Guidelines
for authors
for authors
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of 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 OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
✎ The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
✎ The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines below.
✎ All co-authors (if any) have approved the submission for publication.
✎ Tacit or explicit permission for publication has been given by the responsible authorities of the institutions where the research was carried out.
Submission
Manuscripts can be submitted through the online platform, by using the option Make a submission, or by e-mail to brolly@journals.lapub.co.uk.
Author Guidelines
Format requirements
Title page
Authors should write their name, position, affiliation, and contact information (including e-mail address) on the first page.
Abstract
All submissions must be accompanied by an abstract (max. 200 words) in English.
Keywords
5-10 keywords should be provided in English, after the abstract. This applies to book reviews as well.
Text
The manuscript cannot be longer than 6500 words. The manuscript should be typed and single-spaced in A4 format, Times New Roman style 12, in black-and-white. Emphasizing italics are not to be used excessively. Bold type should not be used anywhere in the article.
In-text citations
Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the References page. The author's last name, year and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your References page. Multiple citations: To cite multiple sources in the same parenthetical reference, separate the citations by a semi-colon. Quoted material, translations and page references must be exact. For short quotations enclose the quotation within double quotation marks. The extended quotations (40+ words) should be displayed with left indentation. Sample reference for single-author books: Citation in the text: (Smith 1979, 67) Entry in the reference list: Smith, Thomas. 1979. Moral Questions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Sample reference for journal articles: Citation in the text: (Evans 1952, 230) Entry in the reference list: Evans, Arthur. 1952. "The Nature of Thought." Journal of General Education 3 (10): 228-238., where "3 = Vol. 3" and "(10) = No. 10"
Endnotes
The manuscripts must include references and/or endnotes, not footnotes. All cited authors must be included in references and/or endnotes. Notes are always endnotes. Short references should be included in the text of articles and not put in endnotes. Use the endnotes as bibliographical notes, which refer to other publications your readers may consult or as explanatory notes (content notes), which refers to brief additional information that might be too digressive for the main text. Works cited: - One author: Lastname, Firstname. Year of Publication. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher. - Two authors: Lastname, Firstname, and Firstname Lastname. Year of Publication. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher. - More than three authors: Lastname, Firstname, et. al. Year of Publication. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher. - Chapter in collective work: Lastname, Firstname. Year of Publication. “Title of chapter.” In Title of Book, Collection, Ed. Editor’s Name(s), Page range of entry. Place of Publication: Publisher. - Article: Lastname, Firstname. Year of Publication. “Title of article.” Title of Journal, Volume (Issue): pages. - Web entries must follow a similar format. Lastname, Firstname. Year of Publication. “Title of article.” Title of Journal, Volume (Issue): pages. The medium of Publication. Retrived date.
Publication ethics and malpractice statement
Helpful guides
The Chicago Manual of Style: Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
Review policy
After the manuscript submission, the peer-review process (double blind) implies the following steps:
1. The Editors assigns Reviewers to the manuscript.
2. The Reviewers review the manuscript.
- accepted without any changes: BROLLY will publish the manuscript in its original form.
- accepted with minor revisions: BROLLY will publish the manuscript and ask the author to make a few changes.
- accepted after major revisions: BROLLY will publish the manuscript after the author makes the changes suggested by the reviewers and/or editors.
-revised and resubmitted: BROLLY is willing to reconsider the manuscript in another round of decision initiated after the authors make major changes.
-rejected: BROLLY will not publish the paper or reconsider it even if the author makes major changes.
3. The Editor drafts a decision to be sent to the author/authors.
Any manuscript is reviewed as a confidential document.
The main points of review procedure follow to assessing the relevance of the theme, the coherence of approach, the originality of data interpreting, the structure and clarity of presentation, the language correctness, the well-supported references, the standards of publication ethics.
The peer-review process may take up to 4 months. Authors will be notified if their text is accepted, recommended for revision, or rejected.
Copyright
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors grant rights of the "First Publisher" to London Academic Publishing and the Journal, and further agree for their work to be licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter free distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- To enter additional contractual arrangements with "non-exclusive distribution" of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., publish the manuscript in a book), authors are required to notifying the publisher in advance and ensures that the new material gives appropriate credit to the First Publisher, provides a link to Journal, and indicates if changes were made.
- Authors are fully permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in university repositories, scientific databases as ResearchGate, Academia.edu, etc. or on their websites).
- Manuscripts submitted under multiple authorship are reviewed on the assumption that all listed authors concur in the submission and agree on the final version to be published.
Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in the published articles are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not reflect the opinion of the editors or members of the editorial board.
