Submission Guidelines

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.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-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, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

  1. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be original works that have not been previously published and are not under consideration by other journals or publications.

  2. All manuscripts must be relevant to the aims and scope of the journal and contribute to the development of knowledge in the related field.

  3. The manuscript should be written in clear, concise, and academic English, following standard scholarly conventions.

  4. Authors are fully responsible for the content, accuracy, and originality of their manuscripts.

  5. All sources cited in the manuscript must be properly acknowledged in accordance with the journal’s citation and referencing style.

  6. Manuscripts must comply with the journal’s formatting and structural requirements as outlined in the Author Guidelines.

  7. Plagiarism in any form is strictly prohibited. Manuscripts must meet the journal’s plagiarism threshold as determined by plagiarism detection software.

  8. Manuscripts containing fabricated, falsified, or manipulated data will be rejected.

  9. Each submitted manuscript will undergo a peer-review process conducted by independent reviewers.

  10. The editor reserves the right to accept, request revisions, or reject any manuscript based on editorial and reviewer evaluations.

  11. Authors are required to revise and resubmit their manuscripts within the timeframe specified by the editor.

  12. The journal does not charge authors any fees unless explicitly stated in the journal’s policy.

  13. Ethical issues, including conflicts of interest, must be clearly disclosed by the authors.

  14. By submitting a manuscript, authors agree to abide by the editorial policies and ethical standards of the journal.