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Centria Bulletin - Centria UAS Online Journal

Centria Bulletin (ISSN 2489-3714) is an online journal of Centria University of Applied Sciences, which publishes expert articles written by the staff of Centria University of Applied Sciences.

The purpose of the journal is to spread information on teaching, research and development and expert work at Centria University of Applied Sciences. The online magazine is not aimed at internal communication only, but at external stakeholders as well as anyone interested in the operation of the UAS.

The language of the articles may be Finnish, Swedish or English.

The journal is published on the website of the Centria University of Applied Sciences and it is hoped staff will share articles in the journal on their own networks.

Writing instructions for the author of the online journal of Centria UAS

Centria Bulletin (ISSN 2489-3714) is an online journal of the Centria University of Applied Sciences. A staff member of the Centria UAS can write to the paper. The paper appears 2 times a year. Some of the magazine's issues can be published as theme numbers.

The journal publishes expert articles written by staff relating to Centria's teaching, research and development work, the author's work duties or the professional field. Articles must be new and produce new information and have not been published elsewhere before.

The recommended length of the articles is 1-3 A4 strips with 1.5 line spacing. The article should have a title describing the content of the article, an ingress that briefly details the main points of the article, and a few intermediate headings that rhythm the article and makes it easy to read. The text is divided into paragraphs that would be good to be a few lines long and relatively similar in size. Articles should strive for clear expression and avoid convoluted sentence structures.

Texts are sent to the editorial board as a Word file. You can attach images, tables or textures to the article. Photos can be submitted to the editorial board itself as separate files. The author may choose to give the editorial board a free hand over photos. Tables and patterns the author produces himself.

If sources are used in the article, they will be entered in accordance with Guide for thesis and academic writing at Centria University of Applied Sciences. The author is responsible for the correctness of the source entries.

The editorial board proofreads the texts sent to the journal prior to publication. The editorial board has the right to edit and abbreviate the text if necessary, or choose not to publish the article. A proofread text is sent to the author for review if any changes have been made.