds.). (Date). Title of book: Subtitle of book. Publisher.

example: Drozdowicz, Z. & Stachowski, Z. (Eds.). (2002). Ilustrowana encyklopedia religii świata. Wydawnictwo Kurpisz.

Citing a chapter in edited book:

Author, A. A. (Date). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor’s name (Ed.), Title of book (pp. chapter pages). Publisher.

Author, A. A., & Author, A. A. (Date). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor & A. A. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. chapter pages). Publisher.

Citing a journal article

Author, A. A. (Date). Title of a paper. Journal’s name, 8(3), 207–217.https://doi.org/xxxxxxxx

If a journal article has a DOI, include the DOI in the reference.

example: Schaefer, N. K. & Shapiro, B. (2019, September 6). New middle chapter in the story of human evolution. Science, 365(6457), 981–982. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay3550

In-text citations:

Parenthetical citations (Gawlikowski, 2022, p. 345); Gawlikowski (2020)

Narrative citations: Gawlikowski (2020)

with two authors:

(Betts & Garrett, 2018, p. 65)

with three or more authors:

(Betts et al., 2019, p. 67)

Quoting a quote:

Gawlikowski (2021) argues, “Quote.” (as cited in Fang, 2005, p. 22)

Citing a website, a text in a paper, etc.

Lyons, D. (2009, June 15). Don’t ‘iTune’ us: It’s geeks versus writers. Guess who’s winning. Newsweek, 153(24), 27.

Gray, D. D. (2023, March 31). Myanmar’s “forgotten people” bear brunt of war. Nikkei Asia. https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/Myanmar-s-forgotten-people-bear-brunt-of-war

REFERENCE LIST

The Asia-Pacific Journal uses APA style in-text citations and references that should be provided at the end of the article. All cited works should be included, and no un-cited works should be included. References should be arranged alphabetically by author’s surname. Works by the same author should be arranged by a second author, then by date.