Criteria
for Refereed
Submissions
Carpe
Diem
has
an
international
and
national
target
audience
and
as
such
is
written
and
published
for
these
readers
in
the
business
and
informatics
academic
and
business
environments.
To
this
end
criteria
for
refereed
submissions
require
standardization
and
applicability
for
the
target
audiences.
Please
note
that
these
criteria
are
comparable
to
any
other
refereed
publication.
The
criteria
are
as
follows:
General
Guidelines
Submission
Methods
Originality
is
Imperitive
Manuscripts
Submission
Considerations
Abstracts
Keywords
Technical
Requirements
Referencing
Biographical
Information
General
Guidelines
All
submissions
should
be
sent
to
the
editor
and
the
E-mail
address
for
submissions
is:
carped@mackillop.acu.edu.au
Please
ensure
that
the
following
information
is
provided:
- The
Business
and
Informatics
discipline
that
your
work
represents
- The
title of
your submission
- The
name of
the Author
- The
names of
Co-authors if
applicable
- Your
country of
residence
- The
academic institution
that you
are affiliated
with
- Your
telephone and
facsimile number
- E-mail
address
- The
specific author
to whom
all correspondence
should be
addressed
- All
papers must
be in
English
Carpe
Diem
only
recognises
the
following
academic
works:
- Exceptional
standard
assignment
output.
- Original
pieces of
research (i.e.
work not
previously published)
- Reviews
of current
theory, methods,
policies, publications
or practices
in the
disciplines of
Business and
- Informatics
as
mentioned previously.
- Precision,
clarity and
economy should
be utilised.
- The
use of
the active
voice should
be made
whenever appropriate.
- The
use of
British spelling
is important
i.e. honour
NOT honor
Submission
Methods
Emailed
filed
submissions.
Attach
all
the
files
relevant
to
the
submission
on
one
single
email.
No
handwritten
work
will
be
accepted
Originality
is
Imperative
A
submission
that
has
already
been
published
in
another
journal
or
is
already
being
considered
by
another
journal
will
not
be
accepted.
The
presentation
of
work
at
a
conference
or
research
seminar
which
has
been
subject
to
revision
and
extensions
will be
considered
for
publication.
Manuscripts
Submission
Considerations
All
work
is
acknowledged
upon
receipt.
Prompt
refereeing
is
strived
for.
The
refereeing
or
review
of
work
will
occur
by
at
least
2
anonymous
experts.
All
copyright
of
articles
published
in
Carpe
Diem
continue
to
belong
to
the
author(s).
The
editor
will
inform
the
author
of
the
decision
regarding
the
publication
of
any
piece
of
work
submitted.
The
editorial
decision
could
take
one
of
the
following
forms:
- Accepted
with
no
further
revisions.
- Revise
and
resubmit
the
manuscript.
- Your
submission
is
rejected.
Referees
anonymous
responses
will
be
forwarded
to
the
author(s)
with
the
editors'
decision
as
listed
above.
Abstracts: 80
to
150
words
would
be
required
Keywords
/
Key
Phrases: three
to five
would
be
required
Technical
Requirements
The
manuscripts
must
not
exceed
5000
words,
this
includes
endnotes
and
the
bibliography.
Those
manuscripts
that
exceed
the
word
limit
may
require
revision
into
a
two-part
article.
The
manuscripts
must
be
language
edited
prior
to
submission.
The
formatting
should
be
kept
simple.
The
submission
should
be
in
MS
Word.
Please
do
not
compress
files:
no
ZIP
or
other
similar
files
will
be
accepted.
Electronic
Requirements
- Artwork
submitted
as
TIF,
JPEG
or
GIF
files
- Location
of
artwork
to
be
indicated
in
the
text
- Charts
and
tables
features
of
MSWord
can
be
used.
Referencing
References
appearing
in
the
text
must
also
appear
in
the
reference
list
References
must
be
unnumbered
and
appear
in
alphabetical
order
by
author
Authors
are
responsible
for
ensuring
that
all
references
are
accurate.
The
Harvard
method
of
referencing
is
to
be
used.
The
following
provides
some
basic
referencing
examples:
Books
Scarborough,
N.M.
and
Zimmer,
T.W.
1993.
Effective
small
business
management.
New
York:
Macmillan
College
Publishing
Company.
Journals
Open.
1985.
The
effects
of
long-range
planning
on
small
business
performance:
a
further
examination.
Journal
of
Small
Business
Management
38(4):42-53.
Conferences
Pearly,
Y.
2002.
An
examination
of
the
utilization
of
intervention
research
within
the
qualitative
case
study
research
design.
In:
Proceedings
of
the
4th
New
England
International
Conference
on
Intervention
Research,
June
2001.
Boston:
Stratford
Haven:
31-57.
Web-based
documents
Harrison,
A.,
Hooligan,
Z.
and
Whitfield,
J.
1999.
Writing
a software
program
for
the
elderly
to
improve
financial
literacy
via
the
web.
[Online].
Available
WWW:
http://www.acu.edu.au/research/b&i
(Accessed
21
March
2004)
Biographical
Information
Author(s)
biographical
information
is
to
be
included
at
the
end
of
the
reference
listing.
This
information
should
take
the
form
of
a succinct
paragraph
and
include
information
such
as
the
academic
institution
that
the
author(s)
are
affiliated
with, their
current
academic
enrollment,
their
academic
interests
and
any
other
publications
of
note.
Contact
information
Should
you
require
any
additional
information
regarding
the
preparation
and
submission
of
a manuscript
for
publication
in
Carpe
Diem,
please
contact
the
editor.
