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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 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.
  • I, the submitting author, and (if applicable on behalf of ) the co-author(s), accept and agree that the editorial decisions on submissions are final with no right to appeal. A blind review process is followed by the Journal and the decision of the editors usually -but not necessarily- align with the recommendations of reviewers.
  • By submitting a manuscript to the Journal, the author(s) agrees to the Copyright Policy of the Journal and passes the copyright to the Journal and the Publisher. The Publisher is authorised to disseminate the submitted material in print and electronic formats following a thorough peer-review and editorial process.

Author Guidelines

By submitting a manuscript to the Journal, the author(s) agrees to pass copyright to the Journal and the Publisher. The Publisher is authorised to disseminate the submitted material in print and electronic formats following thorough peer-review and editorial process.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

All contributors must submit their manuscripts via the online submission platform after registering. As part of the submission process, authors are required to comply with the guidelines listed below. Submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines may be returned. Please include your full details, contact and mail addresses as well as affiliations (if any).

Submissions must: 

  • be an original piece of work, having not been published before nor currently considered for publication elsewhere, either in printed or electronic form.
  • be in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • be anonymized. 
  • Include an abstract (150-200 words) with keywords.
  • adhere to the most recent Chicago Manual of Style, with: 
    • footnotes (not endnotes or inline citations) 
    • footnoted bibliographic material following the Chicago form of a full citation for the first entry and a shortened form for subsequent entries.
    • acknowledgments in footnote on first page (if applicable)
    • illustrations, figures, tables, etc., placed within the text (if applicable)
    • All graphs and diagrams should be referred to as figures, and should be numbered.
    • Illustrations can be in colour and appear in colour for the online version but the print version of the journal will be printed in one colour.
    • Tables should also be numbered consecutively in the text and must be inserted in the text. There should not be redundant tables in the manuscript.

Acknowledgements should be given either in a footnote on the first page or at the end of the manuscript, before the list of references.

Tables and figures should be integrated in the text and the copy editors may alter the layout whenever necessary. The title page must include an abstract of about 150 words and 5 keywords. Full contact information with institutional affiliations and any acknowledgements must also be provided in the online submission but not in the submitted manuscript. Introduction, literature review and data should be kept to a minimum unless it is essential to the paper.

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal will not be returned.

Manuscripts accepted for publication or published by the Journal cannot be distributed, reproduced or reprinted without prior permission of the Publisher.

Any opinions expressed in the Journal are those of authors and do not necessarily those of the editors or publisher.

Authors are personally responsible for obtaining permission for the reprint of any previously published material. Any submission which does not conform to the above instructions may be returned for the necessary revision before consideration for publication.

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