Author Guidelines

1. All manuscript must be submitted in Microsoft Word format, written in English, Times New Roman, 12 font size, single space on white A4 (210 x 297 mm) paper, with margins of 1 inch on all sides. Authors are free to use American or British English as long they are consistent all throughout the manuscript. All pages must be numbered at the center bottom. All lines must be properly numbered at the left hand corner. Authors are encouraged to have their paper reviewed by an English native speaker or grammarian first prior submitting to the journal.

2. Authors. The complete names of authors, and their institutional affiliations, and address must provided. A corresponding author with a valid email address must be designated. E-mail address must be given. It is the corresponding author's responsibility to communicate with the editor-in-chief and ensure that all authors have a significant contribution to the study.

3. Title. The title should summarize the main idea of manuscript. It is a concise statement of the main topic and identifies variables or theoretical issues under investigation. Abbreviations should be avoided. It must be typed in uppercase and lowercase letters, centered between left and right margins, and no more than 15 words.

4. Abstract. An abstract with a maximum of 250 words summarizing the main points of the article. Paragraphs should be justified without indention, 1.5 spaced in between, and sentences should be separated by a single space.

5. Keywords. Maximum of 8 keywords in alphabetical order and written after the abstract in the left hand corner. The word ‘Keywords’ must be bold and italic, separated by colon from the list of keywords. The first keyword must begin with a capital letter while the rest in small letters except for proper names and separated by comma.

Example: Keywords: Conservation, diversity, novelty, Philippines.

6. Introduction. Provide adequate information of the topic, state the objectives of the work and background of the study. Limit your introduction to 1 page only.

7. Materials and Methods. Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced detailing the materials used, research design/experimental manipulations, sampling procedures and sample size, measurements, as well as the statistical tools used in the study. Published methods should be indicated by a reference and only relevant modifications should be described.

8. Results. This section should be presented in logical sequence based on the objectives and explore the significance of the results, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature. All relevant results must be given more emphasis. Findings must find relations to literatures appertaining to the topic.

9. Conclusion and/or Recommendation. In some cases conclusion is not necessary. However we encourage authors to make recommendations to encourage others to continue working the research or implement the results.

10. Funding. Report any funding available and the grant number for the study.

11. Competing interests. The authors should declare any competing interests in the preparation of the manuscript. If there is no competing interest exists, the author/s could state ‘The authors declared that no competing interests exist in the preparation of the manuscript’.

12. References and Citations. References should be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the paper using JTC format. All reference must come from published material and not from gray literatures (i.e. unpublished thesis, or dissertation, blog, or unpublished reports). The author-date form of citation in the text should be used and should be written based on the following examples:

Single author Low species diversity and endemicity of Odonata in areas of Misamis Occidental with high presence of on-site disturbances was recorded (Villanueva, 2011).

For works by two to three authors There are more than 300 species of Odonata in the Philippines (Hamalainen & Muller, 1997). More species are still expected to be documented especially to the relatively unexplored areas in the Philippines (Jumawan et al., 2012).

More than 1 research paper published in the same year by the same author(s) should be distinguished by adding lowercase letters to the dates and alphabetized by title. (Example: Cabras, 2016a, 2016b).

Bibliographic references should be written based on the following examples:

o Journal article (Single author): Renn O. 1998. The role of risk communication and public dialogue for improving risk management. Risk Decision and Policy 3(1): 5-30.

o Journal article (Two or more authors): Beierly TC, Konisky DM. 2000. Values, conflict, and trust in participatory environmental planning. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 67(3), 587-602.

o Book: Creswell J. 2008. Educational research: Planning, conducting and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

o Book chapter: Brookfield S. 2000. The concept of critical reflective practice. In A. L. Wilson & E. R. Hayes (Eds.), Handbook of adult and continuing education (pp. 33-49). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

o Conference proceedings: Taylor PC. 2010. Transformative educational research for culturally inclusive teaching. Keynote address delivered at the 7th International Conference on Intercultural Competence, Khabarovsk, Far East Russia.

13. The metric system (International System or SI units) of measurement should be used. Each figure, table, and map should be mentioned in numerical sequence. All figures should be numbered using arabic and phrase style is used for the caption. Tables should be placed separately from the text and one table per sheet with complete legends and notes. Maps should have a scale, preferably originally prepared by the authors. Make sure it will not pixilate when enlarged up to half page of an A4 paper size. Any statistical material should be brief and simple. See samples below on how to put legend on the figures and tables.

Examples:

Figure 1. Habit of Thopeutica suavissima (Schaum, 1862).

Table 1. Distribution of tiger beetles in Davao region Philippines.

For plate with multiple figures:

Figure 1. Tiger beetles of Calanasan Apayao Province. A. Therates coracinus coracinus (Erichson, 1834), B. Calomera lacrymosa (Dejean, 1825), C. Heptodonta melanopyga Schaum 1862.

14. The manuscript contents should be arranged as follows: (a) Title (b) Authors complete name, designation, institutional or mailing address, email address (c) Abstract maximum of 250 words (d) Keywords, maximum of 8 words in alphabetical order (e) Introduction (f) Materials and Methods (g) Results and Discussion (h) Conclusion and/or Recommendations (i) Funding (j) Competing interests (k) Acknowledgment (l) References. 

How to submit a manuscript

Go to "Submit a manuscript" section, sign up and go to your profile. In the "My submission" section, upload your manuscript together with images.