Before starting the submission process we recommend that you review the journal's section policies, as well as the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.
**Types of contributions accepted for review are Original Research, Review Articles, Book Reviews, Case Studies and Monographic studies.
Note: Submitted manuscripts need to be prepared according to the standards of The Journal Of Contemporary Urban Affairs. The manuscripts that are not adequately prepared will receive desc rejection.
Manuscripts must be submitted online and proceeds are totally online. Authors will be guided stepwise in the creation and uploading of files. The electronic submission process reduces the time involved in editorial processing, review and submission for publication.
Please submit your article via:
https://ijcua.com/index.php/ijcua/about/submissions
To start the review process, the authors should submit at least two files including a cover letter and manuscript file (anonymous).
a) Cover Letter: The Author's academic title, The name(s), professional or academic affiliation(s), and email address(es) of the corresponding author(s), ORCID Number (s) should be submitted separately in one cover letter. You may use the following template as a cover letter. Cove Letter_Template.doc
b) Manuscript File (anonymous): The manuscript file should not contain the author's name or affiliation. Please use the following manuscript template for submission. Manuscript File_Template.doc
Note: In other to submit your manuscript, authors and co-authors MUST have an ORCID Number. Your ORCID profile should be up to date in such a way that our editors can easily reach your previously published content. You can obtain your ORCID Number from here
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check that their submission is in compliance with the following guidelines:
- The submitted manuscript has not been previously published or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. It is the author’s responsibility to indicate to the editor the existence of any work already published (or under consideration for publication elsewhere) by the author(s) that is similar in content to the submitted manuscript.
-The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format.
- Before submission authors needs to check their manuscript for possible accidental plagiarism. Some plagiarism checker websites include http://www.ithenticate.com/ www.duplichecker.com www.grammarly.com, www.plagtracker.com.
Note: To verify originality, your article will be checked by the originality detection service CrossCheck. For more info please see: CrossCheck Plagiarism Screening System
Structure of the manuscript: Your manuscript should have at least the following structure: 1. Introduction, 2. Materials and Methods, 3. Results, 4. Discussions, 5. Conclusions. Then you can add more subheadings in any part of the main headings. Acknowledgements, CRediT authorship contribution statement, Conflict of interests should also be added subsequently.
Appropriate citations to the literature: It is expected that the submitted manuscript appropriately acknowledge the surrounding literature for the topic. Articles with nonrelevant recent references will receive desk rejection.
Clarity of language: The language of the submitted manuscript must be clear and comprehensible to a global audience. Accordingly, please ask a native English speaker who is professional in the field of urbanism to proofread your manuscript.
Content relevance: Submitted manuscript must be consistent with the title and stated scope of the journal.
Grant support details: In case it is available, appropriate acknowledgement regarding the source of funding is recommended.
Reference Style: All manuscripts should be formatted using the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style. All the articles should have DOI numbers or they should be scientific books relevant to the title of your manuscript. Please make sure to use up-to-date references (Preferably after 2000). Less priority should be given to unofficial internet sources or URLs.
Note: Make sure to use Endnote (see how), Mendeley (see how) or Microsoft Word Referencing Program (see how) in APA style.
Note: The papers should not be less than 4,000 words, nor should exceed 7,000 words. The abstract should not be more than 200 words.
Note: For every in-text citation in your manuscript, there must be a corresponding entry in your reference list.
Note: References at the end of the manuscript should be set out in alphabetical order.
Note: Manuscripts that do not adhere to the above-mentioned guidelines will receive desk rejection.
Text Formatting: Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format, A4, Times New Roman, 12-point for abstract and keywords and 12-point for text.
-A complete manuscript file should be a maximum of 7,000 words including references, tables, figures and appendices.
- Italic font should be used to emphasise text, quotes or sentences.
-The use of abbreviations should be to a reasonable level or perhaps be avoided. If it is inevitable to use abbreviations, the letters in the first abbreviation should be used throughout the manuscript. using the first Abbreviations should be used throughout the text the same.
-For headings use a maximum of three levels. (1., 1.1., 1.1.1)
Title: The title of the manuscript should be concise and informative. The submitted title must be original and relevant to the scope of the journal.
Abstract: The abstracts should contain a maximum of 200 words. The abstracts should avoid any abbreviations and mathematical formulas. The abstract is a summarization of the full report, written in one or two paragraphs, and should include at least the purpose of the study, methodology, results, conclusions, and recommendations.
Keywords: should include 4-6 keywords.
Introduction: In the introduction paragraph, avoid a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Write your Introduction into three sections:
- “What” is known about the Research
- “What” is not known about the Research
- “Why” the research was done
Materials and Methods: Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.
