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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.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration by another journal.
  • The manuscript follows the ORDINA Template and the Author Guidelines.
  • The similarity index (Turnitin) is no more than 20%.
  • The manuscript contains at least 25 references in IEEE style, with DOIs where available.
  • All author identities have been removed from the file to ensure double-blind review.
  • The manuscript file is in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).
  • The use of generative AI tools, if any, is disclosed in the Acknowledgment section.

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts must be written in English and prepared with the ORDINA Template. Manuscripts that do not follow the template will be returned without review.

Paper size and margins: A4 (21 × 29.7 cm); top and bottom 2 cm, left and right 1.27 cm
Font and spacing: Times New Roman 10 pt, single spacing, two columns
Length: 8–15 pages including references
Title: concise and informative, maximum 15 words
Abstract: maximum 200 words covering scope, objectives, method, results and conclusion; no citations
Keywords: 3–5 keywords in alphabetical order
Structure: Introduction, Literature Review, Research Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, References
References: minimum 25, mostly journal articles from the last 10 years; self-citation maximum 20%
Citation style: IEEE, numbered in order of appearance; use Mendeley, Zotero or EndNote
Figures and tables: numbered with Arabic numerals; table captions above, figure captions below, readable at 120% zoom
Equations: Microsoft Equation Editor or MathType, numbered on the right

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Articles

Original research articles within the ORDINA focus and scope, reporting empirical, technical, legal or design-science studies on IT governance, digital law, internet telematics or information assurance.

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