Guidelines for Authors

Natura Humanitas is an open-access Quarterly journal. From 2025, Natura Humanitas utilizes the Open Journal Systems (OJS) for manuscript submission and tracking.

Submission & Fees

Online Submission System (OJS)

We no longer accept submissions via email. All manuscripts must be submitted through our online submission system.

  • Step 1: Register an account on our OJS platform (select "Author" role).
  • Step 2: Log in and click "New Submission".
  • Step 3: Follow the 5-step submission process to upload your manuscript and metadata.
  • Step 4: Track the status of your manuscript in real-time.
Go to Submission Portal →

Article Processing Charge (APC)

As an Open Access (OA) journal, publishing a manuscript requires an APC of $150 USD (1000 CNY for Chinese Authors). This fee is paid by the submitting author only upon acceptance of the manuscript.

Waiver Policy (Excellent Manuscripts):
Manuscripts evaluated as "Excellent" or "Outstanding" by the review committee will be exempt from the Article Processing Charge (APC Waived).

Style & Formatting

Important: Natura Humanitas adheres to specific citation styles based on the discipline of the manuscript:
  • Arts, Design, & Social Sciences: Please use APA 7th Edition style.
  • Natural Sciences & Computing: Please use IEEE style.

1. Manuscript Preparation

  • The manuscript should be formatted for A4 paper and must be in MS Word (.doc, .docx).
  • Text should be in Times New Roman 12 point, justified, and use 1.5 spacing throughout.
  • Texts should ideally range around 4000 to 8000 words.

Review Process

Natura Humanitas All articles are evaluated in a review system managed via OJS.

  • Any manuscript is reviewed as a confidential document.
  • Submission Timeline: We accept submissions on a rolling basis throughout the year for our Quarterly issues.

Policies & Ethics

Open Access Policy

All articles published in Natura Humanitas are open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. This is made possible by an article-processing charge (APC) that covers the range of publishing services we provide.

Articles are licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Publication Ethics (COPE)

Natura Humanitas adheres to the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

We strictly prohibit plagiarism, data fabrication, and multiple submissions. All submitted manuscripts are checked for similarity using plagiarism detection software.

For more details on ethical standards, please visit:
https://publicationethics.org/