Author Guidelines

Preparing the Manuscript and Article Format

You may download the full author guidelines here.

Please use the journal template to prepare the manuscript.

✓ Files should be in MS Word format.
✓ Manuscripts should be limited from 6,000 to 8,000, excluding abstract, footnotes, and references.
✓ SSDR accepts both English and Filipino written manuscripts. However, if the manuscript is written in Filipino, abstract and keywords written in English should be provided.
✓ All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
✓ This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
✓ 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

2. 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. Key words must be provided.

3. Keywords – provide 3-5 keywords or phrases, separated by comma.

4. Key elements of the article

• Introduction: The introduction states the rationale and the significance of the study. This also includes discussion of research gap, arguments and related literature and studies. The cited literature must be within a decade year range.

• Methodology: Describe the research method used in the study and discuss which data were used and how these data were collected and analyzed. Sampling techniques, data instruments used and statistical technique should also be included in discussion. If applicable, Ethical Consideration is also considered important in informing the participants regarding the purpose of the administration of the instrument or the main purpose of the study.

• Results and Discussion: Provides the themes and evidence found when the data is analyzed and explains what the results mean. Also, how these results relate to previous literature should be highlighted. In qualitative research, results are usually from interview or participant observations, which are grouped in order to understand themes in the qualitative data. In quantitative research, results are usually descriptive and statistical in nature that show what factors or variables are predicting certain outcomes.

• Conclusion and Recommendations: This section will usually summarize the main points and claims of the research. It might elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest applications and extensions.

• Figures and Table: Figures provided should be clear and in JPEG format. In tables, font size must be size 10 and vertical lines should not be drawn. The number of the table and title should be written above the table. Tables should be in text format, not images. (Authors may deviate from the aforementioned key elements as subsections when doing or writing qualitative research, but, in principle, the four elements are still in this article.)

5. 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 foundation, 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.

• 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

6. References - APA citation style, 7th edition, is the preferred documentations style. This must be applied in in-text and terminal citations, punctuation, abbreviations, tables, headings and presentations of statistics.

7. Bionote - Please provide a short biography of each author in 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 a research ethics and includes necessary conflicts of interest, acknowledgement, 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 APA 7th edition

✓ Bionote of each author

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