Results: Results should be clear and concise.
Discussions: This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusions: The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
Acknowledgements: Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proofreading the article, etc.).
CRedit author statement: For transparency, authors are required to submit an author statement file outlining their individual contributions to the paper using the relevant CRediT roles: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editing. More details and an example
Conflict of interests: A conflict of interests exists when an author’s financial interests or other opportunities for tangible personal benefit may compromise, or reasonably appear to compromise, the independence of judgment in the research or scholarship presented in the manuscript submission.
Appendices: If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulas and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on. Tables and figures should be done in a similar way: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc. Appendices should come after References.
Footnotes and abbreviations: Footnotes should be avoided. Abbreviations should also be avoided. If inevitably used, footnotes should only contain additional text (comment), and not information about sources used. The abbreviations stated in tables and pictures should be explained.
If you have received revision (Minor or Major) from a journal it means that you have convinced the editors and reviewers that your article has original contribution to the literature. During the process of revision which sometimes might be stressful, you should develop a strategy to completely understand each comment which is given by the reviewers and/or editors. Considering this fact, the main reason that you receive revision is that the reviewers would like to see how and in what way you are revisioning your article. They want to see your academic knowledge, ability and professionality in the process of revision. One of these abilities is how much you can perceive different perspectives of one single concern of a reviewer and/or how you will be able to apply given comments in the different parts of your manuscript. If the reviewers realized that the response to the reviewers is not appropriate or they were not satisfied with the quality of your work in a given time they may reject your manuscript.
a-Rebuttal Letter: The rebuttal letter is an author's chance to directly reply to the reviewers, announce plans to improve the work, clear up misunderstandings or defend aspects of the work. Generally written by the corresponding author, your Rebuttal letter should include your manuscript details and a brief statement to note the resubmission. Please see the template from here
b- Author's Response to Reviewers and Editor Comments: in this file, it is required to describe, explain and justify your responses to the editor’s and reviewers' comments. See the template from: here
c- Track changes document: Return your revised manuscript with your revisions highlighted. Use a tool like Microsoft Word’s “track changes” feature. Please see the template from here
d- Clean version: Submit a “clean” version of your manuscript to show your work in its final form. This file is usually uploaded as the “manuscript” file and allows the editor to read your work without the distraction of marked-up detail, ensuring that it is ready for production.
Do’s:
-Do Pick your battles wisely: Even if you don’t agree with a minor change suggested by a reviewer, it’s usually easiest to just make the change. It shows you’re open to suggestions.
-Do identify where in the text you have made the changes.
-Do keep the tracked changes copy of your manuscript separate from your main manuscript.
-Do list each reviewer's comment and how you’ve addressed it. If you have decided not to respond to a comment, please explain why.
-Do provide a thorough, point by point response to the reviewers.
-Do thank the reviewers and editors for their time reviewing. Reviewers and editors are volunteers; they are taking their time to help you improve your manuscript.
-Be tactful when explaining why you disagree with the reviewer. To support your argument, you may use supplementary material, such as figures and tables, that you won’t include in the manuscript.
Don’ts:
- Don’t omit any concern raised by a reviewer. You should address each comment—either make the change or reject it and justify your choice.
- End the letter to the reviewer with a sentence such as, “We would like to thank the referee again for taking the time to review our manuscript.”
- When a reviewer fails to understand a point you made, don’t assume they’re ignorant. If they failed to understand something you wrote, you’ve failed to express your idea clearly, and you confused at least one reader. So, it’s likely the text needs editing for clarity and logic.
-Avoid giving yes or no answers. Even if you’ve been asked to make minor changes, such as correcting a misspelt word, say “We’ve corrected the typo.” If it’s a more serious mistake, you may also add “We apologize for our error.”
-Don’t avoid or ignore specific questions from reviewers as this can sometimes lead to reviewers deciding to decline the revision.
-Don’t just submit a tracked changes manuscript; provide a separate document listing the changes made. Tracked changes manuscripts can be submitted as an addendum to your responses.
-Don’t say “I’ve made all the recommended changes”. Say HOW you have made the changes.
-Don’t take the reviewer's comments personally.
For more information please see:
How to respond to reviewers’ comments: A practical guide for authors, by Cristina N. from here
How to respond to reviewer comments – the CALM way, by Catherine Carnovale from: here
How to write an effective “Response to Reviewers” letter, by Jeff Offutt from: here
All manuscripts should be formatted using the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style, which is used primarily in the social sciences. For additional examples, consult the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. You are referred to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4338-0561-5, copies of which may be ordered from http://books.apa.org/books.cfm?id=4200067 or APA Order Dept., P.O.B. 2710, Hyattsville, MD 20784, USA or APA, 3 Henrietta Street, London, WC3E 8LU, UK. Use of DOI is highly encouraged.
