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Coresponding Address:

Editorial Board of JSER
“Ss Cyril and Methodius” University
Faculty of Philosophy
Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Krste Misirkov bb, 1000 Skopje
Republic of Macedonia
jser@fzf.ukim.edu.mk
 

All authors (ie, the corresponding author and each coauthor) must complete and submit an Authorship Form with signed statements on (1) authorship responsibility, criteria, and contributions; (2) financial disclosure, funding, and support; In addition, authors are required to identify their contributions to the work described in the manuscript (see Authorship Form).

The authors also must certify that the manuscript represents valid work and that neither this manuscript nor one with substantially similar content under their authorship has been published or is being considered for publication elsewhere. If requested, authors should be prepared to provide the data and must cooperate fully in obtaining and providing the data on which the manuscript is based for examination by the editors or their assignees.

Role of the Corresponding Author.

The corresponding author (or co-author designee) will serve on behalf of all coauthors as the primary correspondent with the editorial office during the submission and review process. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that the Acknowledgment section of the manuscript is complete. “Acknowledgment” is the general term for the list of contributions, credits, and other information included at the end of the text of a manuscript but before the references. The corresponding author must sign the Acknowled­gment statement part of the Authorship Form.

Group Authorship.

If authorship is attributed to a group (either solely or in addition to 1 or more individual authors), all members of the group must meet the full criteria and requirements for authorship as described above. If that is not the case, a group must designate 1 or more individuals as authors or members of a writing group who meet full authorship criteria and requirements. Other group members who are not authors may be listed in an Acknowledgment.

 

REMAINDER FOR APPLICATION OF PAPER FOR PUBLICATION

Notes

Papers submitted for publication in Journal of Spe­cial Education and Rehabilitation are prepared in Macedo­nian and English language (bilingual). One copy of the script are submitted (includ­ing the photographs and tables) and CD or by e-mail.

The script must be typed in double spacing on one side of80gr white paper, format A4(21x29 cm) only with at least a2cm margin.

First side

Title, then the names, of the authors (including the names, middle names and surnames and the aca­demic degree). In addition to the full title of the pa­per, author should supply running title, no more than45letters, (with no abbreviations).

The name and address of the institution where the paper is prepared (if there are several, they are noted by numbers in the same order as for the au­thors. Data have been made given too, if the paper is presented somewhere, as well as supported by some project and the full name of the institution and the place).

Close to the text: the address for the copies: first name, name (e-mail) and full address are given where the copies are to be sent, with telephone num­ber (pri­vate and at work) for eventual consulta­tion.

Abstract

Abstract from100to250words for papers and50 to100words for case reports must be typed in dou­ble spacing on a separate sheet of paper as second page.

Abstract contents should be presenter as an essential and independ­ent еntity, it should not describe what is presented in the paper.

(“WRONG" the results of the coronary stress test of the workers 'in the textile industry are presented", but "the maximal oxygen con­sumption of the work­ers in the textile industry was31,5±6,2 mL*kg^-1.min^-1).The text is to be written in a passive form (not "we" or "our").

Abbreviation others than the standard units for meas­urement and their derived units should not be given.

At least three key words should appear under the abstract.

Manuscript preparation

Articles are typically 3,000 words of text, beginning with up to 500 words of referenced text expanding on the background to the work (some overlap with the summary is acceptable), before proceeding to a concise, focused account of the findings, ending with one or two short paragraphs of discussion.

The text may contain a few short subheadings (not more than six in total) of no more than 40 characters each (less than one line of text in length).

Articles typically have 5 or 6 display items (figures or tables).

1. Titles do not exceed three lines in print. Titles do not normally include numbers, acronyms, abbreviations or punctuation. They should include sufficient detail for indexing purposes but be general enough for readers outside the field to appreciate what the paper is about.

2. Methods. In the Methods section, details regarding the material, samples, methods and equipment used in the study should be included, so that another individual could repeat the work. The selection of the observational or experimental participants (patients or laboratory animals, including controls) should be stated clearly, including eligibility and exclusion criteria and a description of the source population. Next, the period of research and the institution where it was conducted should be clearly mentioned. Papers covering research on human or animal subjects should contain a statement indicating patient permission and clearance by the institute research or ethics committee or animal experimentation committee.

