The abstract should not exceed 300 words and must clearly indicate background of title, purpose of study, methods used, results and conclusion. Please write the abstract as a short summary of the paper.
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Paper Submission:
In the first step: (if abstract is accepted, first paper submission deadline; please refer to DSAA journal calendar), DSAA journal require you to submit your paper as an anonymous full paper electronically in Word format. At this stage no distinction is made between papers on the basis of the method of presentation. All papers are restricted in length to a maximum of 4000 words not more than 12pages. Please note that all author names and affiliations should be absent at this stage.
In the second step (after corrections, final paper submission, deadline please refer to DSAA journal calendar) DSAA journal will ask you to provide a full paper version for publication in both Word and PDF format. The same length restriction applies.
Figures in your paper should be inserted with the ‘Insert Picture’ style selected, otherwise they might not be inserted properly. Use the ‘Figure Caption’ style for the figure’s legend (below the figure). Within a caption use soft returns (i.e. manual line breaks, ‘Shift-Enter’) only. The figures should be numbered Figure 1, Figure 2, etc., and should be referenced in the main text using Figure with an initial capital letter.
Figure 1. Example of figure
Tables:
Use the ‘Table Caption’ style for the table headers. The tables should be numbered Table 1, Table 2, etc., and should be referenced in the main text using Table with an initial capital letter. Use the ‘text in table’ style for the table body.
Table 1. Example of a table
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REFERENCING:
Harvard Style is to be used when citing your reference in the DSAA journal; full access for this style can be accessed in the following website https://jdsaa.journals.ekb.eg/. Citing within text would be using numbers and while at the end are shown below. Please follow examples and Reference list at the end should be sorted according to which has been mentioned first.
HOW TO USE HARVARD STYLE:
Within text citation: in case of one or two authors (Arrami, M. and Garner, H. 2008). In case of more than two authors (Ramalho, R. et al. 2010). When citing from two different sources at the same time (Carr, M. 2005; Walace, A. and Patric, S. 2012).
Reference:
[1] Ramalho, R., Helffrich, G., Schmidt, D.N. and Vance, D. (2010): Tracers of uplift and subsidence in the Cape Verde archipelago. Journal of the Geological Society. [Online] 167 (3), 519-538. Available from: doi:10.1144/0016-76492009-056 [Accessed: 14th June 2010].
[2] Arrami, M. and Garner, H. (2008): A tale of two citations. Nature, 451 (7177), 397-399.
Paper Main Structure Example:
Suggested Paper Sample Structure to be submitted for the DSAA Journal:
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