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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements:

  • The manuscript complies with the journal's Author Guidelines and Manuscript Preparation requirements.

  • The manuscript is original, has not been previously published in substantially the same form, and is not under consideration by another journal.

  • All authors have approved the manuscript, agreed to its submission, and confirmed their authorship contributions.

  • The manuscript includes a title, abstract of no more than 250 words, four to six keywords, and all required sections.

  • All references are accurate, complete, appropriately cited, and include DOIs where available.

  • All tables and figures are numbered, appropriately titled or captioned, and cited in the manuscript.

  • The manuscript includes applicable statements concerning ethics approval, informed consent, funding, conflicts of interest, data availability, and artificial intelligence use.

  • Necessary permissions have been obtained for copyrighted materials, identifiable images, and other third-party content.

  • The manuscript and supplementary files are complete, readable, correctly labelled, and free from unresolved comments or tracked changes.

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