Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
- The author is willing to follow the entire editing process until the manuscript is declared as accepted or rejected for publication. If you wish to discontinue the process, the author should notify the editor with an email for article withdrawal.
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word.
- Where appropriate, URLs for the references are provided.
- The text is 1.5-spaced; uses a 12-point font of Calibri (except in the special area e.g abstract); 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. It is of particular importance that references are formatted within Vancouver style of reference
- The submission includes author name(s), affiliations, and contact information.
- Research involving human subjects, human material, or human data, must have been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and must have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee. A statement detailing this, including the name of the ethics committee and the reference number where appropriate, must appear in all manuscripts reporting such research.

