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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.
  • 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).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word format.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-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.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • Article processing charge: If the paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to pay 300USD.

Author Guidelines

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, will not be published elsewhere in the same form. 

International Journal of Community Development (IJCD) has a web-based system for the submission of manuscripts. Please read the Manuscript Submission guidelines below, and then simply visit the journal’s site to login and submit your article online.

Word length: Articles should not exceed 10,000 words (excluding references).

Cover Page: This contains the title of the manuscript, all author names and their corresponding affiliations as well as complete mailing address,  and E-mail.

Title Page: The second page consists of the manuscript title, abstract (maximum of 250 words that reflects an abbreviated representation of the content of the manuscript including purpose, method, main results, conclusions, and/or recommendations), and up to seven keywords for indexing purposes. To facilitate the double-blind review process no material that identifies the author(s) should be placed on this page.

Text: The text should consist of an introduction, main body (including literature review, method, results, analysis, and discussion, as appropriate) and Conclusions. Text citations should adhere to the following examples: (Bram, 1994) or(Aronsson, 2001, 2002; Labonte & Laverack, 2005; Kwan, et al., 2003) or(Limbert, 2004, p.7) (for quoted material). Abbreviations should be fully spelled out in parentheses the first time that they are used in the text.

References: Authors should follow APA guidelines set forth in their Publication Manual (6th edition) for text and reference list citations.

Article processing charge: If the paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to pay 300USD.

Any inquiries regarding manuscript submission may be directed to the editorial office at: ijcd@worldwscholars.org.

Copyright Notice

Copyrights for articles published in IJCD are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author's responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author.

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