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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 OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Article format, citations & references should fully comply with the American Psychological Association (APA) Style. The order of the content should be as follows: Title page, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Objectives/Hypothesis, Literature Review, Materials and Methods, Findings and Analysis, Discussion and Conclusion, Recommendations, References, Appendixes, Tables and Figures with caption. (N.B. Each of these elements is not a mandatory part of every paper).
  • 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 Author (s) must submit a declaration form and authorization in favour of the Editor of the said journal (available at: https://jstr.bousst.edu.bd) along with the cover letter.
  • Declaration of conflict of interests: To avoid unnecessary complications about authors’ contributions and their appropriate order in the author list and other issues of interest, it is highly recommended that the author(s) submit a declaration of consent and author contribution from all authors (for a single author, it is not applicable) during submission of the manuscript.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Make sure your article doesn't contain any AI-generated text. Also, check your article with the Turnitin Software before submission.

Author Guidelines

1. Two copies of the manuscript should be submitted in DOC/PDF format through the online submission portal of JSTR (https://jstr.bousst.edu.bd), typed in English on A-4 size paper (Times New Roman; font: 12-pt) in double space. One copy must exclude the author's names, affiliations, and acknowledgement. This copy will be used for the review process. Pages should be numbered chronologically. Articles should not exceed 3,000 (three thousand) words in length (excluding the references/bibliography).

2. Article format, citations, & references should fully comply with the American Psychological Association (APA) style. The order of the content should be as follows: Title page, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Objectives/Hypothesis, Literature Review, Materials and Methods, Findings and Analysis, Discussion and Conclusion, Recommendations, References, Appendixes, Tables, and Figures with caption. (N.B. Each of these elements is not a mandatory part of every paper.).
Title page: This should include the title of the article, followed by the authors' names and affiliations, complete mailing address, e-mail, and telephone number of the corresponding author, who will be responsible for revising the manuscript according to reviewers’ and editor's comments.
Abstract: This should be on the 2nd page of the manuscript. The title should also be written on the top of the abstract. The abstract should consist of 200–250 words.
Keywords: A list of 3-6 keywords is to be provided directly below the abstract. Keywords should reflect the precise content of the manuscript and comprise words or phrases.

3. Tables, graphs, and figures: Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Good quality artwork files (jpg/png preferred) with a minimum of 300 dpi should be provided. Each figure must be referred to in the text, be numbered, and have a caption. The same data should not be used for the tables, graphs, or figures. The appropriate place of the figure should be indicated in the margin of the text. The axes of the figures must be labelled properly.

5. For each text citation, there must be a corresponding citation in the reference list and vice-versa.

6. Declaration of conflict of interests: To avoid unnecessary complications about authors’ contributions and their appropriate order in the author list and other issues of interest, it is highly recommended that the author(s) submit a declaration of consent and author contribution from all authors (for a single author, it is not applicable) during submission of the manuscript.

7. Acknowledgements (if applicable): All who contributed (laboratory facilities, writing assistance, proofreading the article, etc.) but do not somehow fulfil the standard to be named as an author should at least be acknowledged. Funding sources should also be mentioned with the grant number (if any).

8. The author(s) must submit a declaration form and authorization in favour of the Editor of the said journal (available at: https://jstr.bousst.edu.bd) along with the cover letter.

9. Measurement Unit: All measurements must be given in metric units.

10. Author Contributions: a) Conceptualization; b) Design; c) Acquisition of data; d) Analysis of data; e) Interpretation of data; f) Drafting the article; g) Revising the article; h) Final approval for publication; i) Accountable for all aspects of the work.

11. Address for Submission: Online submission portal at https://jstr.bousst.edu.bd

12. Manuscripts, that do not conform to the above guidelines, will not be considered for publication.

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