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 or submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in Microsoft Word format.
Whenever possible, URLs are provided for references.
The text is single spaced; 12 point font size; italics are used instead of underlining (except in URLs); and all illustrations, figures and tables are placed in the appropriate places in the text, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Attached to the submission of the manuscript duly completed according to our "Template", as well as the "Letter of Presentation and Originality", the "Assignment of Rights Agreement", and the "Author Data Update Form" properly signed by all authors accompanying the article.