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.

• - Cover Letter
  - Title Page
  - Manuscript without authors’ names
  - Figures
  - Tables
  - Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form
  - Ethical Committee Approval pdf format
  - Informed consent form for case studies
  - Copyright Form
• 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 Title Page includes full names, affiliations, and contact informations including email addresses, and ORCID IDs of all authors.
• The manuscript file is in DOCX document file format.
• 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.