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Manuscript Submission

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Submitting a Manuscript

(Your manuscript will not be accepted for review until you do the following)

  1. Organize your manuscript into standard sections (i.e., introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and conclusion).

  2. Mention figures, graphs, tables, and artwork in the body of the manuscript and sequentially number them. Example: "The quality of each latent print was assessed and assigned a grade according to the categories shown in Table 1".

  3. Provide a list of captions for all figures, graphs, tables, and artwork at the end of the manuscript.

  4. Sequentially number references cited in the text and organize the list of references in numerical order (NOT alphabetically).

  5. Verify the accuracy and completeness of your references.

  6. Prepare a brief abstract (maximum 250 words) that summarizes the manuscript and includes the main results.

  7. Separate the manuscript into separate files: Title Page and Manuscript. See specific requirements for each below.

  8. Upload separate files in the upload boxes at the bottom of this page.

Title Page should include:

  • Article title:

    • Article titles should be concise and informative. Please avoid abbreviations and formulae, where possible, unless they are established and widely understood, e.g., DNA.

  • Author name(s) and Highest Degree status

  • Affiliations:

    • Add affiliation addresses, referring to where the work was carried out, below each author's name.

  • Corresponding author and email address:

    • Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence for your article at all stages of the refereeing and publication process, and also post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any future queries about your results, data, methodology, and materials. It is important that the email address and contact details of your corresponding author are kept up to date during the submission and publication process.

  • Abstract:

    • You are required to provide a concise and factual abstract that does not exceed 250 words. The abstract should briefly state the purpose of your research, principal results, and major conclusions. Some guidelines:

      • Avoid references. If any are essential to include, ensure that you cite the author(s) and year(s).

      • Avoid non-standard or uncommon abbreviations. If any are essential to include, ensure they are defined within your abstract at first mention.

  • Keywords:

    • Provide 1 to 7 keywords for indexing purposes. Keywords should be written in English. Please try to avoid keywords consisting of multiple words (using "and" or "of"). We recommend that you only use abbreviations in keywords if they are firmly established in the field.

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Anonymized Manuscript

The anonymized manuscript should contain the main body of your paper. It should not have any identifying information. Prior to Submission, review the manuscript and ensure:

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  • APA, 7th edition, Formatting for the entire manuscript. If you are not familiar with APA, please review the Sample APA Professional Paper

  • Spelling and Grammar Checked

  • All references in the article text are cited in the reference list and vice versa.

  • Reference list is in APA Format

  • Figure captions and tables (including a title, description, and footnotes) included.

 

*Your anonymized manuscript mustn't contain any identifying information, such as author names or affiliations.

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