Author Guidelines
Authors are encouraged to use the Author's Template to format their paper and submited in PDF. The final decision on publication is made by the Editor-in-Chief upon recommendation of the Editorial Board Members. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the copyright will be transferred to the IJeLS. The manuscript should not be published elsewhere without permission. Submissions will only be accepted electronically and published in English. After the paper acceptance, a copyright form should be signed, scanned and emailed to ijelspapers•infonomics-society.org.
Please note that copyright form is not necessary for the version submitted for refereeing.
Lengths of paper content
Type of submission | Word count |
Full paper | 7000 |
Short article | 3000 |
Critique | 3000 |
Case study | 3000 |
Book review | 3000 |
Software review | 3000 |
Web review | 3000 |
All papers should be structured to have no more than three levels of heading, for example:
1 Level 1 (Section)
1.1 Level 2 (Subsection)
i Level 3 (List)
Abstract, keywords, artwork, tables, and references are excluded from the word count but should be present within the content of the submission. The table below provide guidelines for the maximum limits of these elements within the paper.
Maximum limit of paper content elements
Type of Content Element | Count |
Artwork (Figures, Illustrations, Diagrams) | 6 |
Tables | 6 |
Abstract | 200 words |
Keywords | 10 words/phrases |
Acknowledgement | 50 words |
References | 20 |
All artwork and tables should have descriptive caption and should be mentioned within the text.