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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.

  • Your manuscript is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Your manuscript text is single-spaced in a single column, uses an 11-point font (ideally Calibri or Arial) and employs italics rather than underlining (except for DOI or URLs).
  • Your manuscript adheres to the basic stylistic, word count and bibliographic requirements outlined in the journals' Author Guidelines.
  • Any illustrations, figures, images or tables are placed within your manuscript at appropriate points with descriptive captions, along with source citations if appropriate.
  • Your manuscript has not been previously published, nor is currently under consideration by another journal. Note: all submissions undergo originality screening before being accepted for consideration.
  • All DOIs (preferably) or URLs (if a DOI is not given) for references have been included, along with last access date - where available.
  • Any third-party-owned (copyrighted) material included in your manuscript (e.g., images, illustrations, etc.,) has been identified with appropriate source citation, and if necessary, permission obtained from the rights holder for its inclusion.

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Copyright Notice

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

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY), which permits use and redistribution of the work provided that the original author and source are credited, a link to the license is included, and an indication of changes which were made. Third-party users may not apply legal terms or technological measures to the published article which legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

If accepted for publication authors’ work will be made open access and distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license unless previously agreed with the Editor prior to submission.

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 acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

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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