On-line Submissions > Submission guidelines

 

The manuscript should be submitted in Word format. It should include a cover page showing the title, abstract, and acknowledgments, if any. All document information identifiying the authors should be removed from file to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees.

 

Do not include the authors' names, affiliations or any clearly identifiable information in the paper.

 

Papers submitted at EAERCD 2015 Conference must not have been published previously.

A paper is considered to have been published previously if it has appeared in a peer-reviewed journal, magazine, book, or meeting proceedings that is reliably and permanently available afterward in print or electronic form to non-attendees, regardless of the language of that publication.

FORMAT

Papers should be no longer than 5000 words and preceded by an abstract of not more than 200 words and a list of up to 5 keywords.

Please check your manuscript follows format guidelines for the International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research summarized below. You can download a template at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/benefits/authorTemplates.asp.

Font: Times New Roman, 11 point for main text, single-spaced. Space before and after each paragraph 6 points. Do not leave spaces between paragraphs. Text should be fully justified.

Margins: Use margins of 2.5 cm (1 inch).

Title: Use bold for your article title, 14 point, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.

Headings: Please indicate the level of the section headings in your article:

 
• First-level headings (e.g. Introduction, Conclusion) should be in bold, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.

• Second-level headings should be in bold italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.

• Third-level headings should be in italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.

• Fourth-level headings should also be in italics, at the beginning of a paragraph. The text follows immediately after a full stop (full point) or other punctuation mark.
 

Tables and figures should be inserted in the main document. They should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals with a descriptive caption.

Footnotes should be used only where necessary to avoid interrupting the continuity of the text. They should be numbered consecutively using superscript Arabic numerals. They should appear at the end of the main text, immediately before the list of references.


The manuscript should be submitted in Word format. It should include a cover page showing the title, abstract, and acknowledgments, if any. Extra material (e.g. videos) up to 40MB can be attached in the same submission website.