Formatting Requirements

For more information on formatting requirements for each Journal section, please see Journal of Transformative Touch Author Guidelines

Include an abstract. (Abstracts are only required for quantitative, qualitative and case studies research submissions but are recommended for other submissions when appropriate.)

Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single file (Microsoft Word .DOCX or .RTF files are accepted).

Please copy edit your manuscript.

Indenting, Line Spacing, and Justification

Page size should be 8.5 x 11-inches. The main text of the document should be single-spaced. All margins (left, right, top and bottom) should be 1 inch (3.8 cm), including your tables and figures. Use a single column layout with margins left justified. (i.e., flush with the left margin—except where indented). Either indent all new paragraphs or leave a space between paragraphs. An indent should be one tab or four spaces. Do not insert extra space between paragraphs of text with the exception of long quotations, theorems, propositions, special remarks, etc. These should be set off from the surrounding text by additional space above and below. Do not “widow” or “orphan” text (i.e., ending a page with the first line of a new paragraph or beginning a page with the last line of a paragraph). Try to avoid large empty spaces on pages.

Language & Grammar

All submissions must be in English. Except for common foreign words and phrases, the use of foreign words and phrases should be avoided.

Authors should use proper, standard English grammar. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White (now in its fourth edition) is the "standard" guide, but other excellent guides (e.g., The American Psychological Association) exist as well. We ask that you thoroughly check spelling and grammar before submitting. Resources, such as Grammerly.com can assist in this process.

Article Length

Article length is described in the Author Guidelines.

Colored text

Set the font color to black for the majority of the text. We encourage authors to take advantage of the ability to use color in the production of figures, maps, etc., however, you need to appreciate that this will cause some of your readers problems when they print the document on a black & white printer. For this reason, you are advised to avoid the use of colors in situations where their translation to black and white would render the material illegible or incomprehensible.

Please ensure that there are no colored mark-ups or comments in the final version, unless they are meant to be part of the final text.

Emphasized text

Whenever possible use italics to indicate text you wish to emphasize rather than underlining it. The use of color to emphasize text is discouraged.

Fonts

Use Times or the closest comparable font available, except where special symbols are needed. If you desire a second font, for instance for headings, use a sans serif font (e.g., Arial or Computer Modern Sans Serif).

Font size

The main body of text should be set in 12 pt. Footnotes should be 10 pt. Avoid the use of fonts smaller than 6 pt.

Foreign terms

Whenever possible, foreign language terms should be set in italics rather than underlined. For example, al fresco.

Headings

Headings (e.g., start of sections) should be distinguished from the main body text by their fonts or by using caps. Use the same font face for all headings and indicate the hierarchy by reducing the font size. There should be space above and below headings.

Main text

The font for the main body of text must be black and, if at all possible, in Times or closest comparable font available.

Titles

Whenever possible, titles of books, movies, etc., should be set in italics rather than underlined.

Footnotes

Footnotes should appear at the bottom of the page on which they are referenced rather than at the end of the paper. Footnotes should be in 10 pt. Times or closest comparable font available, they should be single spaced, and there should be a footnote separator rule (line). Footnote numbers or symbols in the text must follow, rather than precede, punctuation. Excessively long footnotes are probably better handled in an appendix. All footnotes should be left-justified.

Tables and Figures

To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text. Large tables or figures should be put on pages by themselves. Avoid the use of overly small type in tables. In no case should tables or figures be in a separate document or file. All tables and figures must fit within 1.5 inch margins on all sides (top, bottom, left and right) in both portrait and landscape view.

If figures are included, use high-resolution figures, preferably encoded as encapsulated PostScript (EPS).

References

It is the author's obligation to provide complete references with the necessary information.

Please follow APA guidelines, 7th edition.

Within the text of your manuscript, use the author-date method of citation.

References should have margins that are left justified.

References are listed in alphabetical order.

Articles

Author's (authors') name(s), title of article, name of journal, year of publication (or "n.d." if no date), volume number, page numbers.

First author: Last name, first initial (middle initial optional).

Second author(s) [if any]: Last name, first initial (middle initial optional).

Co-authored work is listed after solo work by the same first author (e.g. Edlin, A. S. would precede Edlin, A. S. and Reichelstein, S.).

Optional (but desirable): issue number and month/season of publication. For forthcoming (in press) articles, put expected year of publication and substitute "forthcoming" for the volume and page numbers.

Books:

Author's (authors') name(s), title of book, year of publication (or "n.d." if no date), publisher, publisher's address, edition (if not first). For forthcoming (in press) books, put expected year of publication and add "forthcoming.""

Chapters in collections or anthologies:

Name(s) of author(s) of chapter, name(s) of editor(s) of book, title of chapter, title of book, year of publication (or "n.d." if no date), publisher, publisher's address, and edition (if not first). For forthcoming (in press) books, put expected year of publication and add "forthcoming."

Other works:

Required: Author's (authors') name(s), title of work, year (or "n.d." if no date), and information about how the reader could obtain a copy.

Use hanging indents for citations (i.e., the first line of the citation should be flush with the left margin and all other lines should be indented from the left margin by a set amount). Citations should be single-spaced with extra space between citations.