Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission must be original and has not been previously published. It should also not be under consideration by another journal, unless an explanation has been provided in the "Comments to the Editor" section.
- The submission file must be in one of the following formats: OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect.
- Links (URLs or DOI) for references must be included where available.
- The text is single-spaced, uses a 12-point font, and employs italics instead of underlining (except for URL addresses). Additionally, all illustrations, figures, and tables are embedded within the text at their appropriate locations, rather than placed at the end.
- The text must adhere to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, available in About the Journal
- Authors submitting a paper to a peer-reviewed section of the journal must ensure compliance with the blind review guidelines. This includes removing all identifying information from the manuscript to maintain anonymity during the review process. Please refer to the Ensuring a Blind Review section for detailed instructions.
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