The author’s name [comma], initial / names [point], [open small brackets] year of publication [close little brackets] [point] title of the paper [point], the name of the magazine - in italics [comma] the number or volume - in italics [comma] page starting work [line] Page completing work [point].
Yavuz, A., Ataoğlu, N., & Acar, H. (2019). The Identification of the City on the Legibility and Wayfinding Concepts: A Case of Trabzon. Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 4(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2020.v4n2-1
The author’s name [comma], initial / names [point], [open small brackets] year of publication [close little brackets] [point] title deeds - in italics [point], the city (and state) [two counts], the publisher [Point].
Hirsch, Jr., E. D. (1996). The schools we need and why we do not have them. New York: Doubleday.
The author’s name [comma], initial / names [point], [open small brackets] year of publication [close little brackets] [point] title of the paper [point], In Proceedings ... (note that the work was published in a journal or book ...) The name of the publisher [open small brackets] Issue. (Note that this is a publisher) [Close little brackets] [comma] title of the collection - in italics [open small brackets] page starting work [line] Page completing work [point], the city (and state) [two counts], publisher [point].
Barrett, KC, & Campos, JJ (1987). Perspectives on emotional development: II. A functionalist approaches emotions. In Osofsky JD (Ed.), Handbook of Infant Development (2nd ed., pp. 555-578). Oxford, England: Wiley.
Note: If seven or more authors, list the names of the six authors, and the seventh and the other authors should be referred to as ‘’ and associates ‘’.
Adam, JJ, Paas, F. Teeken, JC van Loon, EM, Van Boxtel, MPJ, Houx, PJ, et al. (1998). Effects of age on performance and a finger-precuing task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 24, pp. 870-883.
The second and last author in a list of references is always stating afterwards conjunctions & English.
the author’s name [comma], initial / names [point], [open small brackets] day, month and year of publication [close little brackets] and the title [point], the name of the magazine or newspaper - italics [comma], number of journals or Newspapers - italics [comma], page beginning of the text [line] Page completing the text [point].
Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Beyond the Melting Pot. Time, 135, 28-31.
Note: When there is a need to mention the name of an article and the type of material it is, write the printed title of the book or article and indicate at the end of the title with a closed bracket if it is a brochure, video recording and the likes. See the example below:
Research and Training Center on Independent Living. (1993). Guidelines for reporting and writing about people with disabilities (4th ed.) [Brochure]. Lawrence, KS: Author.
The author’s name [comma], initial/names [point], [open small brackets] year of publication [close little brackets] [point] title of the paper [point], an indication of what kind of material is in square brackets, taken (note that work will take) the day, month and year, with (internet address).
Schwarzer, R. (1989). Statistics software for meta-analysis [Computer software and manual]. Retrieved March 23, 2001, http://www.yorku.ca/faculty/academic/schwarze/meta_e.htm
Note: When the list of references is made to the work that is being prepared for the press, after the authors’ name(s), in parentheses/closed bracket, write “in press” in English.
Zuckerman, M. Kieffer, SC (in press). Race differences in faceism: Does facial prominence imply dominance? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
The new health-care lexicon. (1983, August / September). Copy Editor, 4, 1-2.
Woolf, NJ, Young, SL, Famselow, MS, & Butcher, LL (1991). Map-2 expression in cholinoceptive pyramidal cells of rodent cortex and hippocampus is altered by Pavlovian conditioning [Abstract]. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 17, 480 harvesters.
Titles that are not in English: and the author want the research to be published in the journal in English, do the following: write the title in its original language, and then in a closed bracket, give the title translated into English. In addition to the title, everything else remains the original language.
Ising, M. (2000). Intensitätsabhängigkeit evozierter Potenzial their EEG: Sindh impulsive persons Augmenter stage Reducer? [Intensuty dependence and event related EEG potentials: Are impulsive individuals augmenters or reducers?]. Zeitschrift für Différentiel und diagnostisch Psychology, 21, 208-217.
Broadhurst, RG, & Maller, RA (1991). Sex offending and recidivism (Tech. Rep. No. 3). Nedlands: University of Western Australia, Crime Research Center.
When the list of sources cites a report of an organization or institution that has no author, it is best to indicate the owner or head of the organization, who can be or assumed to be the author.
Employee Benefit Research Institute. (1992, February). Sources of health insurance and characteristics of the uninsured (Issue Brief No. 123). Washington, DC: Author.
