Guide for Authors

  1. Journal aim and scope
    Synergeia is an open access, blind peer refereed journal with a commitment to a holistic view of human realities that different fields of specialized knowledge inquire about. The journal promotes an interdisciplinary approach to research so as to gain a wider and deeper understanding of these complex realities in which the person is at the center. The holistic-interdisciplinary approach enriches professional competence with the values of wisdom and solidarity, thus enabling specialists to offer solutions to issues that are not only technologically or pragmatically suitable but also respectful of truth and human dignity.
  2. Types of paper
    The editors invite submission of research articles, research notes, and reviews of scholarly books that bear upon the humanities and the social sciences. Business and science articles may be considered if they contain humanistic and social aspects such as business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and the like.
  3. Formatting instructions
    • The text of the manuscript should be double-spaced, with ample margins, using 12-pt Times New Roman, on 8.5 x 11 size paper.
    • Footnotes and reference lists should also be double-spaced.
    • Subheads should use upper- and lower-case letters, 12-pt, BF letters for first-level subheads, 12-pt for second-level, and 12-pt italics for the third level. For the second and third levels, only the first letter is in uppercase except for proper nouns.
    • Research articles may be up to 10,000 words in length, including an abstract (a comprehensive summary of about 150 words), 6-8 keywords, notes, and reference lists. Shorter articles are welcome and longer articles may be considered.  Research notes are between 3,000 – 4,000 words, and book reviews range from 1,000 – 3,000 words.
    • The title page should include the title of the article, complete name(s) of the author(s), affiliation of author(s), address, telephone, and email address
    • Manuscripts are expected to have been spelling-  and grammar-checked.
  4. Documentation style
    Articles with source citations and reference lists in the wrong format will be returned to the authors for correction. Synergeia subscribes to the APA 7th edition for the social sciences, education, psychology, business and science; MLA 8th ed. for literature, theology, and philosophy. Also, authors may use the Chicago Manual of Style 17th ed. regardless of the discipline.  The in-text citation format should be used.
  5. Preparation for the double-blind review
    • The text of the manuscript should be double-spaced, with ample margins, using 12-pt Times New Roman, on 8.5 x 11 size paper.
    • Footnotes and reference lists should also be double-spaced.
  6. Copyright and license
    Submission of an article implies that it is original work, not published before, not scheduled for publication elsewhere, or submitted to another journal. It is expected that written permissions have been secured in case copyrighted materials are used, if the article has multiple authors, and when the work was carried out at an institution, or through a funding organization. When the article is accepted for publication, the authors sign a Publication Agreement with the publisher containing details pertaining to copyright and licensing matters. Articles in Synergeia, however, continue to represent the views and opinions of the authors, not of the Editors or of the Center for Research and Communication – University of Asia and the Pacific. Synergeia articles are published under the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND, which “allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.”
  7. The Editor reserves the right to make changes in the manuscripts where necessary in order to bring them into conformity with the stylistic and bibliographical conventions of the journal.
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    ISSN: 1908-0506 (Print)
    ISSN:     2719-1877 (Online)