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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.
  • I confirm that this paper has been submitted solely to this journal and is not published, in press, or submitted elsewhere.
  • I have prepared this paper in accordance with the style and format requirements of this journal. (For more information, visit https://bit.ly/jpadpolicies.)
  • I inserted the co-author information completely, if any.

Author Guidelines

The Journal publishes research articles, research notes, and policy papers. Special issues dealing with a specific theme or based on selected conference presentations can also be published at the discretion of the editor-in-chief.

Research articles provide complete description of an original study and offer advances to the current knowledge on development studies and governance. JPAD requires 6,000 – 10,000 words for this type of article and a specific format.

Meanwhile, research notes highlight commentaries on the application of specific methodology/model, methodological innovations, theoretical insights from the analysis of data, or preliminary empirical findings that merit immediate publication. Research notes are concise, focused articles containing 3,000 – 5,000 words and may not follow the usual format of a research article but it must contain the title, author’s or authors’ information, and abstract and keywords.

Lastly, JPAD welcomes papers that analyze policy issues related to development and governance. Policy papers published in this Journal should be based on a policy-oriented research carried out by academics and professionals of relevant fields. For the JPAD, policy papers are limited to 5,000 – 10,000 words and are written following a specific format.

Kindly access the Editorial Policies for the complete submission guidelines.

You may submit your journal article by sending an email at jpad.uplb@up.edu.ph.

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