Author Guidelines

Manuscript Submission Guidelines and Format

✓Use the journal template to prepare the manuscript.

✓The journal recommends the use of the Chicago Manual of Style with notes and bibliography      documentation system.  Please refer to this link for further details:  

✓ Files should be in MS Word format.
✓ Manuscripts should be limited to 6,000 to 8,000, excluding abstract, footnotes, and references.
✓ Mabini Review accepts both English and Filipino written manuscripts. However, if the manuscript is written in Filipino, the title, abstract, and keywords written in English should be provided.
✓ This submission has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration by another journal. The  journal also does not accept multiple submissions from the same author.
✓ Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets, and other material provided with this submission.

  1. Title

Title of the Article
Name of the author/s
Affiliations of the author/s
ORCID of the author/s (Don't have your ORCID ID yet? Register here)
Email address of the author/s

  1. Abstract - Abstract of the paper must be limited to 250 words. It must reflect the article’s focus and summarize the essential points, objective, and theoretical framework, method, relevant findings, conclusions, and recommendations, where relevant. Keywords must be provided.
  2. Keywords – provide 3-5 keywords or phrases, separated by a comma.
  3. Statements and declarations
  • Funding details. All internal funds, grants, and financial support from institutions, employers, or affiliated organizations, and external funds, grants, and financial support from private foundations, NGOs, political groups, think tanks, charities, research organizations, and government agencies received by the authors to do their research must be declared.
  • Disclosure statement. This is to acknowledge any financial or non-financial interest arising from your research's direct application. If there are no relevant competing interests to declare, please state this within the article; for example, the authors report that there are no competing interests to declare.
  • Statement of declaration in the use of Generative AI or AI-Assisted Technologies in writing the manuscript. Please refer to the guidelines in use of Generative AI here.
  • Acknowledgment: A one- to two-line statement of appreciation for other services from organizations or individuals
  • Ethical Approval/Declaration: A statement declaring the ethical approval of the research
  1. References - The journal recommends the use of the Chicago Manual of Style with notes and bibliography documentation system. This must be applied in terminal citations, punctuation, abbreviations, tables, headings, and presentations of statistics.
  2. Bionote - Please provide a short biography of each author in a paragraph. It should contain the following points:
    • Author’s full name, current position, and affiliation/organization
    • Educational background
    • Work experiences
    • Research interests

Submission Checklist

✓ Manuscript that follows the journal template and adheres to the guidelines outlined in this document.

✓ Follows research ethics and includes necessary conflicts of interest, acknowledgements, use of Generative AI, and funding declarations. If available, authors may submit an ethical clearance from any institution. If not, the article should include a statement or attestation that the study complies with ethical guidelines.

✓ Strictly follows the referencing and citation guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style with notes and bibliography documentation system.

✓ Bionote of each author.

✓Manuscripts that do not meet these guidelines will be rejected or returned before peer review.