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: A cover letter should be provided by the corresponding authors as the first page of the manuscript stating the manuscript has not been previously published, nor is submitted for consideration by another journal and the text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
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Title Page: Following information should be given on a separate page attached to the manuscript after the Cover letter, including Article type, Title, Name(s) of authors(s), affiliation(s) and complete postal address of the institution(s), email address, telephone numbers and ORCID number of the corresponding author(s).
- The submission file is in PDF or Microsoft Word formats.
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Graphical abstract : The journal would like to request the submission of a "graphical" or a "visual" abstract to be published alongside the body of your manuscript. The graphical abstract is a single, concise, pictorial and visual summary of the main findings of your article.
Please use the following format:
Image Size: Please provide an image with a minimum of 1328*532 pixel (W*H) using a minimum resolution of 300dpi
Font: Palatino Linotype with large enough font size as the image will be reduced in size
File Type: png,jpeg
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Main document: Manuscript file (including the abstract and Figures and Tables as applicable). Download template here.
- Names of three suggested reviewers with their contact details including email addresses.
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Evidence for an ethical clearance certificate obtained for using humans or animals in the experiment(s) included in the manuscript (if applicable).
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The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
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Research Highlights: Highlights consist of short sentences of 3 to 5 bullet points that convey the core findings of the article. Each bullet point must contain a maximum of 85 characters, including spaces.
Copyright Notice
The Authors hold the copyright of their manuscripts, and all articles are circulated under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, as long as that the original work is properly cited.
The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations. The authors are responsible for securing any permissions needed for the reuse of copyrighted materials included in the manuscript.