When the work was published on the Internet as a scanned copy, it should cite the original source noting that this is the electronic version.
Vandenbos, G. Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2001). The role of reference elements in the selection of resources by psychology undergraduates [Electronic version]. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 5, 117-123.
Note: If you download a work from the Internet that you believe is different from the original, indicate the date of downloads and web address.
Vandenbos, G. Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2006). The role of reference elements in the selection of resources by psychology undergraduates [Electronic version]. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 6, 217-223. Retrieved October 14, 2004, from http://jbr.org/articles.html
Note: When you download a document from the internet which has no date or author, the document name takes the place of the author’s name.
7th GVU’s WWW User Survey. (Od). Retrieved August 5, 2004, from http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/survey-1997-10/
Materials from the symposium or a scientific paper that was only presented, but not published, indicate the professional or academic event the paper was presented. If the author has uploaded it on the event website, it is recommended to include the name and web page.
Cuter, LD, Frölich, B., & Hanrahan, P. (1997, January 16). Two-handed direct manipulation on the responsive workbench. Paper presented at the 1997 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics. Abstract retrieved June 12, 2000, from http://www.graphics.standard.edu/papers/twohanded/
In referencing computer software, indicate the name of the software in italic.
Miller, M. E. (1993). The Interactive Tester (Version 4.0) [Computer software]. Westminster, CA: Psytek Service.
In referencing Data downloaded from government websites or another official organization website, indicate the filename of the data in italics.
Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. (1991). National Health Provider Inventory: Home health agencies and hospices, 1991. [Data file]. Available from the National Technical Information Service Web site, http://www.ntis.gov
Standards take according to Suzic, N. (2010). Pravila pisanja naučnog rada APA i drugi standardi [Rules scientific APA work and other standards]. XBS Banja Luka.
Note: You may use the following templates of references in APA style prepared by Victoria University. https://libraryguides.vu.edu.au/apa-referencing/7JournalArticles
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Citation of a reference as ‘in press’ implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
Nightlinger and Littlewood (2003) demonstrated ...
As has been shown (Busk & Serlin, 1993) ...
First time: Yan, G., Tian, H., Bai, X. & Rayner, K. (2006). found ...
Second time: Yan, G.et al. (2006) found ... (ibid, p. 12)
First time: (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 1999) ...
Second time: (NIMH, 1999) ...
These results present (‘’ Study Finds, ‘’ 2002) ...
The book College Bound Seniors (2003) ...
When work is labelled as anonymous, in a close bracket, indicate that it is anonymous and cite the year in English (Anonymous, 2011).
JM Goldberg and Neff (1961) and ME Goldberg and Wurtz (1972) studied ...
Past research (Edeline & Weinberger, 1991, 1993) ...
Past research (Gogel, 1984, 1990) ...
Several studies (Gogel, 1984, 1990a, 1990b) ...
Several studies (Balda 1980, Kamil 1988, Pepperberg & Funk, 1990) ...
The first definition of intrinsic motivation gave Decy (1975; see Suzić 2005, p. 108) ...
(James, 1890/1983)
(Myers, 2000, 5)
Decy (personal communication, April 18, 2001) ...
Important Note: Non-Latin scripts cannot be used in the references list, so everything needs to be transliterated to English. The original title should be written using Latin scripts and translation should be in bracket :
The easier way to cite references is to use efficient reference management software such as:
Mendeley (http://www.mendeley.com/features/reference-manager)
EndNote (http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp) and
Reference Manager (http://refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp).
Above management software have plug-ins to word processing where authors only need to select the appropriate journal template when preparing their article and the list of references and citations to these will be formatted according to the journal style as described in this Guide. If you cannot find an available template, see the list of sample references and citations provided in this Guide to help you format these according to the journal style.
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Authors who feel their English language manuscript may require editing to eliminate possible grammatical or spelling errors and to conform to correct scientific English may wish to use the available English Language Editing centres. During or after the review process of manuscripts if one of the editorial board members of the Journal Of Contemporary Urban Affairs realized that the article needs “English Editing and Proofreading”, it is the authors' responsibility to ask a native English speaker or any other organizations to provide proofreader version of the article.
Note: Editing should be done using Microsoft Word. Ask your “proofreader” to turn on “Track change” during the process of proofreading. So, the authors will submit the final edited version of the word file and another word file including the track change.
Note: Before the publication of the article all the articles need to go through the proofreading process.
Note: The following are English language guidelines for submissions to the Journal Of Contemporary Urban Affairs:
Online proof correction: The final version is created in PDF and authors have to accept the final version or immediately report the errors. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Please check carefully before replying, as the inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed.
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