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 is original and has not been previously published, nor has it been submitted to another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• Follows research ethics and includes any necessary conflict of interest, acknowledgment, AI declarations, and funding declarations.
• Figures are high quality (at least 300 dpi)
• Tables are in text format, not images
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Instructions to Authors
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• Strictly follows referencing and citation guidelines (APA 7th Edition)
• A 70-word biography for each author
• The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTR, or WordPerfect document file format.
• A list of possible referees or peer reviewers with their corresponding affiliation and contact information [email address]. Please refer to the attached form.