2024 Guideline for Authors (Formatting and Template)
For (I) Academic Paper and (II) Doctoral Colloquium
Ⅰ. General Guidelines for Authors (Academic Paper Sessions)
1. All submitted manuscripts should report original, unpublished research results.
2. The official language of APMAA 2024 is English in both writing and presentation. If English is not your mother tongue (first language), check your draft using a professional editor and/or with a spelling- and grammar-matching application such as Grammarly before submitting your manuscript. You can download a free version of this application on a webpage and install it on your PC. If your document is hard to read, we will decline it before sending it to our reviewer (Desk Reject).
3. Manuscripts should follow the structure of a traditional research paper, i.e., you will need to adjust your document to the academic format (If not, Desk Reject). An empirical research paper’s typical organization is Title, Abstract, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and References.
4. Use Times New Roman font with size 12, page size A4, and single-spaced font.
5. Abstract should be 200-300 words and placed preceding the text. Show five keywords below the abstract. The text should be over 5,000 but usually not exceed 10,000 words (If not, Desk Reject).
6. The cover page should contain the title of the paper, the author’s name (first name, initial(s), and family name), position, and affiliation (capitalize the first character of each word). Also, it contains email addresses. Please indicate the corresponding author and add his/her phone number.
7. To promote anonymous review, authors should not identify themselves directly or indirectly in their writing.
8. A Single author should not use the pronoun “we.” Referencing should follow the APA style (http://www.apastyle.org).
9. Each author registering for the conference is limited to two (2) full-length paper submissions (including co-author papers) for the Academic Paper Sessions.
10. Authors who received a “Minor Revision” or “Major Revision” notification are expected to resubmit their revised (final) manuscripts before a specified date (the temporal deadline is August 20) to get an “Accept” notification by September 1. Our review team engages in review on a first-come-first-served basis.
All authors of accepted manuscripts must complete and submit their camera-ready papersfor inclusion in the “Proceedings” and abstracts for the “Book of Abstracts” before the due date (Sep.15, 2024). Authors can choose a “full-length paper” or “executive summary” submission for the conference proceedings, although we recommend submitting a full-length paper. Executive summaries are more extended than abstracts, running 3–7 pages (around 1500-2,000 words). They summarize the research output’s purpose, methods, results, and conclusions so that someone who reads only the summary can understand the research.
12. To attend and present their papers, the presenter (the first author) must register (pay the participation fee) for the Conference before September 16, 2024.
Template for an Academic Paper
II. General Guidelines for Authors (Doctoral Colloquium)
The 2024 Doctoral Colloquium, held alongside the APMAA 2024 Conference, offers a unique platform for advanced doctoral students. It provides an opportunity to gain feedback from external mentors, engage in peer interaction, exchange ideas, and cultivate formal and informal collaborations across diverse research groups.
We invite doctoral students and candidates to submit “completed papers” for the 2024 Doctoral Colloquium. We particularly welcome applications from later-stage doctoral students, those who have progressed beyond the research proposal stage and have at least one working paper. Successful applicants must present a completed full paper, following the typical format of research papers in accounting or related fields, where conventions may vary.
The submitted paper is anticipated to encompass the following key elements:
- A comprehensive review of pertinent literature within the doctoral work’s purview, establishing a distinctive positioning for the submitted paper within the field.2. Clear articulation of the primary conceptual framework or hypothesis underpinning the paper, highlighting its originality.
- Precise elucidation of the problem domain and a focused exploration of the specific problem addressed in the research.
- A detailed description of the methodological approach employed to investigate and resolve the identified problem.
- Identification and thorough discussion of the expected contributions that the paper is poised to make to the existing body of knowledge in the field.
- An in-depth account of the research activities undertaken, accentuating key findings and insights derived from the conducted investigations.
A single Word file of supplemental documents:
In addition to the research paper, a consolidated file of supplemental documents is required. The doctoral student, serving as the primary author, is asked to submit a single Word file containing the following supplemental documents (1)-(4):
(1) An introductory letter in which you indicate what you wish to obtain from the Doctoral Colloquium and what you will bring to the Doctoral Colloquium.
(2) A one-page research statement in your research field. This statement must answer the following two questions
Question 1- Which field description characterizes your doctoral research best? [single choice]
• Management accounting and information systems
• Social, critical, organizational, and historical perspectives on accounting
• Corporate reporting and analysis, governance and auditing, and taxation
Question 2- Which methods do you use in your doctoral research? [multiple choice]
• Analytical
• Empirical Archival
• Experimental (Lab or Field)
• Interviews and other qualitative methods
• Questionnaire/Survey
(3) Your CV.
(4) An official letter of recommendation from your primary dissertation advisor. It should state what you could contribute and gain from the doctoral consortium. (Your advisor must use the template, APMAA2024 DC Recommendation Form (revised on Feb.25, 2024) at .
Notification
- The primary (first author) should be a doctoral student responsible for researching the topic. If the supervisor contributes as a co-author, they should be listed as a second or subsequent author. As this is a doctoral colloquium, students can only collaborate on their research papers with their supervisors, not fellow students.
- 2. The official language is English in both writing and presentation. If English is not your mother tongue (first language), check your draft by employing a professional editor and/or with a spelling- and grammar-matching application such as Grammarly before submitting your manuscript. You can download a free version on a webpage and install it on your PC. If your document is hard to read, we will decline it (Desk rejected).
- Abstract should be 200–300 words on a separate page preceding the text. Show five keywords below the abstract. The text should be as concise as the subject and research method permit. The text length should be about 4,000- 8,000 words. (If not, Desk Rejected). Use Times New Roman font with font size 12, page size A4, and single–spaced (“2024 Guideline for Authors (Formatting and Template)” on APMAA 2024 (Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association) (s-ueno.sakura.ne.jp).
4. You should submit all manuscripts to the Doctoral Colloquium Sessions Track of the CMT
(Conference Management Toolkit – Login (microsoft.com)). If you are new to CMT, please create your account by registering your ID (Email) and Password in the CMT system before submitting your paper. If you have a CMT account, there is no need to make a new account. You can log in to CMT with the account. Please click “Create new submission” in your Author console and select “Doctoral Colloquium Sessions.” Edit the “Create New Submission” page and submit your manuscript. We will open the submission site on May 1, 2024. The Paper Submission Deadline is July 15, 2024. Please ensure your submission meets the conference’s guidelines for accepting scholarly papers.
5. The Doctoral Colloquium Chairs will arrange the selection of the accepted papers using a peer-review process and assign a mentor to the accepted one.
6. When the first author (a doctoral student) has completed registration and submission of the camera-ready full-length paper before the due date (Sep.15, 2024), the accepted manuscripts will be included in the in-house proceedings (a collection of camera-ready full-length papers). APMAA does not allow authors to present their papers when they refuse to have full-length papers in Doctoral Colloquium proceedings.
7. Each paper of the 2024 Doctoral Colloquium will be given 35 min. (5 min. Introduction by the mentor, 15 min. Presentation by the student, 10 min. Discussion by the mentor, and 5 min. Q&A). Note that the first author (doctoral student) must present.
