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Author metadata during submission

During the submission process, the submitting author must ensure that all particulars of author information, including full name, affiliation, and
email address, are given in the author metadata column of the submission system. These particulars must exactly reflect those on the title
page of the submission; this includes the author order of the authorship list. Provide authors’ ORCID ID, if available.

Types of Publications

• Article: These are original research manuscripts. The work should report scientifically sound experiments and provide a substantial
amount of new information. The article should include the most recent and relevant references in the field. The structure should
include an Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions (optional) sections, with
a suggested minimum word count of 4000 words. Please refer to the journal webpages for specific instructions and templates.
• Review: Reviews offer a comprehensive analysis of the existing literature within a field of study, identifying current gaps or problems.
They should be critical and constructive and provide recommendations for future research. No new, unpublished data should be
presented. The structure can include an Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Relevant Sections, Discussion, Conclusions, and Future
Directions, with a suggested minimum word count of 4000 words.

• Videos/Pictures: The structure must include an Introduction, Author Contributions, Funding Free Format Submission,
Acknowledgments, Conflicts of Interest, References.
Free Format Submission
Arts & Communication now accepts free format submission:

• We do not have strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the required sections: Author Information,
Introduction, Funding Information, Author Contributions, Conflict of Interest and other Ethics Statements.

• Your references may be in any style, provided that you use the consistent formatting throughout. It is essential to include author(s)
name(s), journal or book title, article or chapter title (where required), year of publication, volume and issue (where appropriate) and
pagination. DOI numbers (Digital Object Identifier) are not mandatory but highly encouraged.

• When your manuscript reaches the revision stage, you will be requested to format the manuscript according to the journal guidelines.

Language

All submissions must be written entirely in good American English. Spelling and use of punctuations should conform to conventions in American
English. Clarity and conciseness are critical requirements for publications; therefore, submissions that are not clearly written will be returned
to authors. Authors must ensure that their manuscripts are submit-ready or publish-ready before making submission. The articles published
in Arts & Communication are in adherence with the publishable standards of academic and scientific writing.

Please note that utilizing a language editing service is not a guarantee of acceptance.

Letter capitalization
Use sentence case capitalization in all aspects of the submission. In sentence case, most major and minor words are lowercase (proper nouns,
including name of organizations and name of guidelines, are an exception in that they are always capitalized for the first letter of each word,
except for minor words, such as conjunctions and short prepositions). The first letter of the first word should always be uppercase.

Manuscript title
The title should capture the conceptual significance for a broad audience. The title should not be more than 50 words and should be able to
give readers an overall view of the paper’s significance. Titles should avoid using uncommon jargons, abbreviations and punctuation.

Abstract
The purpose of abstract is to provide sufficient information and capture essential findings and/or messages of the paper. For full-length article,
the length of an abstract should be in the range of 200-300 words. The abstract should be unstructured. Abstract is needed in original research
article, review article, perspective article, case report and special feature article.

Keywords

Each submission should be accompanied by 3-6 keywords. Avoid using abbreviations and acronyms in keywords, unless they are established
standard keywords. Separate keywords with semi-colons (i.e, term1; term2; term3).