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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 manuscript has not been previously published in a peer-reviewed journal and is not under consideration elsewhere.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, DOIs or URLs are provided for references.
  • All figures, tables, and illustrations are properly integrated into the manuscript and cited in the text.
  • A Conflict of Interest statement is included.
  • If the manuscript has been posted as a preprint, this has been disclosed to the editorial office.
  • All authors have approved the submission and agree to its publication under the journal’s licensing terms (CC BY 4.0).
  • The manuscript complies with the journal’s Focus and Scope.
  • The text adheres to the formatting and bibliographic requirements specified in the Author Guidelines.
  • Funding information is clearly stated (if applicable).
  • A Data Availability Statement is included (where applicable).
  • Any use of artificial intelligence tools in the preparation of the manuscript has been properly disclosed.
  • The manuscript has been checked for language quality and clarity.

Author Guidelines

We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.

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