The Exigency: ETCOR’s International Multidisciplinary Monthly Magazine (or simply The Exigency), is the international multidisciplinary monthly magazine of ETCOR Educational Research Center – Philippines. Its aim is to contribute to human and societal development through the sharing of various articles that can serve as sources of inspiration for people to live life to the fullest, to only aim for the best, and to serve the Almighty through service to others. 

The magazine publishes various articles which include inspiring stories and experiences of local and foreign professionals from different fields, industries and expertise, opinions on pressing concerns in the society, poems and essays on education, research, and other disciplines or industries and of life in general, feature articles on education, career, achievements, and recognitions of various professionals, best practices of educational institutions and other industries. The magazine also highlights events initiated by ETCOR and its partner institutions. 

The Exigency publishes articles under specific magazine contents/sections such as, but not limited to, the following:  

(i) Editor’s Note

(ii) Editorial (on a contemporary issue in the society, in education or in research where The Exigency must give an opinion as an entire editorial board)

(a) In the Exigency of the Service Section. This page is where people, professionals, either from private or public institutions, can share their personal stories and experiences, or the stories and experiences of their colleagues or friends, in doing the extra mile, in responding, and accepting/doing certain roles in the exigency of the service, in order to serve their clients or people without delay. This page features stories and experiences of accepting certain roles or tasks, even in difficult situations, even going outside of one’s comfort zones, for the sake of doing the greater good of serving others and bringing good for the larger community. In this section, the title of each featured story shall be “In the Exigency of the Service: Dr. Marites D. Fortunato Story” (the name of the person is fictional, and it will change to the name of the real author who is the subject person. The Exigency also allows other people (colleagues or friends of the subject person who have knowledge of his/her story and experiences) to be the author of this section, but the title shall still bear the name of the subject person. 

(b) Research Consultants in Focus Section. This section features 1-3 ETCOR Research Consultants per issue. The feature shall center on the Research Consultants’ education, career, achievements, recognitions, among others. A greater emphasis shall be on the research consultants’ research capabilities and experiences and other related subjects. 

(c) Features. These include (1) Lifestyle and Travel, (2) Science and Health, (3) Technology and Innovations, (4) Education and Humanities, (5) Culture and Heritage, (6) Business and Economics, and (7) Other Industries or Fields

(d) Essays [Opinion Essay or Informative Essay) Section. This section deals about the author’s opinion/s on pressing concerns in the society which require from him/her a specific stand, or a very clear point of view supported by evidence (Opinion Essay), or essays on education, research, and other disciplines or industries and of life in general which may only be informative in nature (Informative Essay). 

(e) Poems about education, research, or other disciplines/industries, or about life, etc.

(f) Schools/Institutions/Industries/Organizations in Focus: Learning from their Best Practices Section. This section features 1-3 schools, or institutions, or industries, or organizations, per issue. The feature shall center on the best practices of the subject in terms of management, provision of services, human resource management, and other areas of operations. 

(g) ETCOR Events. This section will highlight/feature the research center’s recent and upcoming events for the benefits of all its research consultants and partners locally and abroad. 

(h) Advertisements Section. This is where the public can request the magazine to advertise their products or services. It is understood that any advertisement to be published by ETCOR shall not go against its vision and mission and shall reflect the very nature and principles from which the research center has been founded. 

The name of the magazine which is The Exigency reflects the realities of the society which always call people to be of a greater service to their fellowmen, to be authentic servants for the greater good of the community where they belong. It can be considered as a call to serve others even such service is accompanied by certain extents of difficulties and challenges. The word ‘exigency’ is a special situation, a need, or an extraordinary circumstance which calls people to respond immediately and that any form of delay in response will be detrimental to a larger community. When there is an exigency, specifically for people’s services to be rendered to others, the need to respond and to willingly serve become primary, a service without reservations, without further delays even if this service is faced with various challenges. 

In philosophy, the word ‘exigency’ may be discussed in relation to the Latin word ‘acquiesce’. The ‘exigency’ is the difficult situation or circumstance which calls people to be of service to others even in difficult situations. The ‘acquiesce’ is the response, consent, or compliance to that call even if doing so involves the existence of a challenging situation. It is saying the ‘yes’ in the name of authentic service to others. 

The Exigency, therefore, shall serve as the call while the contribution of articles in this magazine, while it is seemingly beneficial only to the concerned author/s and the publisher, shall serve as the service – the response to fellowmen in need of certain sources of inspiration for them to live life to the fullest, to only aim for the best, and to serve the Almighty through service to others. The articles contributed to the magazine shall serve as one’s answer to that call to serve, to serve as an inspiration to others. 

