Author Guidelines

How to prepare and submit a manuscript to DIMENSIA.

Use the DIMENSIA manuscript template. Manuscripts that do not follow the template or these guidelines are returned to the authors before review.

Before You Submit

By submitting, the corresponding author confirms on behalf of all authors that:

  • The manuscript is original, has not been published before (except as a preprint or thesis), and is not under consideration by another journal.
  • The topic fits the Focus and Scope.
  • Overall similarity is below 20%, with no more than 3% from any single source (Plagiarism Policy).
  • All authors meet the authorship criteria and have approved the submission and the author order.
  • Every author has an ORCID iD, entered in the submission form with a full affiliation and country.
  • Research involving human participants, personal data, or animals has the required consent and ethical approval.
  • Any use of generative AI is disclosed under the Generative AI Policy.

Article Types

TypeLength and requirements
Original research article6,000–9,000 words including references; at least 25 references.
Systematic reviewSame length range; follows PRISMA 2020 or an equivalent protocol; typically at least 50 references.

Manuscript Structure

Research articles follow the structure below. Reviews may replace Method and Results with the review protocol and synthesis.

SectionContent
TitleConcise, specific, and informative; at most 20 words; no abbreviations except widely known ones.
Authors and affiliationsFull names (no titles), department, institution, city, and country, email, and ORCID iD for every author; mark the corresponding author. Normally at most [six] authors; more must be justified. Remove this information from the anonymized file for review.
Abstract150–250 words in one paragraph and in English: purpose, method, main results with key numbers, and contribution or implications. No citations or undefined abbreviations. The abstract must be understandable on its own because it is what indexing services and most readers see.
KeywordsFour to six keywords or phrases, in alphabetical order, that are not all repeated from the title.
1. IntroductionBackground, the specific problem, a critical summary of recent related work, the research gap, and a clear statement of the objective, research questions or hypotheses, and contributions. Close with the structure of the article.
2. Literature review / theoretical frameworkCritical synthesis of relevant, recent studies (not a list of summaries) and, where applicable, the theoretical basis and hypotheses. May be merged into the Introduction.
3. MethodEnough detail for another researcher to reproduce or audit the study (see Methods and Reporting below).
4. ResultsFindings presented logically with tables and figures; do not repeat the same data in a table and a figure.
5. DiscussionInterpretation of the results, comparison with previous studies, explanation of unexpected findings, theoretical and practical implications, and limitations. May be combined with Results.
6. ConclusionAnswers to the research questions, the main contribution, limitations, and specific directions for future research. No new results and no citations.
DeclarationsAuthor contributions, funding, conflict of interest, data availability, ethics approval where relevant, and use of generative AI (see below).
AcknowledgmentsOptional: people or institutions that helped but do not qualify as authors.
ReferencesAPA 7th edition style (see References below).
AppendicesOptional: questionnaires, proofs, or additional results that support but are not essential to the main text.

Methods and Reporting

Reviewers for DIMENSIA pay particular attention to the following points:

  • Ground the hypotheses or propositions in theory and explain the research model.
  • Describe the population, sampling frame, sampling technique, response rate, and respondent profile.
  • Cite the sources of all measurement scales and report reliability and validity (for example Cronbach's alpha, composite reliability, AVE, HTMT).
  • Address common-method bias and non-response bias where survey data are used.
  • For PLS-SEM or CB-SEM, report the measurement and structural models in full (loadings, fit or predictive relevance, path coefficients with confidence intervals).
  • For qualitative studies, explain case selection, data collection, coding, and how trustworthiness was established.
  • End with specific theoretical and managerial implications.

Please follow the relevant reporting guideline: APA Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS) for quantitative and qualitative studies; COREQ for interviews and focus groups; PRISMA 2020 for systematic reviews.

Formatting

  • File: Microsoft Word (.docx) prepared with the DIMENSIA template; LaTeX users may contact the editor.
  • Language: clear academic English, checked by a proficient speaker or professional editing service before submission. Manuscripts with language problems that obscure the meaning are returned before review.
  • Headings: numbered, at most three levels (1., 1.1., 1.1.1.).
  • Tables: editable (not images), numbered, with a title above; explain abbreviations in a note below.
  • Figures: at least 300 dpi, readable when printed in grayscale, numbered, with a caption below; cite the source of any figure not created by the authors and obtain permission where needed.
  • Equations: created with the Word equation editor, numbered on the right, and every symbol defined.
  • Units and numbers: SI units; a period as the decimal separator; define abbreviations at first use.
  • Footnotes: avoid; integrate the information into the text.

References

  • Use APA 7th edition style and a reference manager (Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote).
  • At least 25 references for research articles, of which at least 80% are journal articles or peer-reviewed proceedings from the last ten years.
  • Every reference is cited in the text and every citation appears in the reference list.
  • Include the DOI of every reference that has one.
  • Cite the original source, not a secondary one; avoid predatory journals, unpublished theses, and non-scholarly websites.
  • Self-citation should be limited to what is genuinely relevant.
  • References must be written in Latin script. For a work not in English, give the original title transliterated, followed by an English translation in square brackets, and indicate the language.

Cite in the text with author and year, for example (Author, 2024) or Author and Author (2023); list references alphabetically.

TypeAPA 7th edition example
Journal articleAuthor, A. B., & Author, C. D. (2024). Title of the article. Journal Title, 12(3), 45–56. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx
Conference paperAuthor, E. F. (2023). Title of the paper. In Proceedings of the Conference Name (pp. 101–108). Publisher. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx
BookAuthor, G. H. (2022). Title of the book (2nd ed.). Publisher.
Dataset or reportOrganization. (2024). Title of the dataset or report (Version 1.2) [Data set]. Publisher. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx
WebsiteOrganization. (2025, January 15). Title of the page. https://...

Required Declarations

Place these statements before the references. Use the wording below as a model.

Author contributionsDescribe each author's role with the CRediT taxonomy, for example: A.B.: conceptualization, methodology, writing – original draft. C.D.: data curation, formal analysis, writing – review and editing.
FundingThis research was funded by [funder], grant number [xxx]. or This research received no external funding.
Conflict of interestThe authors declare no conflict of interest. or a description of any interest (policy).
Data availabilityThe data and code that support the findings are available at [repository, DOI]. or the reason they cannot be shared (policy).
Ethics approvalFor research with human participants: the approving committee and approval number, and a statement that informed consent was obtained.
Generative AI useDuring the preparation of this work the authors used [tool] to [purpose]. After using this tool, the authors reviewed and edited the content and take full responsibility for the publication.

How to Submit

  1. Register or log in on this website and choose Make a Submission.
  2. Upload the anonymized manuscript (without author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or identifying file properties).
  3. Upload a separate title page with full author information and the declarations.
  4. Enter the metadata exactly as in the manuscript: title, abstract, keywords, and every author with affiliation, country, and ORCID iD. This metadata is what indexing services receive.
  5. Optionally upload a cover letter explaining the contribution and suggesting two to three potential reviewers without conflicts of interest.
  6. Confirm the submission checklist and the copyright terms, then submit.

After Submission

1

Screening

Scope, template, declarations, and similarity check (about one week).

2

Peer review

Double-blind, at least two reviewers; first decision in about [4–6 weeks].

3

Revision

Revised manuscript with a point-by-point response within [two weeks] (minor) or [four weeks] (major).

4

Acceptance

Final decision by the editor; license agreement.

5

Production

Copyediting, layout, author proof check within three days, DOI, and online publication.

Accepted articles show the submission, acceptance, and publication dates. Track progress in the journal system; questions go to [dimensia@resincen.org] with the submission ID.

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