1. Submission procedure
   The hard copy of the manuscript must be sent in triplicate to the executive editor’s address (Executive Editor, The Chittagong University Journal of Social Sciences, Dean’s office of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Chittagong). Additionally, a soft copy must be sent via email to editor.jss@cu.ac.bd.

2. Format of the paper
   The paper must be typed in MS Word, using a 12-point font and double spacing.

3. Type and length of the paper

The paper can be an empirical research, case study, and/or review paper. Length of the paper should be within 5000 to 6000 words including, abstract, references and appendices.

4. Title
   The title of the paper must be concrete, precise and focused.

5. Abstract
   There should be an abstract of the paper, not exceeding 250 words. Written in italics, the abstract should include brief background, research aim, methodology, findings, recommendations, and overall contribution of the study. 

6. Key words
   The paper should add five to six key words linked with the title of the study.

7. Introduction/ background/ statement of the problem
   The introduction section must focus on the background, statement of the problem and significance of the study clearly.

8. Literature review and framework of the study
   This section must be adequate with relevant literature, and properly structured. The research gap must be identified clearly and the theoretical/ analytical/ conceptual framework must be added clearly.   

9. Research methodology
   The paper must contain appropriate research methodology. Especially, data sources, data collection techniques, sampling design, data analysis tools, data presentation etc. should be mentioned with justification.

10. Findings and discussions
    The findings and discussions should be consistent with the research objectives systematically. The discussion and analyses should be congruent with the results/ findings and must be organized.

11. Conclusions and recommendations
    This section must contain a brief concluding remarks on the new knowledge consistent with the findings, recommendations, and overall contributions of the study. This section may also add future direction of the study.

12. Language and grammar
    The author must use standard language (English/ Bengali) with correct grammar.
    
    
13. Tables and figures
    All tables and figures must be numbered chronologically. Captions must be in bold font, centered, and positioned above the tables and figures.

14. Footnotes
    Footnotes can be used only if it is an absolute necessity and must be numbered systematically.
    
    
15. Citations and references

The latest available version of the APA style should be used for referencing. However, some particular suggestions are outlined below.

Citations
a. References should be cited by the last name of author(s) and the year of publication in parentheses. In case you quote or paraphrase from any source, include the page number(s) at the end of the citation. Some examples are given below:

          • Authoritarian parenting style results in worse children’s educational outcome (Majumder, 2015).
          • Maccoby and Martin (1983) extended the typology of parenting style.
          • Parenting style is defined as the emotional climate created by parents within which socialization of children occurs (Darling & Steinberg, 1993, p. 448).
          • Demandingness, in the words of Baumrind (1991, pp. 61-62), ‘‘refers to the claims parents make on children to become integrated into the family whole, by their maturity demands, supervision, disciplinary efforts and willingness to confront the child who disobeys’’.

b. Where appropriate, several references may be placed within a single pair of parentheses, each reference being separated by a semi-colon.
          • Example: The findings of this study are consistent with some previous studies (see Baumrind, 1966; Kim & Rohner, 2002).

c. Subsequent citations of any given source should be made in exactly the same way as initially; terms like ‘ibid.’ ‘op.cit.’ etc. must be avoided.

d. To refer to different publications of an author for the same year, different lower-case letters (a, b, c etc.) may be used with the year.
          • Example: MSL can identify the parameters even in the absence of any exclusion parameter (Deb & Trivedi, 2006a). This is also claimed by Deb and Trivedi (2006b).

e. To refer to work done by more than two authors, use the last name of the first author followed by ‘et al.’.
          • Example: Study-related habit formation is directly impacted by parenting style (Aunola et al., 2000).
All the citations must be added in the reference section with full details as per the format.

List of references

1. Bibliographical references should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author.
2. Italicize journal names and book titles.
3. Basic format for journal article: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title of the work. Journal Name, volume(issue), page range of full article. URL or DOI if available
   • Example: Kainz, K., Willoughby, M. T., Vernon-Feagans, L., & Burchinal, M. R. (2012). Modeling family economic conditions and young children’s development in rural United States: Implications for poverty research. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 33(4), 410–420. doi:10.1007/s10834-012-9287-2
4. Basic format for book: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title of the book (edition). Publisher’s Name. URL or DOI if available

Example: Angrist, J. D., & Pischke, J.-S. (2009). Mostly harmless econometrics: An empiricist’s companion (1^st edition). Princeton University Press.

16. Funding acknowledgement

Authors must acknowledge any funding used for the purpose of the study in a separate section at the end of the paper.

17. Authors’ details

The authors’ details must be specified clearly in the first page of the paper which must not be mentioned or displayed in any other pages. The corresponding author must be indicated.

18. Plagiarism and AI-generated texts

For a paper to be considered, it must pass the checks for plagiarism and AI-generated text. A maximum of 20% similarity will be allowed.

19. Decision regarding a submitted article

Any decision regarding a submitted article will be made after a thorough discussion at the editorial board meeting.

20. Submission deadline

There is no particular deadline for submission. Articles can be submitted all year round. Submissions will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

21. Submission serial

The submission serial of an article will be based on its submission through the journal’s email (editor.jss@cu.ac.bd).  

22. A special note for authors

An authorship is limited to submitting only one paper for consideration in a single volume.