U.P. Los Baños Journal

Policies

Articles accepted by the Journal
- Full article- original work which presents an account of research done; has not been
published or is not currently being considered for publication in any other journal
- Papers presented in various forums that are converted into journal articles following the
journal’s specifications
- Review article- an article reviewing a book or another journal article, or an extended
review of literature
- Creative work (fiction, drama, poetry) that has not been published anywhere or is not
currently being considered for publication elsewhere; a suite of such works (e.g. 3 short stories; 1
five act play or 2 three-act plays; 5 poems)
N.B.: Priority will be given to full articles

Specifications for Articles
- Title- limit to 15 words or 120 characters
- Abstract- aim for an informative one: limit to 250 words set in Times New Roman font,
size 10, single spaced
- Key terms-provide 3 to 5 key terms for future indexing purposes; these should appear
below the abstract
- Body of the article- should be between 3, 750 to 4,000 words or roughly 15 pages (Times
New Roman font, size 12, double-spaced, inclusive of tables, plates, figures). The maximum length
is not absolute; more pages may be accommodated should there be less number of articles
submitted for publication. Each issue is targeted to contain around 10 articles. As a rule, longer
articles may be submitted but authors should be prepared to pare them down.- Bibliography- since the journal is multi-disciplinal, referencing system used in the discipline to
which an article belongs should be followed; however, as a concession, avoid using the “et al.” in
the bibliography where all the authors should be acknowledged.
- Optional parts, like appendix and exhibits may be included (theses are excluded from the
number of pages allowed)

Documentation
Since the journal is aimed at being multi-disciplinal, follow requirements of your discipline
(roughly: APA for the sciences, MLA for the humanities and social sciences). Follow standard
practice in presenting in-text citation but avoid footnotes. Instead of footnotes, use end notes. Use
Arabic numbers in the text with corresponding numbers in the end notes.