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Author Guidelines

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Author Guidelines

1. Authors are expected to have an understanding of the Editor's Policies:

   [Aim and Scope]	[Publication Ethics]	[Peer Review Policy]
   [Copyright & License]	[Plagiarism Policy]	[Withdrawal Policy]
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2. All authors must have an ORCID iD. If you do not already have one, please register for an ORCID ID at https://orcid.org before submission. 
3. Manuscripts must be written in English. Submissions must be original, not previously published, and not under consideration elsewhere. Additionally, manuscripts must pass a plagiarism check, with a maximum Turnitin similarity of 20%.
4. Authors are required to register as authors on the journal’s platform. Registration and paper submission instructions are provided at the end of this guideline. Download Template to prepare the manuscript. Save the file, and use ‘Special Paste’ with ‘Unformatted Text’ to transfer content into the template. Manuscripts that do not adhere to the formatting guidelines may be pre-rejected.
5. Manuscripts should be submitted as *.doc, *.docx, or *.rtf files through the Open Journal System (OJS). To submit, authors must create an account [REGISTER if you do not have one or LOG IN if you already do].
6. If you do not already have an ORCID iD, register at https://orcid.org.
   ORCID iDs help ensure accurate attribution of work and improve the discoverability of research outputs.
7. The corresponding author must provide all author information, including names, affiliations, and a short biography. For multi-author submissions, use the ‘Add Contributor’ option to input each author’s data during the submission process.
8. The journal writing format is explained as follows:

Article Structure

Essential title page information

Title

The manuscript title should be accurate, informative, unambiguous, and specific. It should ultimately identify the paper's central issue. Indexing and abstracting services depend on the title's accuracy to extract keywords accurately for cross-referencing and computer searches. An improperly titled article will not reach the intended audience, so it is crucial to be specific.

Author names and affiliations

Author names should not contain academic titles, official ranks, or professional positions. Please clearly indicate each author's first name(s) and last/family name(s) -full name if possible- and ensure that all names are spelled accurately. Below are the names, including the department/unit name, faculty (if applicable), institution/university name, complete postal address, and the country of each author's affiliation. List the authors' contributions in order of importance.

Corresponding author

Please indicate the corresponding author responsible for all pre-publication, refereeing, and post-publication stages. This responsibility includes responding to any future queries regarding methodology and materials. Please ensure that the email address is provided and the contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.

Abstract

The Abstract should be 250 to 300 words. An unstructured abstract should be provided. Standard nomenclature should be used, and abbreviations should be avoided. No literature should be cited. The abstract should be informative and self-explanatory, clearly state the problem and the proposed approach or solution, and point out significant findings and conclusions.

Keywords

The keyword list allows you to add keywords used by indexing and abstracting services, in addition to those already present in the title. Judicious use of keywords may make it easier for interested parties to locate our article. Maximum 5-6 keywords.

Research article structure

The manuscript should begin with a title, author information, abstract, and keyword(s), followed by the main text. The main text should contain at least an IMRDC structure, except for the review article: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion, followed by Acknowledgments (optional), Declarations, References, and Nomenclature.

Introduction

The Introduction should provide a transparent background, a clear statement of the problem, a review of relevant literature, the proposed approach or solution, the value of the research, and conclude with the purpose of the study.

Material and Methods

Explaining research chronologically, including research design, research procedure (in the form of algorithms, Pseudocode, or other), how to test, and data acquisition. Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. References should support the description of the research process to ensure the explanation is scientifically valid. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.

Results and Discussion

This section should objectively describe the research's results and purposes. Results can be presented in figures, graphs, tables, and other formats to help readers understand them more easily. The discussion can be divided into several sub-chapters.

• Figures:
  • • All figures appearing in the article must be numbered in the order they appear in the text.
      Each figure must include a caption that clearly explains its content.
    • Figure captions are presented as paragraphs starting with the figure number, e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.
    • Figure captions appear below the figure.
    • Each figure must be fully cited if taken from another article.
    • All figures must be referred to in the body of the article.
• Tables:
  • • Tabular material must appear in a numbered captioned table.
    • All tables appearing in the article must be numbered in the order they appear in the text.
    • Each table must include a caption that fully explains its content and the table number (e.g., Table 1, Table 2).
    • Each column must have a clear and concise heading.
    • Tables are to be presented with a single horizontal line under the table caption, the column headings, and at the end of the table.
    • All tables must be referred to in the body of the article.
    • Each table must be fully cited if taken from another article.

