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.- Corresponding author signs copyright agreement.
- Final versions approved by all authors.
- Listing of author contributions.
- Data is deposited in relevant database (when applicable).
- Corresponding author signs a confirmation that submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
- Corresponding author signs a confirmation that no simultaneous submission of work fully or partially to any other journals.
- All authors are required to submit full financial disclosure and any conflict of interest declared.
- Corresponding author acknowledges financial support for research included in manuscript.
- Corresponding author suggests reviewers and ask for exclusion of certain reviewers due to conflict of interest.
- IRB Review, with use and care of animals, Helsinki Declaration for human subjects.
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF document file format.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.