MSPL

MICHELANGELO SCHOLAR PUBLISH LIMITED

Journal of Design Service and Social Innovation

A Platform for Design Research and Innovation

Style guidelines

Please refer to these quick style guidelines when preparing your paper, rather than any published articles or a sample copy.

Please use the American spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.

Please use double quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a quotation’.

Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.

Formatting

Papers may be submitted in Word format.

References

Please use the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) when preparing your paper. An EndNote output style is also available to assist you.

Electronic artwork

  -Layout
Margin Settings - Top: 2.5cm; Bottom: 1.9cm; Left: 1.27cm; Right: 1.27cm.
Text indent - Left: 4.6cm.

  -Fonts
Use standard fonts such as:
Inter-Regular
Figure & Table name: 8p, Italic;
Heading1: 14p, Bold;
Heading2: 12p, Bold;
  Heading3: 10p, Bold.
TaiHeritagePro-Regular
Article Title: 18p, Bold;
Text: 10p;
Abstract & Key Words: 9p;
Author Name: 10p, Bold;
  Department, University, City, Country: 7p;
References Heading-14p, Bold;
  References Text-9p.
* Click here to download the relevant fonts.

All fonts should be embedded in the image files. Any fonts that are not embedded will be replaced which can result in character loss or realignment. To embed fonts in a Microsoft Word document, simply click on File > Options > Save > Embed Fonts in the File. Keep the font size consistent throughout your work. Do not use effects such as outlining and shadows on any lettering.

  -Size
Please supply image files in the highest resolution possible. Try to avoid large file sizes and remove any elements that are not intended for publication, including any excess space around the image. Make sure that the image files do not contain any layers or transparent objects.

For compatibility with our peer review systems, please submit electronic artwork files in one of our preferred formats:
1. EPS
2. PS
3. JPEG
4. TIFF
5. Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX only)

  -Recommended image resolutions
300dpi (Color photographic images)
600dpi (Grayscale photographic images, Combination images, photographs and labelling)
1200dpi (Line art or monochrome images )

  -Captions
Do not include captions and figure titles with your image files. Supply these separately as part of the file containing the complete text of your manuscript and make sure that you number them correspondingly.
Captions should be succinct but descriptive. Please make sure you include the necessary credit line or acknowledgements if you have been given permission to use the image. If the image is the property of the author, you should also acknowledge this in the caption.

File naming conventions
Please name artwork files as Figure 1, 2, 3… etc. according to the order they appear in the text. In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled [e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)].

* The examples are as follows:

Checklist

Author details
All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript. Where available, please also include ORCiDs and social media handles (Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn). One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal) and the online article. Authors’ affiliations are the affiliations where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer-review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after your paper is accepted.

Funding details
Please supply all details required by your funding and grant-awarding bodies as follows:
For single agency grants
This work was supported by the [Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx].
For multiple agency grants
This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].

Disclosure statement
This is to acknowledge any financial or non-financial interest that has arisen from the direct applications of your research. If there are no relevant competing interests to declare please state this within the article, for example: The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.

Biographical note
Please supply a short biographical note for each author. This could be adapted from your departmental website or academic networking profile and should be relatively brief (e.g. no more than 150 words).

Figures
Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size). Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: EPS, PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.

Tables
Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text. Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text. Please supply editable files.

Equations
If you are submitting your manuscript as a Word document, please ensure that equations are editable.

Units
Please use SI units (non-italicized).

Cover Letter

Before submitting, you need to write a cover letter. In your cover letter, you should include:

The affiliation and contact information of your corresponding author.
A brief explanation of why the work is appropriate for Journal of Design Service and Social Innovation.
The names and contact information of any reviewers you consider suitable.
The names of any referees you would like excluded from reviewing.