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 file is in .doc or .docx format
• The submission is in the format set out in the template placed at the beginning of the guidelines.
• The submission has not been previously published or submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
• The article must be in accordance with COPE's ethical standards.