The methods, apparatus (include the manufacturer’s name and address in parentheses), and procedures should be given in sufficient detail to allow reproduction of the results. Give references to established methods, including statistical methods; provide references and brief descriptions for methods that have been published but are not well known; describe new or substantially modified methods, give reasons for using them, and evaluate their limitations. Identify precisely all drugs and chemicals used, including generic name(s), dose(s), and route(s) of administration.

The Methods section should not exceed 1,000 words of text. The Methods section cannot contain figures or tables.

3. Results. In this section author should describe the main findings in the text as well as the particular statistical significance of the data, and refer the reader to the tables and figures, implying that details are shown there. Information on significance and other statistical data should preferably be given in the tables and figures. Do not combine the Results and Discussion sections for full-length papers.

4. Discussion. This section should not repeat results. The discussion section should discuss study findings, and interpret them in the context of other trials reported in the literature providing evidence or counterevidence. In this way the validity of the results and the significance of the conclusions for the application in further research are assessed, with respect to the hypothesis, relevance of methods, and significance of differences observed.

5. References. Each reference should be numbered, ordered sequentially as they appear in the text, methods, tables, figure, and legends. When cited in the text, reference numbers are in parenthesis.

The maximum number of references is 50 for Articles and 30 for brief communications. Only one publication can be listed for each number.

Each table, photograph or literature data are cited in the text in Arabic numerals (they should appear in the text by number only in the order in which they occur). We follow the "Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals" (also called the Vancouver style, determined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and used for PubMed/Medline journals.The first reference in the text should be (1) and the next (2) and so forth and then listed accordingly at the end of the paper after discussion or after acknowledgements.

Manuscript Types

Manuscript types are: editorial; letter to editor; original articles (research or theoretical); research briefs; evidence-based, best practice, or clinical practice guideline original articles or summaries; case reports; book reviews; announcements of upcoming events/conferences; and Master of science thesis and PhD thesis. Authors must specify a manuscript type for each submission, depending on its content and focus. Submissions for which a manuscript type is not specified will be decided by the Editor.

Editorial. Editorials will be written by the Editor or a member of the Editorial Board as approved by the Editor. Authors interested in writing an editorial must receive approval by the Editor. Letters to the Editor are encouraged.

Original Articles. Research or theoretical articles must comply with APA guidelines. Text, tables, figures, and illustrations must comply with APA recommended guidelines. Each original article must include a title page (article title, name, credentials, affiliations, and contact information for primary author), abstract, manuscript text, and reference list. The abstract must be 250 words or less. The length of original articles should not exceed 20 pages.

Research Briefs. The purpose of a research brief is to provide an expedited dissemination of current research findings or a brief overview of current and recently published research articles. Research briefs provide a narrative summary of current research findings, specifically detailing the research question(s), design, data collection, findings, and recommendations. The length of a research brief should not exceed 3 pages.

Evidence-based, Best Practice, or Clinical Practice Guideline Original Articles or Summaries. Original literature synthesis articles or best practice guidelines with recommendations for evidence-based practice on men's health issues are encouraged. Evidence-based practice or clinical practice guidelines that are published through another medium can be summarized in JSER provided appropriate approvals are obtained from the primary copyright holder. The length of original articles should not exceed 20 pages and the length of summary articles should not exceed 30 pages.

Case Reports. Case reports describe individual clinical situations or events that have broader implications for men's health and exemplary practice. Authors must maintain individual privacy and confidentiality in presenting clinical situations. Case report manuscripts must comply with APA format. A maximum of 6 pages will be accepted.

Illustrations and photographs must be accompanied by written permission for utilization with distinguishing individual features eliminated. A maximum of 6 pages will be accepted.

Book Reviews. Descriptive book reviews on men's health issues are encouraged to provide an awareness of the professional and lay publications regarding men's health. Book summaries should provide a descriptive overview/outline of the book, a content summary, critique, and recommendations regarding reading. The length of book reviews should be limited to 4 pages.

Announcements of Upcoming Events/Conferenceson men's health issues will be published with the appropriate information regarding, title, place/location, time, and contact information.

Master of Science thesis and PhD thesis should be prepared as an original research report and should include a section stating the date, place and the commission responsible for the evaluation of the thesis should be included. The Master of Science thesis and the PhD thesis are enrolled in the peer-review process only after the public defense has been successfully accomplished.

 

Literature

Personal copyrights in the preparation of an arti­cle and other unpublished information are not quot­ed under literature, but rather, they could be men­tioned in the text of the article in brackets. The literature index is quoted with Arabic numbers in brackets, parallel with single spacing and its given order should be according to the order referred to in the text.

