Author Guidelines

Author Resources Manuscript Format & Structure

Technical Specifications

Font: Times New Roman
Size: 12-point font
Paper: A4 Standard
Spacing: Single Line
Core Components
  • • Title & Abstract: Title should be concise (max 20 words). Abstract must not exceed 250 words.
  • • Keywords: Provide 4 to 6 keywords for indexing purposes.
  • • Introduction: State the objectives and provide an adequate background.
  • • Methodology: Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced.
  • • Results & Discussion: Results should be clear and concise; Discussion should explore the significance of the work.
  • • Conclusion: The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short section.
Visual Data

Figures and tables must be centered, numbered sequentially (Table 1, Figure 1), and cited in the text. Tables should be editable text, not images.

References

Adhere strictly to APA (7th Edition) standards. All cited sources in text must appear in the reference list, and vice versa. DOI links should be included where available.

Submission Guidelines

Peer Review: All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process. Reviewers' identities are kept anonymous from authors, and vice versa.

Originality: Submissions must be original, not previously published, and not under consideration by another journal. Plagiarism check via Crossref/iThenticate is mandatory.

Open Access: Upon acceptance, articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Ethics & Integrity

Southern Cross Academic Press follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. We are committed to ensuring research integrity, protecting intellectual property, and addressing any instances of data fabrication or unethical authorship.