The Exigency is published by ETCOR, a Philippine-based educational research center providing various research consultancy services to the public. ETCOR stands for “Embracing The Culture Of Research”. The name symbolizes the research center’s promotion of the culture of research through its various research innovations, initiatives, and advocacies in helping the education sector to provide quality, relevant and accessible education for all.

ETCOR is registered and operating under the Philippine laws, with official address at #16 Lake View St., Villa Luisa Subdivision, Sta. Lucia, Sta. Ana, Pampanga, Philippines. It may be contacted via mobile number 0939-202-9035 and/or e-mail address embracingthecultureofresearch@etcor.org.

All articles are received with the understanding that they contain original data that are not previously published or are being considered for publication elsewhere. Authors are required to submit the articles by filling-out the form at https://tinyurl.com/TheExigencyETCOR. For an article with two or more authors, the corresponding author should be the one to fill out the form on behalf of his/her co-author/s. In case of any queries or additional information, author/s may call ETCOR via mobile number 0939-202-9035 and/or write an e-mail to the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine at exigency.etcor@gmail.com, copy furnish embracingthecultureofresearch@etcor.org.

Author/s must follow the basic format of the articles as follow: (1) must be saved in MS Word file, (2) font style is Calibri, (3) font size is 12, and (4) spacing is 1.5. Other formatting instructions (e.g. arranged in stanza, or in paragraph form) will depend on the kind of article being submitted (e.g. poems, feature articles, essays/opinions). 

Author/s must cite all funding sources or support for the publication of article being submitted, if any.

References

While these are not research articles, author/s are still required to list their references in alphabetical order and should follow APA format 7th Edition.

Copyright

ETCOR holds the copyright of all the contents published in The Exigency. All accepted articles and their accompanying illustrations/pictures become a permanent property of the magazine and may not be published anywhere in part or full, in print or electronically without written permission from the magazine.

The article, once submitted, will be checked by the assigned Associate Editor if the author/s follow/s the prescribed basic format. Then it will undergo a thorough plagiarism check. Following this it will then be sent for review, which takes no more than one week (subject to change depending on the type and complexities of an article), and the authors will receive the mail from the Editor stating the final decision for the article after the recommendation of the Associate Editor and Approval of the Editor-in-Chief.

Both the reviewer and the author of the article remain anonymous throughout the process, except when there is need for the article to categorically state the name of the person/s involved. In the absence of an exception to the rule, the Editor will remove all identifying features such as author(s) affiliations from the article, ensuring that Author’s identity is not revealed.

Article Retraction

This involves infringements of professional ethical codes, such as multiple submission, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data or the like.

Occasionally, a retraction will be used to correct errors in submission or publication. The retraction of an article by its authors or the editor under the advice of members of the editorial board can be done. An article retraction fee will be charged amounting to PHP 5,000 (Five thousand pesos) [USD 100].

Article withdrawal

This is only used for Articles that have finished the editorial and review process and or have representation of early versions of articles and sometimes contain errors or may have been accidentally submitted twice. An article withdrawal fee will be charged amounting to PHP 6000 (Six thousand pesos) [USD 120].

Article removal: legal limitations

In an extremely limited number of cases, it may be necessary to remove an article from the online database. This will only occur where the article is clearly defamatory, or infringes others’ legal rights, or where the article is, or the magazine has good reason to expect it will be, the subject of a court order, or where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk.

Author/s shall send the proof of successful transaction, not the one with "on process" or "being processed" status. Author/s may fund transfer, send, or deposit the said amount in any of ETCOR's bank accounts as follow: (1) BDO Unibank [BDO UNIBANK, INC.] Savings Account, Account Name is ETCOR Educational Research Center or simply ETCOR, Account Number is 004350318464, Swift Code is BNORPHMM, and (2) Metrobank [METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY] Checking Account, Account Name is ETCOR, Account Number is 296-7-29652500-2, Swift Code is MBTCPHMM. Author/s may also use GCash to send payment in ETCOR’s Metrobank Checking Account as previously mentioned. In the event that the payment options mentioned are not available on the part of the author/s, ETCOR may be contacted for inquiries and/or further instructions via mobile number 0939-202-9035 and/or e-mail address embracingthecultureofresearch@etcor.org.

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