The journal contains the pages of the article;

whereas the books contain a specific page number.

The abstract are market with the abbreviation (absts.), whilst the letter are market with (letter) in small brackets.

The abbreviations of the journals are accordance with those quoted in the Index Medicus, National Medical Library of America. The way of quoting is given in the example below.

• Journals

All authors are quoted whether there are6or less; if there are more authors, the first three authors are quoted and sor is added at the end of a Macedonian text, and et al. at the end of an English text; do not put stops after the initials and the abbreviations of the journal).

1.   Karanfiloski A, Trajkovski V. Sexual education for persons with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation 2008;1-2:55-66.

• Heading in a book

17.Vittliff JL, Savlov ED. Estrogen-binding capac­ity of cytoplas­mic forms of the estrogen receptors in human breast cancer. McGuire WL, Carbone PP, Volmer EP, eds. In: Estrogen receptors in human breast cancer. New York: Raven Press,1975:73-91.

• Book (one or more authors)

42.Shek DTL, Ma HK, Merrick J. Positive youth development. Development of a pioneering program in a Chinese context. Tel Aviv: Freund, 2007.

• Research report

Shek DTL. A positive youth development program in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Soc Welfare Pract Res Centre, Univ Hong Kong, 2004. `Chinese`

• Unpublished thesis

Kaplan SJ. Post-hospital home health care: The elderly’s access and utilization. Dissertation. St Louis: MO: Washington Univ, 1995.

• Online Journals (journal article) on Internet

Seal A, Kerac M. Operational implications of using 2006 World Health Organization growth standards in nutrition programmes: secondary data analysis. BMJ. 2007; 334:733. http://www.bmj. com/cgi/content/full/334/7596/733. Accessed April 12, 2007.

• Internet material

FDA/CEDR resources page. Food and Drug Administration Web site. http://www.fda.gov/cder/approval/index.htm. Accessed April 7, 2007

 

Writing Style

1. Articles should be written in English (spellings as in the Oxford English Dictionary), and Macedonian language, double spaced, using justify alignment, Times New Roman font, and 12-pt. type. Include the title of the paper, an abstract of no more than 250 words, and 3 to 5 keywords. Cyrillic names should be transliterated for Macedonian transliteration see: (Table1)

2. Set all margins to 2 cm.

3. Format for A4 paper.

4. Please type all copy upper and lower case—do not use all capitals or small capitals.

5. Place all figures and tables in a separate file. Indicate the location of tables and figures in text in boldface, enclosed in angle brackets, on a separate line.

Example: <Fig. 1 here>

6. Please use your tab key and centering functions to do head alignment, paragraph indents, etc. DO NOT USE THE SPACE BAR.

7. Use endnotes as sparingly as possible. Number them with Arabic numerals starting with 1 and continuing through the article; for example:

“(See Note 1).” Do not use footnotes.

 

Artwork

Figures must be provided as production-ready. Do not use rules or tick marks smaller than 1 point in size. Acceptable electronic formats for figures or other art are: TIFF, EPS, Word, or Excel. If you have trouble loading Excel files, copy and paste them into a Word document. Scans must be at least 300 dpi. Scans done at lower resolutions will have a very poor print quality even if they look crisp and clear on a laser printout.

Increasingly many readers prefer to read articles on the web. You therefore need to visualize how the article will look on the web, not just on paper. You should try to use the many advantages of web publishing such as links to other sources of information, extra photographs, figures, tables, or sometimes even a short video.

 

Tables

The tables are typed out on a separate sheet of paper in double spacing with the number and the name of the table, whereas the explanations should be given below the table. The number of the table should be market with Arabic numbers and conse­quently given in the same order as they are men­tioned in the text. The contens of the heading, the columns, the lines as well the explanations must be given in both Macedonian and English.

The heading of the columns should be given in abbreviated form, and an explanation of it under the table. The order of their explanation should be according to the Macedonian alphabeth (or the abc of the Englich text) for all the abbreviations in the table.

The tables themselves are quite clear, therefore, there is no need to contain information already given in the text or in the graphs. Tables with just one line should be avoided.

The horizontal and the certial lines should be brought to an indispesable measure, whilst the insignificant decimal places to be avoided.

It is indispesable to give the statistical measures of varation (standard deviation, standard error, etc.)