Format-Free Submission

Authors may submit their papers in any scholarly format or layout. Manuscripts may be supplied as a single (MS Word) file. Figures and tables must be placed within the text. Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.

• There are no strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript: abstract, author affiliation, figures, tables, funder information, and references. Further details may be requested upon acceptance.
• References can be in any style or format, so long as a consistent scholarly citation format is applied. Author name(s), journal or book title, article or chapter title, year of publication, volume and issue (where appropriate), and page numbers are essential. All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
• DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number will be allotted to each paper within two weeks of periods after the publishing of the article.
• The journal reference style will be applied to the paper post-acceptance.

‘Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be submitted at the revision stage.’