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 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 submission file is in Microsoft Word 97-2003 (*.doc) or higher document file format. This will be used as the main submission file. The supplementary file(s) can be in additional format such as .pdf, .xlsx, .pptx, .jpg/.jpeg.
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
• Please insert all author names into the system based on the order as in the article.
• Please fill the copyright form and upload it together with your article