Author Guidelines

All research published in The Novaturient: Journal of Qualitative Research (NJQR) must meet our rigorous technical and ethical standards.

Flexibility

We provide our authors flexibility in formatting their manuscripts. Your article doesn’t have to conform to a strict structure. While all manuscripts require essential elements, we do not impose any limit on article length or the number of tables and figures. The Novaturient: Journal of Qualitative Research (NJQR) is 2 issues per year publication and publishes 2 volume and 2 issues each year.

Submission checklist

  • All manuscript and supplementary material files have been uploaded.
  • All author names and their affiliations have been provided correctly. The sequence of authors has been discussed and agreed upon with the co-authors.
  • One author has been designated as corresponding author.
  • The manuscript title is short and informative.
  • The abstract can be read as stand-alone text and does not exceed 300 words.
  • The manuscript file contains all essential sections (the order can vary): Title, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, References, Figure Captions, Tables.
  • For Case Reports / Case Series.
  • For systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
  • Manuscript has been checked for spelling and grammar.
  • All references mentioned in the References list are cited in the text, and vice versa.
  • Artwork source files have been provided at the appropriate size and resolution.
  • Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources including the Web. You can refer to Elsevier’s Permissions Guidelines for more information. Relevant subject areas have been selected and keywords describing the article have been provided.
  • All necessary declarations have been made.
  • Make sure that your articles are prepared using the articles template. Download here the article template.

General notes

Article types
Our scope is inclusive; Novaturient: Journal of Qualitative Research (NJQR) publishes articles covering any research discipline. We welcome the submission of manuscripts that report original results of primary research (positive or negative), describe new methods or other research tools, describe new datasets, report new cases, or analyze existing data and report novel insights in form of a systematic or scoping review. In addition, we publish a selected number of literature reviews. We do not accept pre-submission enquiries, or any type of opinion style piece.

Language
Please note that manuscripts with inadequate language quality will not be accepted in the journal. Your submission must be free of language phrasing, syntax, grammatical and typographical errors. Authors who require assistance in writing manuscripts in proficient English language are strongly encouraged to avail professional editing services, such as Elsevier’s English language editing services (Language Editing Services - Manuscript Editing - Webshop | Elsevier). All manuscripts edited with Elsevier's Language Editing services are accompanied by a certificate that may be submitted to the journal as proof for language editing. Poor language may lead to rejection of your manuscript during initial editorial evaluation or at the review/revision stages. To ensure smooth processing of your manuscript from submission through publication, authors must ensure that their submission meets the required language standards for scientific reporting.

Use of inclusive language
Inclusive language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities. Content should make no assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any reader; contain nothing which might imply that one individual is superior to another on the grounds of age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition; and use inclusive language throughout. Authors should ensure that writing is free from bias, stereotypes, slang, reference to dominant culture and/or cultural assumptions. We advise to seek gender neutrality by using plural nouns ("clinicians, patients/clients") as default/wherever possible to avoid using "he, she," or "he/she." We recommend avoiding the use of descriptors that refer to personal attributes such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition unless they are relevant and valid.

When describing relevant and valid racial and ethnic identities, please capitalize those identities (e.g. African-American, Asian, Black, Caucasian, Latin, White etc.) and use these as adjectives (i.e. Black scientists, Latin clinicians) and not as nouns (i.e. Asians).

These guidelines are meant as a point of reference to help identify appropriate language but are by no means exhaustive or definitive.

Webshop author services
If you are in need of professional language editing, translation and/ or scientific illustration services we recommend the Elsevier Webshop Author Services.

Cover letter

A covering letter is not mandatory, as we request all essential information at submission. However, you are welcome to provide a cover letter containing any additional information that you would like us to be aware of, such as information on suggested or excluded editors and referees.

Manuscript organization

Except for protocols, we do not have strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to convey the content in clearly defined sections: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion and/or Conclusions, Figures and Tables with captions, and any Supplementary material required.

Text
Please provide your manuscript in an editable format; any common word processing software is acceptable. We recommend the Elsevier article class to prepare your manuscript, and use the Mendeley manager reference application with Format Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition (full note);, please supply a PDF/DOCX version of your manuscript in addition.

Articles can be written in English.

Title
Please provide a title that is concise and informative; ideally it should contain no more than 20 words. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems so please keep in mind that your choice of title may impact how easily readers can discover your article.

Authors
Corresponding authors need to ensure that at the time of submission all authors, their authorship roles, their affiliations and funding information is correctly associated with the manuscript. Journal of Society Innovation and Development will not accept changes to the authorship list in the late stages of the editorial process, after acceptance or after publication.

