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Author Guidelines

We welcome your submission and kindly ask that you observe the following guidelines to facilitate the review and publication process.

General Information

  • Submissions are free of charge.
  • Manuscripts must be written in English using American English spelling.
  • Manuscripts must follow APA 7th edition guidelines. This includes the structure of the manuscript, in-text citations, as well as the reference list. For detailed instructions, consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).
  • Use a 12 pt Roman font (e.g., Times New Roman), and double-space the entire manuscript.
  • Submit manuscripts in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).
  • Ensure that the manuscript is anonymized ("blinded") for peer review.
  • Manuscripts must contain an abstract (maximum 250 words) and keywords (3-5 keywords).

Required Supplementary Files

Please submit the following as separate supplementary files:

  • Non-anonymized ("unblinded") version of the manuscript.

Figures, Graphics, and Layout

  • Ensure all images are of high quality with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Line art should have a resolution between 500 and 1000 dpi.
  • Design tables and figures to fit within the journal’s type area: 11.5 cm (width) × 18.5 cm (height).
  • Use footnotes sparingly.
  • Number all headings and subheadings. However, do not refer to heading and subheading numbers in the text. For example, do not write "as mentioned in section 2.3, ..." but rather write "as mentioned in section <section title>, ...".

Ethical and Methodological Requirements

  • By submitting to mda, authors agree to make data and program routines available for reproducibility and replication purposes.
  • In studies that analyze population surveys, response rates should be calculated following the standard definitions of AAPOR.

Resubmission After Review

If your manuscript receives a decision of "Revisions Required" or "Resubmit for Review", please follow these steps to upload your revised submission:

  1. Log in to your author account on the mda website.
  2. Click on your active submission.
  3. On the “Summary” tab (beneath the manuscript number):
    • Upload your response letter to the editor and reviewers, as well as any revised appendices, as supplementary files.
    • Use the “Add a Supplementary File” option.
  4. Switch to the “Review” tab.
  5. Upload the revised manuscript using the “Upload Author Version” option.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. Every author who wishes to hand in a manuscript and publish an article in mda has to agree with our Publication ethics and Malpractice statement and declare that the policies of this journal will be upheld.

  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
  7. Please note:The uploaded file size limit is set to 5MB. If you have any problems with this upload limit, please contact the Managing Editor.
 

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