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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The manuscript follows the Author Guidelines (file format, length, structure, APA 7).
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All co-authors have reviewed this version and approved its publication; the author list is complete and accurate.
  • An ORCID iD is provided as a full link for every author.
  • References have been checked; tables, figures and other material are numbered, and permission has been obtained for any third-party material.
  • Any use of generative artificial intelligence is disclosed in the manuscript; AI is not listed as an author.
  • I have read and accept the Public Offer and the Personal Data Processing Policy.

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Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • authors retain copyright in their work;
  • the article is published open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence — anyone may use, distribute and adapt it with attribution to the authors and the original source;
  • authors grant the publisher a non-exclusive licence to publish, archive and deposit the metadata with indexing services;
  • authors may deposit any version of the article in any repository or on a personal website (self-archiving is not restricted).

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