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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents, and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be listed as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study’s country. These requirements are outlined in the Author Guidelines.

In addition, manuscripts must comply with the journal’s Writing Guidelines, which provide specific instructions on structure, formatting, and style. This includes rules for title length, author information, abstract format, keywords, section headings, text formatting, citation style, and references. An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet these minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. When you are satisfied that your submission meets these standards, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

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The copyright of each manuscript remains with the author(s).

Authors grant the journal the right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-SA) that allows others to share (copy and redistribute) and adapt the work with an acknowledgment of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal, and distribution under the same license.

Authors are permitted to distribute the published version of the manuscript in non-exclusive forms (e.g., by depositing it in an institutional repository, posting it on a personal website, or sharing it on social media) with proper acknowledgment that the work was first published in this journal.

By submitting a manuscript, authors agree to the above terms as part of the submission process.

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