ISSN: 3142-9033
ISSN: 3142-9033
Editorial Expectations
The Journal of International Scholarship (JIS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishing evidence-based scholarship across the sciences and applied disciplines. The journal welcomes manuscripts that advance knowledge through systematic inquiry, rigorous analysis, methodological innovation, or critical synthesis of existing evidence. Submissions are evaluated primarily on methodological rigor, scholarly contribution, and the strength of the evidence rather than disciplinary affiliation.
Submitted manuscripts should represent original, unpublished work that is not under consideration elsewhere.
Exploratory studies are welcomed when interpreted appropriately and distinguished from confirmatory research.
JIS particularly values manuscripts that:
*address meaningful scholarly questions;
*employ appropriate and transparent research methods;
*draw conclusions supported by the evidence;
*acknowledge important limitations;
*contribute to cumulative knowledge within the discipline.
Article Types
JIS welcomes the following categories of scholarly contributions:
*Original Research
*Empirical investigations
*Exploratory studies
*Confirmatory studies
*Replication studies
*Validation and measurement research
*Methodological and statistical research
*Brief reports and preliminary findings
*Evidence Synthesis
*Systematic reviews
*Scoping reviews
*Integrative reviews
*Meta-analyses
*Other Contributions
*Case studies
*Letters to the Editor
Conceptual contributions are considered when they are grounded in systematic evaluation or synthesis of the scholarly literature and make a clear contribution to evidence-based understanding.
Data Availability
Though not required, authors are encouraged to make data, analytical code, and research materials publicly available whenever appropriate to the discipline and consistent with ethical, legal, and confidentiality requirements. Where data are not publicly available, authors may include a brief statement explaining any restrictions.
Language
Manuscripts should be written in clear academic English.
Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format and prepared on A4-sized pages with one-inch (2.54 cm) margins on all sides.
Text should be set in Times New Roman, 11-point font, and formatted using 1.15 line spacing throughout the manuscript, including references, tables, and figure captions. For tables, please use MS Word's "Table" feature with separate cells for each entry.
The manuscript title should appear at the top of the first page in 20-point, bold, title case type (capitalize the first sentence of each word). Author names should be listed below the title in 16-point, sentence case font. All other type should be in 11-point font (bold section headings, title case).
JIS formatting does not use italics or underlining in manuscript formatting including statistics notations (i.e., use p < .01 not p < .01) and references (i.e., use J Int Scholarsh not J Int Scholarsh).
Manuscripts should be prepared concisely and clearly, using consistent formatting throughout.
Manuscript Structure
Because JIS publishes research from multiple disciplines, manuscript organization may vary according to disciplinary conventions. However, most empirical studies should include:
1. Title page (including authors, co-authors, and their affiliations. Clearly indicate the corresponding author.
2. Abstract (< 150 words). Abstracts should objectively describe the study and be in paragraph form. Do NOT use sections or citations in the abstract.
3. Keywords (4-6 for indexing).
4. Introduction (background of the topic and previous works which support the current study).
5. Methods (provide enough detail to provide context of the present study [e.g., sample, dosages, measurement devices] and allow for replication of the current work).
6. Results (provide findings of the statistical analyses, include tables or figures if necessary).
7. Discussion (summarize the current study, include any implications, recommendations, and conclusions).
8. Acknowledgements (optional)
9. Conflicts of interest (if any)
10. Funding sources (if any)
11. References
Review articles and evidence syntheses should use an organization appropriate to the review methodology (e.g., systematic review, scoping review, integrative review, or meta-analysis). Authors should clearly describe their review objectives, search strategy, inclusion criteria (where applicable), and methods of evidence synthesis.
Authors are encouraged to follow established reporting guidelines appropriate to their study design whenever applicable.
Reference Style
The journal uses a general numeric reference system based on Vancouver style.
*References are numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text.
*In-text citations should appear as Arabic numerals in brackets (e.g., [1], [2–4]).
*The reference list should be numbered and ordered sequentially.
*Provide DOI's when available.
Reference Examples
Journal article
Book
2. Brown EF. Foundations of Scholarly Research. 2nd ed. New York: Academic Press; 2021.
Book chapter
3. Green HI. Methodological pluralism in contemporary scholarship. In: White JK, editor. Perspectives on Research Methods. London: Routledge; 2020. p. 45-62.
Webpages
4. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. National Health Expenditure Data. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; [cited 2025 Dec 28]. Available from: https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data
Government Reports
5. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Health, United States, 2023: with special feature on long-term care. Washington (DC): National Center for Health Statistics; 2024.