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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, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; 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, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

1. Reporting Standards:
The author of the original research report must present an accurate report of the work carried out as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data must be represented accurately in the results of the study. A paper must contain enough detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. False or intentionally inaccurate statements are unethical and unacceptable behavior.

2. Data Retention and Access:
Authors can be asked to provide raw data in connection with papers for editorial review. They must be prepared to provide the data in a reasonable time.

3. Originality and Plagiarism:
The authors must ensure that they have written the original work in its entirety, and if the author has used the work and / or words of others that this has been quoted or cited appropriately.

4. Multiple, Redundant, or Simultaneous Publications:
An author may not, in general, publish manuscripts that basically describe the same research in more than one journal or major publication. Submitting the same text to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical and unacceptable publishing behavior.

5. Recognition of Sources:
Proper recognition of the work of others must always be given. Authors must cite influential publications in determining the nature of the work reported.

6. Paper Essay:
Authorship must be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, implementation, or interpretation of the research reported. All who have made significant contributions must be registered as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they must be recognized or registered as contributors. The appropriate author must ensure that all suitable joint authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all joint authors have seen and agreed to the final version of the paper and have approved their submission for publication.

7. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest:
All authors must disclose in their manuscripts any other conflict of financial or substantive interest that can be interpreted to affect the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.

8. Fundamental errors in published works:
When an author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in his self-published work, it is the author's obligation to immediately notify the journal editor or publisher and work with the editor to retract or correct the paper.