Guide for Authors

JPAIR Multidisciplinary Research

All journal contributors are required to follow the prescribed journal format set by PAIR. Each element in the entire manuscript is presented in detail to ensure that the authors can fully follow the procedure from manuscript preparation to its final revision.

Initial Submission

Articles (in Word format) should be submitted to jpairjournals@gmail.com for initial evaluation. After the first assessment and 1st Technology-Based Quality Assurance (Grammarly Test, Plagiarism Test, Readability Test, and Reference-Checking), the editorial office shall inform the author whether their paper has been accepted or rejected for publication by the qualifying PAIR standards.

Article Processing Charges (APC):

Authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication are required to pay an Article Processing Charge to cover costs related to publication, including but not limited to online hosting, plagiarism checks, printing, and editorial processing. The APC currently amounts to $200 USD (or approximately ₱10,000 PHP). Authors will receive an invoice with detailed payment instructions after acceptance. No fees are charged at initial submission.

Copyright:

Authors retain the copyright to their work and grant JPAIR Multidisciplinary Research the license to publish and distribute the article. This ensures authors maintain full rights over their manuscripts.

Licensing:

All articles published in JPAIR are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license allows readers to copy, redistribute, and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes provided the original authors and source are properly credited, a link to the license is included, and any changes are noted. Commercial use without permission is prohibited.

Authors are encouraged to review the license terms to understand permissible uses of their work.

Qualifying Standards for Electronic Submission

A full manuscript should pass the following criteria:

Criterion 1: Scope, Newness, and Relevance/Applicability to International Community – 45%

The study's scope (extent of what one intends to cover) is wide-ranging.
The aspects of the paper, such as but not limited to methods and results, are seemingly new.
The entire paper is interesting for other nations to read.
The research results have an international character and applicability.
The quality of academic writing reflects the nature and nuances of the discipline.
The quality of academic writing is at a graduate level.

Criterion 2: Results of Plagiarism, Grammar, and Readability Check – 20%

The manuscript obtains the minimum result: plagiarism detection – 95%; grammar check – 90%.

Criterion 3: Quality of References – 20%

Sources (journals, books, and other references) are traceable online unless a justification is made otherwise.
Journals are internationally refereed and indexed.
Journals are not listed in Beall’s list of stand-alone journals and predatory publishers.
Articles on Wikipedia and gray literature (non-scientific sources) must be avoided.
Scientific sources cited were published preferably in the Year 2010 onwards unless otherwise justified.

Criterion 4: Completeness of Parts – 15%

Each part of the manuscript contains appropriate and sufficient substance. The paper demonstrates the following parts:

HEADING
Title
Name of the Author(s)
ORCID No.
Email Address
Affiliation
Address
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
INTRODUCTION
FRAMEWORK
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
MATERIALS AND METHODS (for experimental research) / METHODOLOGY (for non-experimental research)
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
CONCLUSIONS
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
LITERATURE CITED

Manuscript Formatting Guide

TITLE

Boldface
12-15 characters
Title by result (preferably)
Catchy, interesting, and relevant to an international audience
Language universally understandable
Set the first letter of each keyword in uppercase

For example:

Title by Scope: Categorizing Communication Strategies in the Oral Expositions of Tourism Management Students
Title by Result: Fillers, Mime, and Self-Repetitions as Most Frequently Used Communication Strategies in Oral Expositions

HEADING

Name of Author/s (First name, Middle Initial, Last Name)
Boldface
Sentence case
ORCID No. (Register at https://orcid.org to obtain your ORCID ID.)
Gmail address or webmail address (It is a policy of PAIR). Under ISO standards, Yahoo Mail is not allowed.
Affiliation (Institution or Organization)
Address (City, Country e.g. Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines)

For example:

Name of the Author
Orcid No.: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-2345-6789
Email: youremail@gmail.com
Institution/Affiliation
Address

ABSTRACT

Should contain a minimum of 210 and a maximum of 250 words.

The Abstract must contain five parts in one paragraph: Introduction to the topic, chief purpose/objective, method, results, and conclusion.

For example, (250 words):
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras eu maximus mauris, quis aliquam lectus... (Replace with actual abstract)

KEYWORDS

Indicate the discipline of the study, concepts studied, research design/process, and setting of the study (city and country) as keywords.

Set keywords in sentence case.

For example:
Keywords — Linguistics, communication strategies, descriptive design, Batac City, Philippines

INTRODUCTION

The Introduction should contain:

First Section

Global situational analysis of the problem supported by the literature from different continents.

Second Section

Literature from the region of the study supports the regional situational analysis. Researchers from ASEAN countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) must include literature from these countries to capture the ASEAN perspective.

Third Section

Gap in the literature that the study intends to address; differentness of the study from other previous studies; and compelling reasons of the writer for choosing the problem.

FRAMEWORK

(Optional for experimental research)

It should contain a basic explanation of the meaning of the study's variables.

Present the framework in schematic or textual form, merging the theories discussed on which the study was anchored.

Remove the diagram unless it is very essential.

No framework is required for experimental studies.

