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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Text formatting
In the paper, please provide the information in the following order:
• Name of the author/s
• Title of the paper in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian or Montenegrin
• Abstract and keywords in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian or Montenegrin
• Title, abstract and keywords in English at the end of the paper
• References

Scope. Preferably, the text should have a volume of up to 15 cards (1 card = 1800 electronic characters with spaces) and for other sections (book reports, reviews, etc.) up to five cards. These papers are not subject to review.

Title of the paper. It should be as short as possible (maximum 10 words) and give a good insight into the essence of the work. It is written in capital letters.

Authors. The name of the author is written above the title; first name and then last name. If there are more than one author, they are separated by a comma. A footnote is added above the name of each author. The footnote lists the titles and addresses of the author, author’s email, and other information relevant to the text.

Abstract. It is written in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian or Montenegrin language and identical text in English, up to 200 words maximum. The summary should reflect the purpose of the text and its essence.

Keywords. Below the abstract are keywords (up to five words), which are essential for the quick identification and classification of the work content.

Language. Papers are submitted in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Montenegrin and English and will be published as such.

Title and Author Details: Times New Roman 12 pt, normal style, no spaces.

The text should be formatted as follows: Times New Roman 12 pt font, normal style, no spacing, even alignment.

A review. All submitted papers are anonymously reviewed by two reviewers. The reviewers are appointed by the Editorial Board.

Citation and literature. Please use the Harvard citation style, which can be found at: Instructions for Authors of Papers

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From the moment a contribution is submitted to the Editorial Board, Authors are considered to have transferred their copyrights to the publisher. The publisher will publish the accepted contributions in printed and electronic form, and has the right to use the abstracts from submitted contributions.

The Editorial Board will, within a period not exceeding six months from the date of receipt of the paper, inform the authors if it has been accepted. A negative response releases the authors from their obligation to the Editorial Board. An author whose contribution has been accepted may not publish the paper in any other electronic or printed publication (even in excerpts or edited) without the consent of the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Adult Education. In principle, the author may publish the work three months from the date of publication in the Journal of Adult Education, with the obligation to indicate where the work was initially published/printed. Articles published in the journal may be used free of charge for educational and non-commercial purposes, with appropriate citation of the source.

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) that allows others to share and adapt the material for any purpose (even commercially), in any medium with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

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