Guide for Authors
Failure to follow this guideline will severely postpone the management of a submission.
Articles submitted to Scientific Inquiry must be original contributions. The author must justify that the work is not a violation to any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher of Scientific Inquiry against any breach of such warranty. For ease of distribution and to make certain of apt policing of use, contributions and papers become the lawful copyright of the publisher if not arranged otherwise. Send your submissions to:
Yi Lin, Editorial Office, 260 Elm Street, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, USA. No internet submission will be accepted.
Scientific Inquiry is a forum of the highest professional quality for both scientists and nonscientists alike to exchange ideas and publish new discoveries on a vast array of topics and issues. This forum aims to bring forth anything from either innovative understandings to known theories or unexplainable discoveries not adequately studied in mainstream science. It provides everyone opportunities to present, criticize, and discuss their findings, theories, and ideas with others.
The goal of Scientific Inquiry is to provide such an opportunity for people with inquiring minds to express their thoughts that may have the potential of leading to the next scientific revolution and, consequently, improving the quality of human well-being.
Since Scientific Inquiry covers all areas of learning and is distributed worldwide, make sure each paper is clearly written and understandable to those of different disciplines and to those of whom English is not their first language. Asking colleagues of dissimilar disciplines to comment the clarity of your paper is often helpful.
For detailed information on how to prepare the paper for final submission, please refer to the document “Typesetting of Papers Prepared for Scientific Inquiry”.
Step 1: Mail three high-quality one-sided copies of the manuscript prepared according to the instruction found in “Typesetting of Papers Prepared for Scientific Inquiry” along with a 3.5” disk, Zip disk, or CD-ROM for Windows (Macintosh is not accepted) saved in Microsoft Word format. Label the disk with: author’s name(s), title of article, journal title, and file name.
Step 2: Along with the submission, send no more than 5 and no less than 3 reprints of previously published papers this new work is related to or based on.
Step 3: Attach a completed copy of the copyright transfer form and a list of seven (7) potential reviewers with their detailed and current postal and email addresses along with their individual academic achievements. The editor may also select reviewers beyond this list.
Each copy of a revised paper should be accompanied with its electronic file and a copy of the author’s response to referees’ and editor’s comments on the earlier version of the paper.
The article should also be accompanied with a brief cover letter from the corresponding author. Be sure it contains the author’s full current postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address. Please state in the cover letter on why your article should be published in Scientific Inquiry. Brevity here is essential.
Do not fax or email any paper unless the editor requests the final version to be an attachment to an email.
Once submitted, no author may discuss his/her work with the media and other journals until after the publication date. Any violation to this standard will lead to unconditional rejection by Scientific Inquiry.
Upon publication, the corresponding author will receive twenty copies of reprints of his work. At the same time, Scientific Inquiry will not be responsible to answer any media inquiries regarding any published work in the journal.
Publication fees: US$300 for paper up to six journal pages and $20 per additional page. This fee will be used to partially offset publication related costs. US$20.00 included in this fee will be used to cover expenses of the rigorous review process, and the rest editing and publication related expenses.
Before the final publication, the author is expected to have the relevant page charges transferred to the IIGSS account. More specifically, please follow the instruction below:
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In this case, please forward a message indicating the bank transfer to the Billing Department so that appropriate credits can be acknowledged. (In this bank transfer instruction, be sure to direct payment to IIGSS account. Here, SRU Federal Credit Union is a branch of Mid-Atlantic) |