OBJECTIVES

State the OBJECTIVES of the study in paragraph form.

Use objectives that show what the researcher will do with the data, not words to indicate what the researcher intends to do as part of the research process.

Write the objectives in paragraph form, setting one from the others by a number in close parentheses.

METHODOLOGY

For Pure Sciences:

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Research Design
Research Site
Participants
Instrumentation
Construction, try-out, reliability, and validity
Research Ethics Protocol

Informed consent
Clearance from the Ethics Review Board
Gratuitous permit from a government agency for floral and faunal studies
Permit from the head of the indigenous peoples of the research sites
Representative of animal welfare society for clinical studies involving animals

Data Collection
Statistical Techniques (no formulae needed)

For Social Sciences:

METHODOLOGY
Research Design
Research Site
Participants
Instrumentation
Construction, Try-out, Reliability, and Validity
Research Ethics Protocol

Informed consent
Clearance from the Ethics Review Board

Data Collection
Statistical Techniques

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Sometimes termed DISCUSSION only for theoretical papers.

Answers to objectives
Highlight salient findings of the study supported by literature
Use keywords from objectives as subheadings
Intercontinental support of the data (in-text citation)
Summary tables and significant results
Validation of the theory used (integrated)
Provide a critique of the methods and theories in the last paragraph

Important notes:

Do not include links in the body; use names of authors and/or agencies instead.
Do not present the same data in both a Table and a Figure - this is redundant and wastes space.
Do not report raw data values when summarized data like means or percentages suffice.

CONCLUSIONS

In paragraph form, highlighting discoveries (if any) obtained only after study completion contributing new knowledge.

This section supports or negates previous conclusions, validates the theory used, and/or generates a new theory.

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH

Paragraph form.

Describes media that translate scientific information to promote research such as policy, song, dance, illustrational books, drama, storytelling, brochures, posters, paintings, radio plays, and video clips.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Optional. Limited to funders and service agencies that supported the research (e.g., WHO, UNESCO).

LITERATURE CITED

At least five references from each continent.
Preferably sources from 2010 onwards unless justified.
Arrange alphabetically.
Include all authors cited in the body (no “et al.” in reference list).
References must be traceable online from peer-reviewed indexed journals.
Format references using Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero.
Avoid gray literature or non-peer-reviewed works.
Majority (60%) of references from subscription journals; 40% from open-access.

Example Reference:

Lomenario, A. M. (2025). Faculty Development Program of Selected Private Higher 
Education Institutions in the Province of Albay: An Assessment. 
JPAIR Multidisciplinary Research, 60(1), 1-25. 
https://doi.org/10.7719/jpair.v60i1.927

Note: Do not label this section “Bibliography.”

ADVISORY FOR LITERATURE CITED

Traceability refers to the verification by independent parties of the original references using online technology through direct access to the website as a point of source.
When the literature cited is copied and searched in Google Scholar, the source comes out either as a full paper or an abstract. The verifier can check if the source is scientific or grey literature, if the interpretation is true to the original intent, if the ideas used were accurately taken, if the writer copied and pasted the portion in the original material, and if the writer plagiarized the source.
The URL of the online article as a reference must be copied and pasted at the end of the reference with the words “retrieved on (date) from (copy the URL)”. Without the URL, the reference is understood as print only and has the inherent problem of poor traceability.
When the URL link is dead, the reference must be replaced.
Most URLs are long and cumbersome to attach and read. This must be shortened by copying and searching for the short version of the URL in TinyURL. Upon searching for the short version, the computer asks you to enter a number combination given in a box and enter it into a designated box. The short version comes out, and you will now replace the long version with it.
In-text citations can be used, et al., when there are more than two authors. But in the reference list, all authors must be listed since et al is never allowed. This is because all authors need to earn the citation counts of their papers. Citation count cannot happen when other authors are omitted because they are listed after the first author.
Print sources are accepted only when there are justifications for why there is no online version, such as original documents that cannot be published for reasons of confidentiality of content or the original material having no online version yet, among other explanations. In which case, a scanned copy, if available, should be attached to the article for validation during the peer review process.
Missing info happens during the reference documentation. To avoid this problem, the reference in Google Scholar has three versions: MLA, APA, and CMS. You copy the version you choose after you click CITE in the lower right portion of the reference title. Then, click the title to direct you to the source. Copy the URL in #3 and find the short version in #5.
Alphabetize the references. Do not segregate books or periodicals from others.
Examine the final list of these references to see if they have intercontinental representation. This is to avoid a limited point of view. Since journals have a global readership, references from various continents give the article a balanced view and a global perspective, regardless of scope.
Search on the web for what constitutes grey literature and check your references. Replace grey literature.
Most importantly, obtain soft copies of all your references and test them for plagiarism content using plagiarism detector software. Check the portion you are using to ensure it is not plagiarized. Plagiarism is genetically transferred from one source to another and is not removed by mere source attribution. Replace sources with high plagiarism content.
Using a table, summarize plagiarism test results for all references implementing a standard of 90 percent originality and less than 5 percent of plagiarism. If you use Turnitin, the standard is less than 10 percent of similarity.