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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses). Tables and figures must be provided in a separate file, with clear indication of their position in the main text. Images must be sent separately in black and white high resolution and jpg format. Authors are requested to deal with the acquisition of copyrights for the use of any iconographic material previous to the submission of the paper.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.