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 submitted manuscript must not have been published previously in any language and must not be currently under consideration by any other journal.
• There is no conflict of interest.
• All co-authors have approved the manuscript for publication.
• The manuscript has been approved by all relevant organizations/institutions for publication.
• The manuscript file is in Microsoft Word document format.
• The text is in Calibri font size 12, double-spaced.
• The manuscript has a title, list of authors and their affiliations, and provides the name and email of a corresponding author.
• The abstract format should be unstructured and has less than 250 words for original articles and systematic review articles.
• The content should have a word count of ≤3,000 words for original articles and less than 4,000 words for review articles and systematic review articles.
• The corresponding author must declare the funding sources and conflict of interest in the manuscript.
• The number of tables and figures must not exceed 8.
• All tables and figures are referred to in the text and placed after the references.
• Tables must be in text only. Graphs and charts in editable format must be submitted as separate files.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the manuscript preparation guideline.
• The author clearance form should be filled in and submitted together with the manuscript.