Author Guidelines

The S3R Academia Journal publishes interdisciplinary research and writings on education for an international audience of educational researchers. The S3R Academia Journal is an interdisciplinary publication of original research and writing on education which publishes papers to international audiences of educational researchers. The S3R aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of the field of education, humanities and social sciences and plays an important role in promoting the process that accumulated knowledge, values, and skills are transmitted from one generation to another; and to make methods and contents of evaluation and research in academia available to teachers, administrators and research workers. The journal encompasses a variety of topics on humanities and social sciences, including child development, language, literature, curriculum, technology, reading comprehension, philosophies of education and educational approaches, etc. Papers published in the journal: (1) report evaluation and research findings; (2) treat conceptual and methodological issues; and/or (3) consider the implications of the above for action; and/or (4) an extensive book reviews section and also occasional reports on educational materials and equipment.

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Checklist for preparing your paper for publication

You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review.

Is your manuscript adhere to the minimum standards? (written in English; the length of submitted paper is at least 5 pages and no more than 20 pages; use of a tool such as EndNote, Mendeley, or Zotero for reference management and formatting, and choose IEEE style)
Is your manuscript written in S3R format? At this stage, it is essential that you follow every detail of the S3R format. Please try to follow the format as closely as possible.
Is your title adequate and is your abstract correctly written? The title of paper is max 10 words, without Acronym or abbreviation. The Abstract (MAX 200 WORDS) should be informative and completely self-explanatory (no citation in abstract), provide a clear statement of the problem, the proposed approach or solution, and point out major findings and conclusions.
Authors are suggested to present their articles in the sections structure: Introduction - The Proposed Method/Algorithm/Procedure specifically designed (optional) - Research Method - Results and Discussion – Conclusion.
Introduction section: explain the context of the study and state the precise objective. An Introduction should contain the following three parts:

Background: Authors must make clear what the context is. Ideally, authors should give an idea of the state-of-the art of the field the report is about.
The Problem: If there was no problem, there would be no reason for writing a manuscript, and no reason for reading it. So, please tell readers why they should proceed reading. Experience shows that for this part a few lines are often sufficient.
The Proposed Solution: Now and only now! - authors may outline the contribution of the manuscript. Here authors must make sure readers point out what are the novel aspects of authors work.
Authors should place the paper in proper context by citing relevant papers. At least, 5 references (recently journal articles) are used in this section.

Method section: the presentation of the experimental methods should be clear and complete in every detail facilitating reproducibility by other scientists.
Results and discussion section: The presentation of results should be simple and candid in style. This section reports the most important findings, including results of statistical analyses as appropriate and comparisons to other research results. Results given in figures should not be repeated in tables. This is where the author(s) should explain in words what he/she/they discovered in the research. It should be clearly laid out and in a logical sequence. This section should be supported suitable references.
Conclusion section: Summarize sentences the primary outcomes of the study in a paragraph. Are the claims in this section supported by the results, do they seem reasonable? Have the authors indicated how the results relate to expectations and to earlier research? Does the article support or contradict previous theories? Does the conclusion explain how the research has moved the body of scientific knowledge forward?
Language. If an article is poorly written due to grammatical errors, while it may make it more difficult to understand the science.
Please ensure that the manuscript is up to date and adheres to APA Style, 7th edition. We expect 50-60% of the references to be from recent publications.
Is the manuscript clearly written? Is the article exciting? Does the content flow well from one section to another? Please try to keep your manuscript on the proper level. It should be easy to understand by well qualified professionals, but at the same time please avoid describing well known facts (use proper references instead). Often manuscripts receive negative reviews because reviewers are not able to understand the manuscript, and this is authors' (not reviewers') fault. Notice, that if reviewers have difficulties, then other readers will face the same problem and there is no reason to publish the manuscript.
Do you have enough references? We will usually expect a minimum of 10 to 25 references primarily to Scopus/Web of Science indexed / reputed journal papers, depending on the length of the paper. Citations of textbooks should be used very rarely and citations to web pages should be avoided. All cited papers should be referenced within the text of the manuscript.
Figures and Tables. Relation of Tables or Figures and Text: Because tables and figures supplement the text, all tables and figures should be referenced in the text. Authors also must explain what the reader should look for when using the table or figure. Focus only on the important point the reader should draw from them and leave the details for the reader to examine on her own.

Figures:

All figures appearing in article must be numbered in the order that they appear in the text.
Each figure must have a caption fully explaining the content
Figure captions are presented as a paragraph starting with the figure number i.e. 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:

Material that is tabular in nature must appear in a numbered captioned table.
All tables appearing in article must be numbered in the order that they appear in the text.
Each table must have a caption fully explaining the content with the table number i.e. Table 1, Table 2, etc.
Each column must have a clear and concise heading.
Tables are to be presented with 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.

For in-text citation, the paper should follow guidelines given in APA 7th ed. This guide is a quick introduction to the American Psychological Association (APA) Style for references and citations. Be sure to consult the Publication Manual of the APA or the APA Style website for detailed standards and procedures.
Self-citations: To mitigate citation manipulation (COPE, 2019), the journal recommends minimizing self-citations. We would strongly recommend no more than 4 (including jointly authored publications), or 20% self-citations, whichever number is lower.
Please be aware that for the final submission of regular paper you will be asked to tailor your paper, so the last page is not half empty.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all 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 Microsoft Word file format or LATEX.

If you prepare your paper using LATEX, please upload your PDF file to our online system and submit your LATEX source files to s3rtrust@gmail.com

Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORM

The copyright to this article is transferred to S3R Academia when the article is accepted for publication. The undersigned hereby transfers all rights in and to the paper including without limitation all copyrights to S3R. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the paper is original and that he/she is the author of the paper, except for material that is clearly identified as to its original source, with permission notices from the copyright owners where required. The undersigned represents that he/she has the power and authority to make and execute this assignment.

We declare that:

This paper has not been published in the same form elsewhere.
It will not be submitted anywhere else for publication prior to acceptance/rejection by this Journal.
A copyright permission is obtained for materials published elsewhere and which require this permission for reproduction.

Furthermore, I/We hereby transfer the unlimited rights of publication of the above-mentioned paper in whole to S3R Academia. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, translations, photographic reproductions, microform, electronic form (offline, online) or any other reproductions of similar nature.

The corresponding author signs for and accepts responsibility for releasing this material on behalf of all co-authors. This agreement is to be signed by at least one of the authors who have obtained the assent of the co-author(s) where applicable. After submission of this agreement signed by the corresponding author, changes of authorship or in the order of the authors listed will not be accepted.

Retained Rights / Terms and Conditions

Authors retain all proprietary rights in any process, procedure, or article of manufacture described in the Work.
Authors may reproduce or authorize others to reproduce the Work or derivative works for the author’s personal use or for company use, provided that the source and the S3R copyright notice are indicated, the copies are not used in any way that implies S3R endorsement of a product or service of any employer, and the copies themselves are not offered for sale.
Although authors are permitted to re-use all or portions of the Work in other works, this does not include granting third-party requests for reprinting, republishing, or other types of re-use.

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Article Processing / Publication Charges (APC)

Publication Charges (per article, maximum two authors):

Indian Authors: ₹3500/-
Foreign Authors: USD 100

This charge is payable after acceptance, following the payment instructions sent via email.

All published papers are assigned DOIs, made fully open access, and permanently archived for maximum global visibility.

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