Conclusion

The conclusion should describe how it addresses the research objectives. Provide a clear and concise conclusion. Do not repeat the Abstract or simply describe the results of the research. Give a clear explanation regarding the possible application and/or suggestions related to the research findings.

Literature review structure

Introduction

The introduction should explain the subject area's background to the reader. It must have a narrow focus on the relevant source. Therefore, this section must provide appropriate background information on the corresponding source and develop a research question. It also should align with the aim of the review article. The objective was placed at the beginning or end of the paragraph. The aim of the review paper is as follows:

• • Provide an integrated and synthesized overview of the current state of the research topic.
  • Identify inconsistencies in previous studies and provide a critical explanation,
  • Resolve ambiguities and definitions, and outline the scope of the topic,
  • Develop a conceptual framework to reconcile and extend past research,
  • Describe research insight, existing gaps for potential future research, and future research direction,
  • Evaluate existing methodological approaches and unique insights.

The section should end by explaining why the author(s) have written the paper and how they have dealt with the subject area.

Relevant Body

The body of the article review must be relevant to the source of literature. It also has a unique structure that involves a comprehensive, prospective, and synthesis summary of pertinent literature by defining the specific research question, hypotheses, substantive domain, theoretical approach, or methodology, synthesizing the results of previous studies, and then making a critical evaluation. Thus, it provides readers with new insights through a systematic comparison of multiple studies and demonstrates a state-of-the-art understanding of the research topic, rather than simply being a “book report” that merely describes prior research.

Conclusion

The conclusion of the review article should align with the experimental article and address the research objectives. Provide a clear and concise conclusion. Do not repeat the abstract or describe the research results. Give a clear explanation regarding the implications of the findings, possible applications, and/or suggestions related to the research findings. The paragraph must conclude by justifying the research question identified in the introduction.

Acknowledgements and Declarations

Acknowledgments

Collate acknowledgments in a separate section at the end of the article before the references. Please do not include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title, or otherwise. List here the individuals who assisted in manuscript preparation (e.g., language editing, writing assistance, proofreading).

Declarations

Author's contributions

For each author of your manuscript, please indicate the types of contributions the author has made.

Funding statement

The Journal of Hypermedia and Technology-Enhanced Learning requires authors to specify any funding sources (institutional, private, and corporate financial support) for the work reported in their paper. This information, such as the name of the funding organisation/s and the grant number, should be included at the end of the article under the heading ‘Funding’ and provided when submitting the paper. If there was no funding, the following wording should be used: “This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.” (NB: this does not apply to protocols). All material suppliers should be named, and their locations (town, state/county, country) should be included if appropriate. This information will be included in the published article.

Competing interest

All authors must declare interest before an article can be reviewed and accepted for publication.

References

The references are formatted in IEEE style. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). The primary sources are international journals and conference proceedings. All references should be to the most pertinent and up-to-date sources (50% of references must be from the past 5 years). 

Author self-citations do not exceed 10% of the total references used; only in cases of genuine need may they be higher, and permission must be requested from the journal editor. Citations to the Journal of Hypermedia & Technology-Enhanced Learning must be taken care of, not using anything more than what is necessary for the work presented to be totally correct. We will monitor these aspects closely and will reject articles that make unjustified use of self-citations, of any type, or will retract them if the issue is discovered after publication. Authors must verify that all citations and references correspond to the text of the article and do not include references that are not related to the topic of the article or the context in which they are cited. If any are detected after publication, the article will be retracted. Likewise, it is necessary to verify that the reference links work and correspond to the article that has been referenced. If this is reported and verified, the article will be retracted from the journal for bad practices.

The IEEE citation style is strict on formatting, and it is recommended to use reference management tools such as Mendeley Reference Manager for accurate formatting. Each reference should include details like the author's initials, last name, article title, journal name (abbreviated), volume, issue, page range, and DOI (if available)​

Reference Guide

A. References in Text
References need not be cited in the text. When they are, they appear on the line, in square brackets, inside the punctuation. Grammatically, they may be treated as if they were footnote numbers, e.g.:

According to [1]; as demonstrated in [2]; as shown by Brown [4], [5]; as mentioned earlier [2], [4], [5], [6], [7], [9]; Smith [4] and Brown and Jones [5]; Wood et al. [7]

Reference ranges in text will not include an en dash. All references will be written out. For example, “[1]–[4]” will
now be “[1], [2], [3], [4]”.

