Submissions

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 OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
• For references available online, the URL or active DOI has been provided.
• Manuscripts must follow the formatting specified in the journal template, including the use of Times New Roman (11 pt) for the main text with 1.0 line spacing. The title should use Times New Roman (14 pt, bold), Sub heading 1 (12 pt, bold), Sub heading 2 (12 pt, bold+italic), Sub heading 3 (12pt, italic), while abstracts and captions use Times New Roman font (9pt, justify). Consistency in formatting throughout the manuscript is essential to ensure readability and professional presentation.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.