Submissions

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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.
  • Is your article a good fit for your target journal?
    Check by reading the focus and scope of the journal, and look at recently published articles.
  • Do you know the requirements for your target journal?
    Visit our journal to check the specific submission requirements for your chosen journal.
  • Have you read the instructions for authors (IFAs)?
    The IFAs will tell you everything that the editorial board will be expecting to see in your paper, including word counts and style guides.
  • Are you familiar with the journal Editorial Policies?
    The Editorial Policies to all authors should read them before submitting.
  • Do you know which submission system the journal uses?
    The IFA for your chosen journal will tell you which system they use.

Copyright Notice

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

(1) The Author retains copyright in the Work, where the term “Work” shall include all digital objects that may result in subsequent electronic publication or distribution.

(2) Upon acceptance of the Work, the author shall grant to the Publisher the right of first publication of the Work.

(3) The Author shall grant to the Publisher and its agents the nonexclusive perpetual right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Work in whole or in part in all forms of media now or hereafter known under a Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) or its equivalent, which, for the avoidance of doubt, allows others to copy, distribute, and transmit the Work under the following conditions.

(4) The Author represents and warrants that:

  • the Work is the Author’s original work;
  • the Author has not transferred, and will not transfer, exclusive rights in the Work to any third party;
  • the Work is not pending review or under consideration by another publisher;
  • the Work has not previously been published;
  • the Work contains no misrepresentation or infringement of the Work or property of other authors or third parties; and
  • the Work contains no libel, invasion of privacy, or other unlawful matter.
  • The Author agrees to indemnify and hold Publisher harmless from Author’s breach of the representations and warranties contained in Paragraph 6 above, as well as any claim or proceeding relating to Publisher’s use and publication of any content contained in the Work, including third-party content.

Attribution—other users must attribute the Work in the manner specified by the author as indicated on the journal Web site.