No paper that has been previously published, that has been copyrighted, or that is being considered for publication elsewhere, should be submitted to the JSCC. Nor may a paper that is under consideration by the JSCC be submitted elsewhere.
The submitted article must be written in Microsoft Word format and in B Lotus 12 font, and all parts of the article, including the abstract, body of the text, and full-text references, must be 8,500 words (for quantitative articles and 10,000 words for Qualitative articles).
Authorship Statement Form: When submitting a manuscript to the Journal, all contributing authors are required to complete, sign, and submit an Authorship Statement Form. This form verifies that the manuscript represents authentic and valid work, and that neither this manuscript nor one with significantly similar content under their authorship has been published or is being considered for publication elsewhere, including electronically in the same form, in English or in other languages, without the written consent of the copyright holder.
Conflicts of Interest Form: A Conflict of Interest is defined as a set of conditions in which professional judgment concerning a primary interest, such as the validity of research, may be influenced by a secondary interest, such as financial gain. A Conflict of Interest Disclosure is an agreement or declaration by the author(s) that they have not been paid for the work, or if they have, stating the source of their payment. The Conflict of Interest Disclosure provides readers of the manuscript with information about authors' interests that could influence how they receive the work. The author(s) are obliged to submit a Conflicts of Interest form and assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the submitted manuscript.
According to the Journal of Continuity and Social Change policy, four types of articles in this journal are eligible for review and publication: 1) research articles, 2) review articles, 3) viewpoints (or viewpoints), and 4) technical articles (see more details here). Moreover, all manuscripts must contain essential elements such as
1-Title,
2-Abstract,
3-Keywords,
4-Introduction,
5- Review of research background,
6- Theoretical considerations,
7-Materials and methods,
8- Findings,
9-Results and discussion,
10-Acknowledgement,
11-References.
Tables
Tables and graphs should not be submitted as photographs or images. Tables should be embedded within the text. Each table should have a clear and logical structure with consecutive numerical order (i.e., 1, 2, 3, etc.). For each table, include a caption that explains its components. The number of tables used in the article should not exceed 7 tables. If necessary, it is recommended that the tables of the article be combined with each other as much as possible and summarized in a smaller number of tables. The information presented in the tables should not be repeated in the form of diagrams in the article.
Figures
Figures and illustrations should be of high quality and embedded within the text. The following guidelines should be applied to figures:
Each figure should have a concise caption that accurately describes what the figure depicts. Include the captions as text of the manuscript and do not embed them in the figure.
In the case of graphs, it is necessary to specify the titles of horizontal and vertical axes for all graphs.