Submission format

For your initial submission, we recommend you send your entire manuscript, including tables and figures, as a single pdf file. If you are invited to submit a revised manuscript, please provide us an editable text, tables and publication-quality figures accordingly:

The files can be submitted in the Tex or Microsoft word format.

Figures should be supplied in either bitmap formats (bmp, jpeg, giff, tiff, photoshop, etc.) Or vector art formats (eps, illustrator, excel, wmf, powerpoint, freehand, coreldraw, etc.).

Submission of revised articles

If a revision of a manuscript is required, the corresponding author is expected to submit the revised manuscript as soon as possible via online submission system. The manuscript is placed in submission needs revision tab (do not submit as new manuscript). A point-by-point response to the editor’s and reviewer’s comments as well as detailed information on the changes made to the manuscript is needed. A comparative copy of the manuscript must be enclosed if the editor wishes. If this is the first revision, the authors must return the revised manuscript within 28 days. If this is the second revision, the authors must return the revised manuscript within 14 days. Additional time must be requested for the transfer in advance; the authors can be given another 14 days for future improvements. If the above deadlines are not met, the manuscript will be treated as a new submission. Please provide us with an editable text, editable tables and publication-quality figures. In addition to the editorial remarks, authors are asked to take care that they have prepared the revised version according to the journal’s style.

Language editing

If English is not your native language, make sure that your manuscript is edited by a professional language editor before you send it. This helps editors and reviewers to judge the scientific quality of your manuscript.

Summary or abstract

The manuscript should include a brief summary of the subject matter as an abstract with a maximum length of 300 words.

Introduction

The introduction should be brief.

References

The authors guarantee that the information in the bibliography is complete and correct. The bibliography is consecutively numbered and the citations in the text should be numbered in square brackets. The references should be written in the form of apa style.

Presentation of charts

Charts should appear within the main section of the manuscript and have a descriptive title. Measurements should be specified in the column heading.

Acknowledgments

All acknowledgments (if any) should be included at the very end of the paper before the references and may include supporting grants, presentations, and so forth.

Copyright

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a creative commons license. This regulation implies that an article can be used, distributed and reproduced in any medium, provided it is correctly cited and the name of the author is given.