Author affiliation: Refer them to the foot note using number (s) in superscript. Where there is multiple first authorship, please indicate the contribution of each author at the end of the manuscript, just after the acknowledgment and before the reference section.
Abstract: This should be a single paragraph standing alone (not italic), and not exceeding 250 words. The abstract should state briefly background, the purpose of the research, instruments used to collect data, methods of analysis, the principal results and major conclusions as well as possible recommendation/implication.
Keywords: Up to six keywords, which may or may not appear in the title, should be given in alphabetical order, below the abstract, each separated by a slash (/).
Introduction: It is important to state the objectives of the work, to provide an adequate background, and to avoid a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. The introduction should also justify why the study is important.
Literature review, Conceptual Framework: Which is optional, should identify the most relevant previous especially recent literature on the topic (but not in excessive detail) in order to position the paper and demonstrate how it will make a significant contribution. It (or a separate section) should set out (and justify) the theoretical or conceptual framework adopted in the paper.
Materials and Methods:
The reader needs to know that the empirical data and/or other material are relevant, reliable and able to support robust conclusions, and that the methodology is appropriate, systematic and rigorous. Its sub sections include: Research participants, sample size, instruments of data collection (e.g., written questionnaires, interviews, observations) as well as methods used to enhance the quality of the measurements (e.g., the training and reliability of assessors or the use of multiple observations), and research design. Results/Analysis: Results should be clear and conscience. The report of the analysis must be accurate, unbiased, complete, and insightful. This section should stand alone (should not be mixed with discussion) so that the researcher’s finding can be seen clearly.
The Results section, and associated figures, tables should not be more than nine. Discussion: The discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work. It should accurately interpret the results, but not be repetitive with the results section. Authors are encouraged to discuss their work in the broader context. Related published data must be appropriately discussed and cited. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature. Speculation is allowed but should be clearly labeled as such.
Conclusion: This section should make clear the original contribution of the paper, discuss the policy or other implications of the findings, provide a critical assessment of the limitations of study, and outline possible fruitful lines for further research. It may stand alone or form a subsection of a Recommendation section.
Recommendation: Recommend based on major findings. This part also may be presented in Recommendation section that may stand alone or form a sub section of the Conclusion section.
But SJSIS prefers the former. Acknowledgments These should be placed at the end of the text and not in footnotes, and just before the reference section. Personal acknowledgments should precede those of institutions or agencies.
Grant numbers are permissible. Dedications are discouraged.
It must be brief. Reference: SJSIS follows the APA7 2020 or the latest (author/date) referencing style (or a slight variation of it in which space lines are single, for example.
Give your last name followed by date of publication (for Ethiopians name it is important to use the author’s name first and then his/her father’s name).
For every in-text citation in the paper, there must be a corresponding entry in the reference list. Below are given examples of references.
Veish and Langer (2015, p. 39) found that micro needle patches for monitoring a diabetic patients’ blood glucose levels helps them to easily manage their need for insulin.
Consider the following example: Reviews of research on religion and health have concluded that at least some types of religious behaviors are related to higher levels of physical and mental health (Agli et al., 2014; DeAngelis & Ellison, 2018; Krause & Hayward, 2016; Jones, 2018; Salsman et al., 2015; VanderWeele, 2017).
[Note: & is used when multiple authors are identified in parenthetical material. Note also that when several sources are cited parenthetically, they are ordered alphabetically by first authors' surnames and separated by semicolons.]
Also please note that no page number is included in the above example because it is the whole study or whole book that is being referred to.
MULTIPLE AUTHORS
When a source that one or two authors, include the author’s name(s) every time the source is cited. In parenthetical citations, use an ampersand (&) between names for a work with two authors or before the last author when all names must be included to avoid ambiguity.
In narrative citations, spell out the word “and”. Consider the following examples: (Luna, 2020) Luna (2020) state …. (Salas & D’Agostino, 2020) Salas and D’Agonostino (2020) argue that…
When a source that has three or more authors is cited, include the name of only the first author plus “et al.” (an abbreviation of “et alia” which means “and others”) in every citation, including the first citation, unless doing so would create ambiguity.
Consider the following example: Reviews of research on religion and health have concluded that at least some types of religious behaviours are related to higher levels of physical and mental health (Salsman et al., 2015, p. 3761). Salsman et al. (2015, p. 3761) showed that ...
In the reference list a source which has three or more authors, ALL the authors (up to 20) are spelt out in the reference list.
If there are more than 21 authors “…” is used between the 19th author and the last author. APA 7th ed. replaces all authors between the 19th and last author with “. . .”. For example:
Kalnay, E., Kanamitsu, M., Kistler, R., Collins, W., Deaven, D., Gandin, L., Iredell, M., Saha, S., White, G., Woolen, J., Zhu, Y., Chelliah, M., Ebisuzaki, W., Higgins, W., Janowiak, J., Mo, K.C., Ropelewski, C., Wang, J., Leetmaa, A., … Joseph, D. (1996).
The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society, 77(3), 437-471. http://doi.org/fg6rf9 And in the citation, it is (Kalnay et al., 1996)
References
American Psychological Association. (2019). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).
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Paiz, J. M., Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, G., Franks, M., Paul,
R., Keech, E., Ruiz, G., Allison, A., Caterelli, B., Zhou, M., Soong, R., Nguyen, Y.,
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Xyers, K., Young, G., Zucherman, F., and Anne, A. (2019). Example with multiple authors. In G. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Big Book of Examples (2nd ed., pp. 287–314). CRC Press.
Xyers, K., Young, G., Zucherman, F., and Roberts, B. (2019, June 1). Example citation for multiple authors. BBC News. http://www.bbcnews.com/example-for-multiple-authors.html
The References provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite.
- Every source you cite must appear on your References page.
- References page only includes sources cited in the body of your page
Exception: Do not include personal communication on your References page, e.g., emails or interviews, since they are not recoverable. Instead, cite them in-text. (See p. 6. APA7)
- No place of publication for books · Leave hyperlinks · Do not use “retrieved from” or a retrieval date unless the website content updates often by design (e.g., social media)
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