Call for Papers — Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026). Rolling review, decisions in 8–10 weeks.
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Author guidelines
Everything required to prepare a manuscript for the HGU Research Journal: article types and requirements, formatting rules, editorial policies, and a pre-submission checklist. Start from the official template to save a revision round.
Formatting
House style rules
Manuscripts that depart from these rules are returned before review. The downloadable template already applies every rule in this section.
Page setup
- US Letter or A4, portrait, 1-inch (2.54 cm) margins on all sides.
- 12pt serif body text (Times New Roman or equivalent), double-spaced throughout.
- First line of every paragraph indented 0.5 inch; no blank line between paragraphs.
- Continuous line numbers are welcome but not required; page numbers bottom-centre.
Headings
- Maximum three levels, numbered decimally: 1., 1.1, 1.1.1.
- Level 1 bold, 16pt; level 2 bold, 13pt; level 3 bold italic, 12pt.
- Do not use all-caps headings and do not begin a section on a forced new page.
Title, abstract and keywords
- Title in title case, 15 words maximum, no abbreviations.
- Structured abstract of 150–250 words: background, purpose, methods, results, conclusion.
- Four to six keywords, lower case, separated by semicolons.
Tables and figures
- Numbered sequentially in order of first mention (Table 1, Figure 1).
- Titles above tables, captions below figures; add a source line for reused material.
- Figures supplied at 300 dpi minimum in PNG, TIFF or vector PDF; legible in greyscale.
- No screenshots of tables — supply tables as editable text.
Language and style
- British or American spelling, applied consistently within the manuscript.
- Define every abbreviation at first use; avoid abbreviations in the title and abstract.
- SI units, with non-SI equivalents in parentheses where conventional in the field.
- Statistics reported with test statistic, degrees of freedom, exact p value and effect size.
References
- APA 7th edition for in-text citations and the reference list, without exception.
- Alphabetical reference list with a 0.5-inch hanging indent.
- DOIs given as full https links; retrieval dates only for unstable sources.
- Every in-text citation must appear in the list, and every entry must be cited.
Files to upload
- Manuscript (.docx preferred, PDF accepted) fully anonymised for blind review.
- Title page as a separate file with names, affiliations, ORCID iDs and corresponding author.
- Figures as separate files when larger than 2 MB in total.
- Optional cover letter, plus ethics approval or consent documents where applicable.