Submissions

Author Guidelines

Hew Horizons - Journal of Student Research (NHJSR) is an interdisciplinary and faculty-reviewed journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current student research. The journal seeks papers that are novel, integrative, and written in a way that is accessible to a wide audience which includes an array of disciplines. The content of the journal ranges from applied research to theoretical research. In general, papers are welcomed from all topics.

The first author of the submission must be an undergraduate or graduate student currently enrolled or graduated from an accredited academic institution. In both cases, advisor’s information must be listed at submission.

Students who have already graduated must submit a letter as a supplementary file from their advisor testifying of their attendance at the university and conducting the research at the time. Submitted manuscripts will not be eligible for publication without the advisor information listed as such during submission. Only 4 authors including advisors are allowed.

We accept manuscript submissions of the following types:

Research Articles: Submissions of a manuscript that is your original research.
Review Articles: Original review or analysis on a topic of your choice.
Other Articles (Non-Peer Reviewed): Manuscripts that are Research Project, Analysis, Short Essay, Opinion, or an update on Current Affairs. These submissions will not be refereed by our faculty reviewers but will be subject to review by the editorial board before publication.

*Starting from Vol. 2 (2024) of New Horizons - Journal of Student Research, the journal will publish a special issue featuring papers successfully defended at the Annual Scientific Conferences for the presentation of independent doctoral research projects by UKLO PhD candidates.

Independent doctoral research projects by UKLO PhD candidates, which will be published as research or review papers, can be written in either English or Macedonian. However, a title and abstract in English are mandatory.

ARTICLES

Article title: Times New Roman; 14 pt; bold; alignment centered; single-line spacing; All Caps (max. 100 characters with spaces).

Author details: Times New Roman; 12 pt; single-line spacing; alignment centered. Please write the author details in the following order:

John Galt
University St. Kliment Ohridski in Bitola, North Macedonia
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000
E-mail: galt@uklo.edu.mk

Abstract and keywords: Between 150 and 200 words (5-7 keywords); Times New Roman; 12 pt; single-line spacing; justify. Write your abstract using concise, but complete, sentences. Get to the point quickly and always use the past tense because you are reporting on a study that has been completed. There are four things you need to include: 1) your research problem and objectives, 2) your methods, 3) your key results or arguments, and 4) your conclusion.

Article text: Times New Roman; 12 pt; justify; 1.0 line spacing; margins: Top: 2,5 cm; Bottom: 2,5 cm; Left: 3 cm; Right: 3 cm. The submitted text should be at least 4,000 words and should not exceed 8,000 words, including references, except for scientific disciplines where the word count is not always relevant (e.g., mathematics, physics, etc.). The text should be written in the neuter gender, concisely with correct orthography. Latin phrases should be set in italics.

Quotations: If they are brief (3 lines or fewer), quotations should be run on with the text. Longer quotations should be indented, without quotation marks. All indented quotations should be typed single-spaced.

Citation style: The author should follow Chicago Style (author-date system) for referencing, for example: (Dahl 1989, 45); (Geddes 1999, 134-43); (Linz 1975). All references should be given in full at first mention. Subsequent citations can be abbreviated. Footnotes should be kept to a minimum.

Headings and subheadings: Times New Roman; 12 pt; bold.

Tables: Times New Roman; bold; size 10; align heading left; single line spacing. Tables must be created in Word, not Excel. The table heading is situated above the table.

Figures: Times New Roman; bold; size 10; alignment centered; single line spacing. The authors must submit original electronic copies of the figures applied in the article in TIFF, JPG, or PNG format. Figure heading is situated under the figure. Consider aligning tables and figures at the center.

Dates: Dates should be given in the form: 26 December 1981.

Conclusion: The conclusion is intended to help the reader understand why your research should matter to them after they have finished reading the article. A conclusion is where you summarize the article’s findings and generalize their importance, discuss ambiguous data, and recommend further research. These include:

Presenting the last word on the issues you raised in your article.
Summarizing your thoughts and conveying the larger implications of your study.
Demonstrating the importance of your ideas.
Introducing possible new or expanded ways of thinking about the research problem.

References: The list of references appears at the end of your article, and provides more detailed information about the sources you cited. The titles of the works in the list of references will be indicated in the language in which they were published and translated into English in square brackets [ ]. Each entry in the list of references also begins with the author’s last name and the publication date, so that your reader can easily find any source they encounter in the text. For four or more authors, list all of the authors in the list of references; in the text, list only the first author, followed by et al. It is alphabetized by the author's last name.

References Examples:

Articles:
Author's surname, Name. year of publication. “Article Title”. Horizons 8 (1):229-4, DOI: XXX-XXX

Books:
Author's surname, Name. year of publication. Book Title. place of publication: publisher.

Contributions in compilations and edited volumes:
Author's surname, Name. year of publication. “Title”, In: editor's surname, forename initials (ed./eds.) Compilation (place of publication: publisher), pages interval, DOI: XXX-XXX

Internet (URL):
When articles, books, or official documents are accessed via the internet, the reference should be formatted as described above; Full URL. where the document is posted should be listed as well as the date when it was accessed.

Author's surname, Name. year of publication. Book Title. place of publication: publisher, available at: http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (December 26, 2021).

Legislation: Acts and Regulations
The titles of pieces of legislation (Acts, Regulations, rules, and by-laws) should be cited exactly - do not alter spelling or capitalization.

In-Text Citation:
Title of the Act Year
Title of the Act Year (abbreviation of the jurisdiction)

References:
Title of the Act and Date of publication (abbreviation of the jurisdiction)

Note: Legislation is fully included in a list of references, in alphabetical order among other references.

ABBREVIATIONS

Appendix	app.
Article	art.
Chapter	chap.
Division	div.
Editor, Edited by, Edition	ed.
Editors	eds.
**et alii, et aliae (and others) - from Latin**	et al.
Manuscript	MS
No date of publication	n.d.
Number(s)	no. (nos.)
No place	n.p.
Page(s)	p. (pp.)
Paragraph	para.
Part	pt.
Revised	rev.
Section	sec.
Series	ser.
**sub verso (under the word) - from Latin**	s.v.
Supplement	Suppl.
Translator(s)	trans.
Volume	vol.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

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

Articles

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Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. All materials are published under an open-access license that gives authors permanent ownership of their work.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (author's pre-prints on the author server or institutional server only, while the author's post-prints on the author's website, departmental website, employer's website, or institutional repository) before and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
Published sources must be acknowledged.
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published before and that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
The journal editors are not responsible for any possible violations of existing copyright in articles published in the journal all responsibility is on the authors of those articles. The journal or publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author's responsibility to bring an infringement action if so

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