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.

• The manuscript has not been previously published, and it is not currently under consideration for publication in another journal (as elaborated in the Editor's Comments).
• The manuscript file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document format.
• Online-accessible references have their URLs provided.
• The manuscript is typed with single spacing, font size 12, utilizing italics instead of underlining (except for URLs), and all illustrations, images, and tables are placed within the text where expected, not grouped separately at the end of the manuscript.
• The manuscript adheres to the style and bibliography rules stipulated in the Author's Guide.