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Author Guidelines

Brief Instructions for Author

  1. Before submitting your manuscript, please read our online guide How to increase online readership of your article
  2. Fluent, comprehensible, and correct use of English is the main criterion. The authors should ensure that the manuscript has no linguistic problems. Otherwise, it is rejected in the pre-assessment. Proofreading is strongly advised.
  3. To submit a new manuscript, click on "New Submission" in the link. To continue a submission already in progress, follow the step-by-step process requested, and do not forget to click "Save and Continue". Follow the requested process until it is finished.
  4. If you are submitting a revision and the option has expired, please contact the editor to ask for an extension. Read and Download Author Guidelines

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

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Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal;
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal;
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). 

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