Submissions

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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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it being considered for publication in another journal.
  • Ensure that you have read the sections of the author guideline that are relevant to the type of manuscript you are submitting.
  • Ensure that all authors listed have approved the manuscript for submission.
  • The submission file should be in an editable format, Microsoft Word, RTF document or OpenOffice.

Research Article

2000 – 2500 words, up to 5 tables and figures, up to 40 references

Ethics statement required wherever relevant

Short Communication

Up to 1500 words, up to 5 tables, up to 10 references

Preliminary findings of research

Editorial

1000 – 1500 words, up to 5 references

Invited manuscripts

Review Article

3000 – 5000 words, up to 5 tables and figures, references as required

Commentary

Up to 2000 words, up to 5 tables and figures, up to 10 references

Perspective

Up to 3000 words, up to 5 tables and figures, up to 10 references

Conference Proceedings

Up to 2000 words, up to 5 tables and figures, up to 10 references

Field Report

Up to 1500 words, up to 5 tables or figures, up to 15 references

Letter to editor

Up to 1000 words, up to one table or figure, up to 5 references

News

Up to 1000 words, up to 2 tables or figures, up to 5 references

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