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 submission must be original and has not been previously published. It should also not be under consideration by another journal, unless an explanation has been provided in the "Comments to the Editor" section.
- The submission file must be in one of the following formats: OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect.
- Links (URLs or DOI) for references must be included where available.
- The manuscript should be single-spaced, use a 12-point font Times New Roman, and apply italics for emphasis rather than underlining, except in the case of URLs. All illustrations, figures, and tables must be inserted in the body of the text at their relevant positions, not placed at the end of the document.
- The text must adhere to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, available in Journal Template
- The manuscript adheres to the submission template provided on the OJS homepage.
- Authors submitting a paper to a peer-reviewed section of the journal must ensure compliance with the blind review guidelines. This includes removing all identifying information from the manuscript to maintain anonymity during the review process. Please refer to the Ensuring A Blind Review section for detailed instructions.
- Each manuscript submission must include a Turnitin similarity report and a completed Copyright Transfer Agreement for Publication (CTAP) form.
- If artificial intelligence (AI) tools were used during the preparation of the manuscript, authors are required to submit two versions: (1) the original version without AI assistance (Non-AI Manuscript), and (2) the version incorporating content generated or edited using AI tools (AI-Utilised Manuscript). Both versions must be clearly labelled upon submission.
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