This page is designed to provide the SAM-AMJ editorial team with the manuscript title and a complete list of all authors. This page also identifies the corresponding author. Each authors name should include their full name, institution of affiliation, and email address. The author designated as the corresponding author must additionally include a complete address and telephone number.
If the manuscript requires an Institutional Review Board Statement, Source of Funding Disclosure, or Conflict of Interest Declaration a notation should be made on this page that those addendums are provided.

The title page must appear on a separate page. This page should contain the full title of the paper which should be limited to 120 characters, including spaces. Authors names should not appear on this page, for page numbering purposes this is considered the first page of the manuscript.

The abstract must appear on a separate page. Abstract lengths are determined by the manuscript type and authors should consult guidelines for appropriate outlines formatting. Use short sentences and avoid using abbreviations, acronyms or citations in the abstract.

The main text should begin on a separate page. Manuscripts should be double spaced througout the text, tables, figures, and references with one inch margins formatted for standard U.S. Letter Size paper (8.5 x 11inches). Manuscripts should be typed in Times New Roman size 12 point font.
Technical terms should be defined with symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms defined the first time they are used. All tables and figures should be cited in numerical order.
There are no set heading required (with exception of Reviews), however, suggested headings include: Introduction, Literature Review, Research Methods, Results, Discussion, Management Impact and Conclusions. Headings shouldbe clearly distinguished from the text and not numbered.
All data utilized within the manuscript must be shown either in the main text or tables and figures. References to unpublished materials are not allowed to substantiate significant conclusions of the paper.

The reference text should begin on a separate page. The purpose of the references are to make the source easy for the reader to locate. Each reference should provide as much information as is available. References should be listed alphabetically and formatted in APA format and include the authors names (including first initials), year of publication, article titles, journal or book title, volume number, and issue number.
References are professionally copy-edited on accepted manuscripts to conform to SAM-AMJ style.

Each table should begin on a separate page. Tables should be built in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel and should not contain graphics. Tables containing images must be labeled as figures. Colored fonts will not appear in the typeset version, so bold and italic should be used for emphasis instead. Explain the use of bold or italic in the caption or table footnote. Do not use shading. Very large tables may be vertically oriented, or they may span multiple typeset pages. A caption must be included with the table.

Each figure should begin on a separate page. During initial submission process tables must be embedded within the Microsoft Word document. For papers selected for publication high quality images will be requested from the corresponding author. High quality images are required to be 300 dpi or higher and submitted in EPS, TIFF, PNG or PDF format. All figures must be labeled.
Figures submitted in color will be published either in color or black and white. Authors who choose to submit color figures are responsible for ensuring that the captions and descriptions in the text are suitable for both color and black-and-white print versions of the journal.
If the figure is derived from a previously published image, the author must obtain permission from the original copyright holder, who may be the publisher or the author. Once permission is granted, the figure caption should include the line “Reproduced with permission, courtesy of [copyright owner],” or the publisher’s required copyright statement.