Formatting Guidelines

• Main text formatting:
Alignment shall be justified.
Font style shall be Times New Roman.
Font size shall be 12.
Line spacing shall be maintained at 1.
Paragraph spacing shall be maintained at 8.
Paragraph indentation (1 tab).

• Footnote formatting:
Font style shall be ‘Times New Roman’.
Font size shall be 10.
Line spacing shall be maintained at 1.
All hyperlinks shall be black in colour and must not be underlined.
Footnotes shall not be included in the final word count.

• Miscellaneous formatting
Uniform margins (top, right, bottom, left) shall be maintained at 2.54 cm.

Headings shall be in Times New Roman. Heading levels must clearly be demarcated.
Abstract shall be justified and in italics.
For the table of contents, font style shall be Times New Roman, font size shall be 10, and line spacing shall be 1.
Any table used in the manuscript must be numbered and precisely named.

Editorial Policy

For further reference, please see JODR Contribution Guidelines and Editorial Policy