Style Guide

JPD welcomes free-formatted papers in any consistently applied reference style for the initial submissions. However, accepted papers must adhere to the following formatting and referencing style:

• Spacing: Single-spaced
• Alignment: Justified
• Font: Times New Roman
• Font size: 12
• Margins: 1-inch margins on all sides
• Indentation: All paragraphs begin with 0.3" indentation in the first line
• Spacing before/ after paragraphs. before: 0, after: 8 pts
• Footnotes: same as main text
• Notes: Please use minimal footnotes, not endnotes, for research and policy articles. Footnotes should not be used for any other manuscript types unless absolutely necessary.
• Abstract: Research articles, policy articles, and research notes must include abstracts and at least keywords after the title of the article. Other types of manuscripts should not include abstracts or keywords.
• Headings: First-level headings must be inscribed in bold type. Second-level headings must be typed using both bold and italics as emphases. Third-level headings must be italicized. Headings should not be numbered.
• Quotations: Use double quotation marks for directly cited text, followed by in-text citations with page numbers if possible. Long quotations or more than 40 words must be indented in a new paragraph without quotation marks.
• Referencing: Please use APA 7th Edition for in-text citations and the references placed as a separate section at the end of the manuscript.