Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• The submission file is in Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
• The manuscript file contains all essential sections: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Research Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, References.
• All manuscript and supplementary material files have been uploaded.
• All references mentioned in the References list are cited in the text, and vice versa.
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• Author names and their affiliations have been provided.
• The abstract can be read as stand-alone text and does not exceed 250 words.
• The text is single-spaced; uses Times New Roman with a 11 fonts for body paragraph; all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines