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.
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- The submission is not submitted to another journal for consideration . Double publication will lead to rejection or retraction (even after publication).
- The paper has not been published in any other outlet and format, including repository or ArXiv.
- The submission file is in accordance with the journal format. The paper has been prepared following the guidance for authors; and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The paper is free from plagiarism (intentionally or unintentionally) and any materials (texts, figures, tables, etc) from other sources have been properly cited with written consent/permission (to avoid breaching of copyright). It is the responsibility of authors to avoid misconduct of publication. The similarity score is under 20% for consideration of publication.
- In case that the paper is accepted for publication, the authors understand and agree to transfer the copyright of the paper to the publisher.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain the copyright and grant right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) after the acceptance of the paper, but NOT before the decision is made.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work, with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal, after requesting the permission to the journal.