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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.
  • The manuscript falls within the scope of the journal
  • The manuscript has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration by another journal.
  • If the manuscript is available as a preprint, provide the DOI and any available review reports
  • The manuscript has been prepared using the journal template
  • All authors have reviewed and approved the manuscript
  • The corresponding/submitting author has the authority to act on behalf of all authors.
  • References have been checked and formatted according to APA style. Where available, URLs for the references have to be provided.
  • Funding, Data Availability, AI Disclosure, Conflict of Interest, and Contributor Statements have been included where applicable.
  • Research data and software have been registered and cited where required.
  • You have obtained permission from the original owners to reuse their photographs, illustrations or drawings.
  • Supplementary materials have been labelled appropriately, and their peer-review status has been clearly indicated where applicable.

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