Abbreviations

Please define all abbreviations at first use.

Highlights (optional)

Highlights are bullet points that convey the core findings of your paper and help to increase the discoverability of your article via search engines. You may include up to five highlights, which should individually not be longer than 85 characters including spaces. Please provide your Highlights between the title and abstract sections of your manuscript file.

Abstract

The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. Abstracts are often presented and read as stand-alone text, so please keep this in mind when writing, and avoid the use of references and abbreviations.

Introduction

Please provide adequate background information, while avoiding a detailed literature review, and state the objectives of your work in light of previous findings.

Theory/ calculation (if applicable)

A theory section should extend, not repeat, the background information provided in the introduction, and lay the foundation for further work. In contrast, a calculation section represents a practical development from a theoretical basis.

Results

Results should be presented in a clear and concise manner, with a complete and insightful analysis and well-chosen graphical presentation of results.

Discussion

A Discussion should explore the significance and implications of the findings and their limitations, with reference to all other relevant studies and possibilities these suggest for future research. A discussion should not be a repetition of the results section and often a combined results and discussion section is appropriate.

Conclusions (optional)

The main conclusion(s) of the study may be presented in a short conclusions section, as a stand-alone section or in form of a subsection of the discussion or results and discussion section.

Materials and methods

Please provide careful and clear reasoning for the selection of methodology as well as clear and precise description of procedure and materials. The level of detail should be sufficient to allow for the work to be reproduced. Previously published methods should be shown in a reference; you only need to describe relevant modifications.

Acknowledgements

Please collate all acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article, before the references.

References

Please ensure that the references in your manuscript are comprehensive, accurate, relevant, and up-to-date.

Formatting

References should be in a numbered style. We highly encourage the inclusion of DOIs to ensure references are citable and discoverable. Where applicable, author name(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter, pagination and the DOI should be included. Journal names should be abbreviated according to the List of title word abbreviations. Journal of Society Innovation and Development’s reference style will be applied to the accepted article at the proof stage. Any missing data will be highlighted at this stage for you to correct.

APA citation style requires reference lists, not bibliographies. The reference list must be alphabetically ordered, and entries must have a hanging indent. Do not include personal communications, such as letters, memoranda, and informal electronic communications. Instead, cite personal communications only in text.

 

Baudrillard, J. (1994). Simulacra and Simulation. Idea, 29(4), 164. doi:10.1017/S1359135500001081

Bivan, A. D., Iwoketok, U. E., & Agye, Z. (2018). Hybridity and Ambivalence: the Consequence of the Diaspora Compromise. Diaspora Studies, 11(1), 25–37. doi:10.1080/09739572.2017.1331608

Caine, B., & Pringle, R. (1995). Introduction. In B. Caine & R. Pringle (Eds.), Transitions: New Australian Feminism (pp. x–xiv). Sidney: Allen and Unwin.

Drummond, M. J. N. (2002). Men, Body Image, and Eating Disorders. International Journal of Men’s Health, 1(1), 89–103. Retrieved from http://www.mensstudies.info/OJS/index.php/IJMH/article/view/398

Flick, U., von Kardorff, E., & Steinke, I. (Eds.). (2004). A Companion to Qualitative Research. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.

Plews, J. L. (2001). Friedrich Dürrenmatts Der Richter und sein Henker: Gluttony, Victory, and Justice. Monatshefte, 93(1), 87–97. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30153970

Soler, N. P. (2012). Food and Taste in Detective Stories. In M. D. A. Linde, M. J. D. L. T. Moreno, & L. T. Zuniga (Eds.), Into Another’s Skin. Selected Essays in Honour of Maria Luisa Danobeitia (pp. 119–129). Granada.

Sugiyono. (2013). Metode Penelitian Pendidikan Pendekatan Kuantitatif, Kualitatif, dan R&D. Bandung: Alfabeta.

Walker, H. (Ed.). (1999). Food in the Arts. In Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1998. Devon: Prospect Books.

For details please consult Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th ed

Figure captions

Please provide figure captions at the end of your manuscript. A caption should be self-contained and consist of a brief title and a concise description of the illustration. All symbols and abbreviations used should be explained.

Tables

We recommend providing tables within your manuscript file where possible, ideally using a single table grid for each individual table, otherwise using tabs to separate columns. Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. You should number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body.

Mathematical equations

Please ensure that mathematical equations are submitted in an editable format and not as images. You should present simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible, and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables should be presented in italics. It is often more convenient to denote powers of e by using exp. You should number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).

 

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