NOTE: Use “et al.” when three or more names are given for a reference cited in the text.

Blog

Basic Format: 

• K. Author, “Title of the post,” Title of the Blog, Month, Day, Year. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com

Examples: 

• Weissberger, “FCC approves EchoStar/Dish request to extend timeline for its 5G buildout,” IEEE ComSoc Technol. Blog, Sep. 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://techblog.comsoc.org/2024/09/23/fcc-approves-echostar-dish-request-to-extend-timeline-for-its-5g-buildout/
• Owens, “How two Cisco women leaned in and supercharged their careers,” Cisco Blogs, Jun. 23, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://blogs.cisco.com/diversity/how-two-cisco-women-leaned-in-and-supercharged-their-careers

Book

Basic Format:

• K. Author, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of Published Book, xth ed. City of Publisher, (only U.S. State), Country: Abbrev. of Publisher, year, ch. x, sect. x, pp. xxx–xxx.

Examples:

• Klaus and P. Horn, Robot Vision. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 1986.
• Stein, “Random patterns,” in Computers and You, J. S. Brake, Ed., New York, NY, USA: Wiley, 1994, pp. 55–70.
• L. Myer, “Parametric oscillators and nonlinear materials,” in Nonlinear Optics, vol. 4, P. G. Harper and B. S. Wherret, Eds., San Francisco, CA, USA: Academic, 1977, pp. 47–160.
• Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, Eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions (Applied Mathematics Series 55). Washington, DC, USA: NBS, 1964, pp. 32–33.

Conference Paper (Paper Presented at a Conference)

Basic Format:

• K. Author, “Title of paper,” presented at the Abbreviated Name of Conf., City of Conf., Abbrev. State, Country, Month and day(s), year, Paper number.

Examples:

• Caratelli, M. C. Viganó, G. Toso, and P. Angeletti, “Analytical placement technique for sparse arrays,” presented at the 32nd ESA Antenna Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Oct. 5–8, 2010.
• G. Kreifeldt, “An analysis of surface-detected EMG as an amplitude-modulated noise,” presented at the 1989 Int. Conf. Med. Biol. Eng., Chicago, IL, USA, Nov. 9–12, 1989.

Conference Proceedings in Print (Paper Presented at a Conference)

Basic Format:

• K. Author, “Title of paper,” in Abbreviated Name of Conf., (location of conference is optional), (Month and day(s) if provided) year, pp. xxx-xxx.

Examples:

• Amador-Perez and R. A. Rodriguez-Solis, “Analysis of a CPW-fed annular slot ring antenna using DOE,” in Proc. IEEE Antennas Propag. Soc. Int. Symp., Jul. 2006, pp. 4301–4304.

Conference Proceedings With DOI

Basic Format:

• K. Author, “Title of paper,” in Abbreviated Name of Conf., (location of conference is optional), year, pp. xxx–xxx, doi: xxx.

Examples:

• Veruggio, “The EURON roboethics roadmap,” in Proc. Humanoids ’06: 6th IEEE-RAS Int. Conf. Humanoid Robots, 2006, pp. 612–617, doi: 10.1109/ICHR.2006.321337.

Virtual Journal

Basic Format:

• Name(s) of Ed(s)., “Title of Issue,” in Title of Journal, Abbrev. month year. [Online]. Available: URL

Examples:

• Smith, T. Jones, and B. Simpson, Eds., “IEEE Biometrics Compendium Issue 30 December 2017,” in IEEE Biometrics Compendium, Dec. 2017. [Online]. Available: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/virtual-journals/biocomp/
  issue/30/

Periodical With DOI

Basic Format:

• K. Author, “Name of paper,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx–xxx, Abbrev. month, year, doi: xxx.

Example:

• M. Chiampi and L. L. Zilberti, “Induction of electric field in human bodies moving near MRI: An efficient BEM computational procedure,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 2787–2793, Oct. 2011, doi: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2158315.

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