'Sun Yat-sen Management Review' Submissions Guideline

I. Submissions should include a cover page, an abstract page, the main text, references, and appendices (if any), with pages numbered in sequence. For Chinese submissions, the total word count is limited to 15,000 words, including the abstract, main text, references, appendices, and tables/figures. Qualitative research may be an exception, but please do not exceed the limit by too much. For English submissions, the total page count is limited to 50 pages, including the abstract, main text, references, appendices, and tables/figures. All manuscripts, whether new submissions or revised ones based on reviewers' comments, must adhere to these length requirements.

II. The cover page should include the title of the paper in both Chinese and English, the names of the authors and their affiliations (including sub-affiliations) in both languages, as well as the address, contact phone number, fax number, and email address. The corresponding author should be clearly indicated for subsequent communication. (Please mark the corresponding author with an asterisk (*), and provide a note at the bottom of the cover page as follows: *Corresponding author: name).

III. Please include a suggested citation in both Chinese and English at the bottom of the cover page. The citation should be formatted according to the 7th edition of the APA style.

●Suggested Citation: Author A, Author B, & Author C (OOOO). Article Title. Sun Yat-sen Management Review, OO(O), OOO-OOO. DOI: (link)

IV. The abstract page should include both the Chinese and English abstracts, as well as up to five keywords in both languages. The abstract should concisely describe the research question(s) and objectives, research methods, and findings. The length of the abstract in both Chinese and English should not exceed 300 words.

V. Format of Main Text: The paper title should be in 16-point font, section headings in 14-point font, and the main text in 12-point font. Details are as follows:

(1) Paragraph Formatting: The font for English text should be 12-point Times New Roman.

(2) Footnotes: Please avoid footnotes as much as possible to simplify the layout. If necessary, regardless of language, footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the page.

(3) In-Text Citations: In-text citations should follow the format below; for anything not covered, please refer to the APA 7th edition guidelines:

　(A) Narrative Citation

【Example 1】 A simple slope analysis was used, following Aiken and West’s (1991) recommendations.

【Example 2】 Initially, the market, influenced by anticipations similar to those expressed by Yu et al. (2017).

　(B) Parenthetical Citation

【Example 1】 Particularly in the field of organizational behavior and human resource management, "organizational commitment" is an important concept frequently mentioned by scholars (Mowday et al., 1982; O’Reilly & Chatman, 1986; Streers, 1977; 黃國隆，1986).

Note: When citing multiple references within parentheses, list English references first, arranged alphabetically by surname or by stroke order for Chinese names, separated by semicolons. Different articles by the same author should be separated by commas.

　(C) When citing references by different authors with the same surname, add initials of their names to differentiate them.

【Example 1】 Coronary atherosclerosis is more common in males (J. M. Taylor & Neimeyer, 2015; T. Taylor, 2014).

VI. Figures and Tables

(1) Figures and tables should be placed within the main text.

(2) The title of a table should be positioned above the table, and the title of a figure should be positioned below the figure. Both should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals, and titles should be connected with a period, for example: Table1. Descriptive Statistics.

(3) If a brief explanation of the figures and tables (such as symbols in a table) is necessary, note it below the figure or table in 10-point font.

VII. References: The title of the reference articles should be written in full, including the text following a dash in Chinese titles and the text following a colon in English titles. List Chinese references first, arranged by surname stroke order; English references follow, arranged alphabetically by author’s last name. Common reference formats are as follows; for anything not covered, refer to the APA 7th edition guidelines.

(1) Books

【Example】Zeleny, M. (1982). Multiple Criteria Decision Making (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118445112.stat01701

(2) Journal Article

【Example 1】Anderson, C. R., & Fraser, R. D. (2000). Corporate Control, Bank Risk Taking, and the Health of the Banking Industry. Journal of Banking and Finance, 24(6), 1383–1398. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00088-6https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00088-6https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00088-6

【Example 2】Wulf, G., Shea, C. H., & Park, J. H. (in press). Attention in motor learning: Preferences for and advantages of an external focus. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.

(3) Chapter in Edited Book

【Example】Balsam, K. F., Martell, C. R., Jones, K. B., & Safren, S. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive behavior therapy with sexual and gender minority people. In G. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cognitive behavior therapy: Practice and supervision (2nd ed., pp. 287–314). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000119-012

(4) Dissertations and Theses

【Example】Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practices of elementary school leaders [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia.

(5) Conference Proceedings

【Example】Fistek, A., Jester, E., & Sonnenberg, K. (2017, July 12–15). Everybody’s got a little music in them: Using music therapy to connect, engage, and motivate [Conference session]. Autism Society National Conference, Milwaukee, WI, United States. https://asa.confex.com/asa/2017/webprogramarchives/Session9517.html

(6) Working Paper, Unpublished Manuscript, Manuscript inPreparation

【Example 1】Yoo, J., Miyamoto, Y., Rigotti, A., & Ryff, C. (2016). Linking positive affect to blood lipids: A cultural perspective [Unpublished manuscript]. Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

【Example 2】O’Shea, M. (2018). Understanding proactive behavior in the workplace as a function of gender [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Management, University of Kansas.

(7) Website

【Example】Guarino, B. (2017, December 4). How will humanity react to alien life? Psychologists have some predictions. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/04/how-will-humanity-react-to-alien-lifepsychologists-have-some-predictions

(8) Translated Books and Books in Different Languages

【Example】Šteger, A. (2010). The book of things (B. Henry, Trans.). BOA Editions. (Original work published 2005)

(9) News Paper

【Example】MacDonald, S. (2020, January 16). Ex-Ibrox chief’s huge library heads to home of golf. The Times, 18.

(10) Government Reports

【Example】National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf

(11) Romanization of Chinese References (Effective from Volume 23, Issue 3)

　　(A) Authors details (including all co-authors), volume and issue numbers, edition, publisher, and publication location (country, state, city) should be translated based on commonly accepted facts and practices.

　　(B) Titles of Books, Journal Articles, Conference Papers, Theses should use the officially published English translations. If no official translation is available, provide a translation based on common practices and attempt to maintain the original meaning.

　　(C) The format of the translated references must still adhere to the journal's guidelines for English references.

Note: Since 2020, articles submitted to this journal are not required to provide policy and management implications.