Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors must verify that the manuscript meets all of the following criteria. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in the manuscript being returned to the authors for revision and resubmission. Please note that a manuscript template is attached and must be used to ensure proper formatting of the submission.

• 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 submitted material corresponds to template
• The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or TeX document file format.
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• The text is single-spaced; uses a 11-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.