Author Guidelines

They should be clearly written and broadly accessible. Please keep jargon, references, notes and graphs to a minimum.

Writers are responsible for the accuracy of their citations and for following “fair use” principles.

The author’s name, contact details and a brief biographical statement should be entered when registering on the website.

Please fully anonymise the article text submitted [i.e. the author's name should not be on the title page (or recorded in the document’s 'file properties') to ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review].

The referencing is Harvard style –(surname, date) should appear in the main text. Each direct quotation must be accompanied by a reference containing a page number. The full reference is listed under References at the end. Please ensure that references are complete, and that all of the references cited in the text are included in the references list. All entries in the reference list must be listed in alphabetical order. Entries by the same author should be listed in chronological order.

References to electronic material should provide the correct URL, date when item was accessed, plus any identifying information. The onus is on the author(s) to check the URL is a live and accurate link before submission of the article.

 New Agenda uses endnotes, not footnotes, numbered in the text using arabic numerals. Endnotes must be used only when necessary, to provide essential supplementary information – not references, except where additional reading is recommended as in: See author, year of publication. Title of article or publication, place of publication/publisher, pp .XX.

Submitted manuscripts should contain sufficient detail and references to permit reviewers and, subsequently, readers to verify the claims presented in it. Supplemental material, such as appendices, tables, and audio and video material that is impossible to produce within the article, can be submitted for this purpose. Approved supplemental material for New Agenda articles will be hosted on the OJS platform and linked to the full-text article.

NEW 2025: If you have used Artificial Intelligence (AI)–Assisted Technology, you must describe your use in an acknowledgment section at the end. (Please see below for details)

 In-text citations - examples

(Hogue, 2001; Sambrook & Russell, 2001; Musk, 2006; Hisakata, Nishida & Johnston, 2016)

Abbreviations such as ibid and op. cit. should not be used in the in-text references or the end-notes. They make it difficult for indexing services to process citations.

References - examples

Hisakata, R., Nishida, S. & Johnston, A. 2016. An adaptable metric shapes perceptual space. Current Biology. 26(14):1911–1915. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.047.

Hogue, C.W.V. 2001. Structure databases, in A.D. Baxevanis & B.F.F. Ouellette (eds.). Bioinformatics, 2nd ed., , Life Sciences Series. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience. 83–109.

Musk, E. 2006. The secret Tesla Motors master plan (just between you and me). Available: https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-just-between-you-and-me [2016, September 29].

Sambrook, J. & Russell, D.W. 2001. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. 3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: CSHL Press.

Book reviews:

We carry brief informative book reviews (+/-4-800 words) and longer review articles of 1200-1600 words. Reviews should include full title and author information, plus publisher, place and date of publication and number of pages. We often receive review copies of new books. Please contact us for available titles.

Inquiries may be directed to the Production Editor, production@ifaaza.org

Artificial Intelligence (AI)–Assisted Technology

At submission, authors must disclose whether they used Artificial Intelligence (AI)– assisted technologies (such as Large Language Models [LLMs], chatbots, or image creators) in the production of submitted work. Authors who use such technology should describe, in both the cover letter and in the appropriate section of the submitted article, how they used it. For example, if AI was used for writing assistance, describe this in an acknowledgment section at the end. If AI was used for data collection, analysis, or figure generation, authors should describe this use in the methods. Chatbots (such as ChatGPT) should not be listed as authors because they cannot be responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work, and these responsibilities are required for authorship. Therefore, humans are responsible for any submitted material that included the use of AI-assisted technologies. Authors should carefully review and edit the result because AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased. AI may give completely incorrect references for “quotations”. Authors should not list AI and AI-assisted technologies as an author or co-author, nor cite AI as an author. Authors should be able to assert that there is no plagiarism in their paper, including in text and images produced by the AI. Humans must ensure there is appropriate attribution of all quoted material, including full citations.

AI guideline adapted from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) “Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals - Updated January 2025” https://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf