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Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines: The journal is published twice per year. (Autumn & Spring)  

Online submission
Manuscripts will be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief for observation and review. The Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors will monitor the review process.

Manuscript Submission
Manuscripts submitted to the journal are subjected to a double- blind review. Guidelines for submission are available directly from the journal’s website. Main articles should be no longer than 6000 words; manuscripts would be reviewed anonymously (2 reviewers) and if required, returned to authors for revision. These should be accompanied by an abstract of 200-250 words. with five-six keywords. Footnotes must be avoided. Diagrams and Figures should be clearly related to the sections of the text to which they refer. They should be placed within the text where they are to be published.

Shorter items
Research notes should be no longer than 3000 words. These would be reviewed anonymously (2 reviewers) and if required, returned to authors for revision. These should be accompanied by an abstract of 200 words with five-six keywords.
Industry Reports should be no longer than 2000 words. These would be reviewed anonymously (2 reviewers) and if required, returned to authors for revision. These should be accompanied by an abstract of 200 words with five-six keywords.
Conference Reports should not exceed 1000 words
Book Reviews of 800 words

The journal will be available on the internet to subscribers and readers.

Publication Ethics Guidelines

Manuscripts submissions to OTS journal should make sure that:

  • 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)
  • Findings are correctly presented
  • Discussion of the significance of their findings is included
  • Include only those who qualify for authorship
  • Authorship changes require the approval of all authors including any to be removed
  • Disclose any conflict of interest
  • Data and methods section are correctly presented
  • Original research results are published
  • Obtain permission to publish from the copyright holder for any previously published content (including quotations, figures, or tables)

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

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 OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document 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.
  • Please make sure you include (1) Author(s) full name and title(s), (2) Affiliation (s) and (3) Contact details with your submission.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses an 11-point font, Charter BT; 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.

Copyright Notice

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.