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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts electronically no more than 7000 words in English. The submitted manuscripts should follow the format available in the author guideline.

Title Page

The title page should include:

  • the name(s) of the author(s). Provide the e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author.
  • the separate affiliation statement (as a footnote on the first page) for each author listed in the byline. This statement should include their position/title, address, and university affiliations if applicable. It is important that each author has a footnote and no authors share a footnote, even if they are from the same institution.

Abstract

An abstract is a few sentences that give the main idea in an article or a scientific paper.

An abstract is very important for making your article easy to discover and telling readers what they can expect to learn. The abstract considers the selling pitch of your article, and whether the reader will read and cite your article.

 When writing an abstract, you should focus on:

  • What your research is about
  • What methods have been used
  • What you found out
  • What is your conclusions and implications (theoretical and practical)

The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results, and the major conclusions with a maximum word limit of about 200 words.

Keywords

After writing the abstract, provide 3 to 5 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple conceptsexcept for technical terms (for example : human development index). 

Writing Format

Please refer to journal template

Text Formatting

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.

  • Use Times New Roman as font for titles, headings and subheadings, 16 point.
  • Use 11-point Times New Roman for text.
  • Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
  • Use the automatic line numbering.
  • Use the equation editor or Math Type for equations.
  • Figures and Tables will be written as Fig. 1 and Table 1 in the text. To identify the part of any element, it should be written as Fig. 1(a). Caption lists for each figure and table should be provided after the references. (maximum number of table and/or figure in text is 5)
  • Please submit tables as editable text and not as images
  • Please avoid using verical rule and shading in table
  • Other tables and figures showing the research process can be put in appendix
  • Save your file in .docx or .doc format (Word document). Manuscripts with mathematical content can also be submitted in LaTeX.
  • For referencing, use APA 6th edition style.

Conclusions

Include a section under the heading "Conclusions" or "Summary and Conclusions" that presents the significant implications of the information presented in the body of the manuscript.

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.

References

Please use APA 6th edition for referencing purposes. Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:

  • Concrete model was developed (Kent & Park, 1990).
  • In contrast to the recent study done by Chopra et al. (2012)
  • Many studies have been done to model the stress–strain relationships of confined and unconfined concrete (e.g., Hognestad 1951; Kent & Park 1971; Mander et al. 1988; Saatcioglu & Razvi 1992).

Reference list

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.

Writer must use Mendeley to manage their references

 

Examples for reference lists:

Use APA 6th ed. For referencing guide

Journal articles:

Berto, L., Vitaliani, R., Saetta, A., & Simioni, P. (2009). Seismic assessment of existing reinforced concrete structures affected by degradation phenomena. Structural Safety, 31(4), 284-297.

Books:

South J., and Blass, B. (2001). The future of modern genomics’. Blackwell, London.

Chapter in books:

Ozcebe, G., Sucuoglu, H., Yucemen, MS., & Yakut, A. (2006). Advances in earthquake engineering for urban risk reduction. In  Wasti, ST & G. Ozcebe  (Eds),  In defence of Zeytinburnu ( 2nd ed., pp.95-116). Netherlands: Springer, Inc.

Dissertation:

Mander, J.B. (1984). Seismic Design of Bridge Piers. (Doctorak thesis, University of Canterbury, New Zealand).

Online document:

Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center. (2009). PEER strong motion database. (University of California, Berkeley). Retrieved from http://peer.berkeley.edu. Downloaded on 10-10-2015.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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).
  3. The submission file is in Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF, or Word Perfect document file format.
  4. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  5. The text is single-spaced; uses a 10-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.
  6. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
    • E-mail address 
    • Full postal address 
    • Phone numbers
    • Keywords 
    • All figure captions 
    • All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
    • Reference are in the correct format for in this journal, use APA 6th edition
    • Manuscript has been 'spell-checked' and 'grammar-checked'
    • All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa
    • Use Mendeley to manage all the references
 

Copyright Notice

1) Who Owns Copyright? 

Authors retain copyright in their articles.

2) License on the Final Published Article 

By default, STI Policy and Management Journal publishes the final published article (Version of Record, “VoR”) under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (attribution required; non-commercial reuse; derivatives must use the same license). Any alternative license will be indicated on the article and requires prior agreement. Any alternative Creative Commons license may be applied only upon STI Policy and Management Journal’s prior written approval, requested by the corresponding author at or before acceptance by emailing the address listed on STI Policy and Management Journal's Contact page and specifying (i) the exact license sought, (ii) any funder/institutional mandate, and (iii) the manuscript title and ID. The alternative license becomes effective only when STI Policy and Management Journal issues written confirmation and the license is shown on the article’s webpage and PDF; until then, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 applies. STI Policy and Management Journal may decline requests at its discretion.

3) License to Publish 

Authors grant STI Policy and Management Journal (BRIN) a non-exclusive License to Publish the VoR and to reproduce, distribute, publicly display, communicate, translate, index, preserve, and otherwise make the VoR available in all media and formats, worldwide, for the duration necessary to ensure permanent scholarly access. STI Policy and Management Journal may use trusted third-party services (e.g., DOI registration, indexing, preservation). To prevent duplicate publication, authors agree not to publish the same or a substantially similar article in any other scholarly journal. Publication can proceed only after the corresponding author has signed the License to Publish (LTP) Agreement. The License to Publish Agreement template is available for download.

4) Author Rights 

Authors may: share with colleagues; use in teaching; present at conferences; include in theses/dissertations, books, encyclopedia entries, or monographs; create non-commercial derivatives with citation; retain patent/trademark rights; self-archive preprints and accepted manuscripts (AAM) per Section 5.

5) Preprints & Self-Archiving 

  • Preprints: allowed at any time. Upon publication, add the VoR citation/DOI and a link to the VoR.
  • AAM (Author Accepted Manuscript): may be deposited without embargo in personal, institutional, or disciplinary repositories with the VoR citation/DOI, link, and a note of the VoR’s license.
  • VoR (Version of Record): where an AAM license differs from the VoR’s license, the AAM license applies to the AAM only; the VoR remains governed by the license shown on the article.

6) Text & Data Mining (TDM)

TDM of the VoR/AAM is permitted under the VoR/AAM license with attribution and VoR DOI links; derivative corpora containing expressive content must follow the applicable share-alike terms where relevant. 

  • Access: respect robots.txt/rate limits; do not circumvent access controls. Bulk access may be provided via STI Policy and Management Journal APIs or datasets on request.
  • Intermediate copies: allowed for non-commercial research.
  • Outputs: non-commercial sharing permitted; cite VoR DOIs and the applicable license.
  • Suspension: STI Policy and Management Journal may suspend access for abuse; previously granted CC rights remain for lawful copies.

Exceptions & Additional Permissions

  • Educational cost-recovery: non-profit accredited institutions may reproduce the VoR with attribution, VoR DOI, and CC BY-NC-SA notice.
  • Government/Institutional deposit: AAM/VoR deposit allowed where mandated, with VoR citation/DOI and correct license statement.
  • Commercial reuse pathway: for commercial uses outside the CC BY-NC-SA license, users must obtain written permission from the copyright holders (authors). 
  • Translations & adaptations: permitted under the VoR’s CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 with attribution and ShareAlike; include the VoR DOI link; permitted adaptations are not duplicate journal publications.

7) Third-Party Content 

Some figures/tables may carry different licenses or require permission. Users must follow the credit lines and obtain any additional permissions.

 

 

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