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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 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.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Recommended paper structure submitted in Microsoft Word:

  • Title page
  • Abstract
  • Three keywords
  • Main text
    • Introduction
    • Methods
    • Results and Discussion
    • Conclusion
    • References
  • Table(s) and Figure(s) with caption(s) should be embedded in text after they are first mentioned. Please insert a double-spaced blank line following the caption to separate it clearly from the text.
  • Acknowledgments
  • Declaration of interest statement (if relevant)
  • Appendices

Format

  • Font: Times New Roman, size 12 with double-line spacing
  • Word Limit: Under 8000 words including references
  • Referencing: APA

All authors have reviewed publication agreement.

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