Manuscript Specifications

Style Guide

Authors are required to adhere to the IJPE Style Guide which is available here: https://www.ijpe.online/style_guide2025b.pdf

Checklist

Pre-Submission/Finalization Checklist

Look at the References list.

  • Are references listed in alphabetical order?
  • Are all references in the References list cited somewhere in the text or in a figure or table?

Check for information omitted from the references. Common omissions include

  • Failure to include subtitles (Main title: Subtitle)
  • Failure to include all authors and/or editors
  • Failure to include authors’ initials
  • Failure to include the year
  • Failure to include the publisher
  • Failure to include the edition number (if applicable)
  • Failure to include DOI (preferred) or URL if available
  • Failure to include the URL for any reference to an article from the IJPE

Check for formatting errors in the references. Common types of errors include

  • Book titles not in sentence case (initial capital letter then lowercase lettters)
  • Article titles not in sentence case (initial capital letter then lowercase lettters)
  • Book titles not italicized
  • Journal titles not italicized

Check in-text citations for accuracy and completeness.

  • Do all references cited also appear in the References list?
  • Is the year included? Does it match the year listed in the References list?
  • Does only the first author’s name appear followed by et al.,?
  • Are there any references to outside sources in the Abstract section? If so, move them to the body or eliminate them.

Do all my figures and tables have names that follow the style guidelines and are they all referred to in the text?

Have I been consistent in capitalizing titles, subtitles, and information in tables?

Have I been consistent in the type(s) of hyphens and/or dashes I use?

Have I ensured that I have not embedded lists within paragraphs?

Is my submission single-spaced (line spacing), with a blank line between paragraphs? Have I ensured that my paragraphs are not indented?

Have I ensured that there are no active internal or external links in my article?