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, PDF, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; 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.
Articles
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Review Articles
Review Articles aim to provide a comprehensive summary, critical analysis, and synthesis of the current state of research in a specific topic area. Submissions should analyze the existing literature, identify gaps, and suggest future research directions. Authors may use AI tools to retrieve literature, classify themes, generate reports, or assist in analysis, but they must clearly acknowledge such use in the manuscript. Importantly, authors are required to explicitly highlight their own contributions, demonstrating which parts involve original interpretation, critical analysis, or synthesis done by them. Review Articles are open to all authors, typically range from 5,000 to 7,000 words, and undergo double-blind peer review. Accepted review types include systematic reviews, narrative reviews, and survey papers.
Research Articles
Research Articles are intended to publish original research presenting novel findings, methodologies, experiments, or theoretical contributions. Submissions should include an Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and References. Manuscripts must present work that is original and not under consideration elsewhere. Research Articles are open to all authors, typically range from 6,000 to 8,000 words (excluding references and figures), and undergo double-blind peer review. Any use of AI tools in manuscript preparation, such as grammar or formatting assistance, must be disclosed in the Declarations section, but the scientific content must be entirely the authors’ own work.
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