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How to publish in this journal

The journal accepts article submissions of between 4000 and 8000 words, including reference list and abstract (250 words maximum). There is an expectation that submissions will include identification of up to 6 keywords. 

• Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.
• Use italics for emphasis.

1) a coversheet which includes the article/review author contact details (including nomination of a corresponding author if relevant), the article/review author biographical information (in style usually included in the journal), title (of article or book/document being reviewed) and suggested short title (for use in page headers);

2) the blinded manuscript, with any material that could identify author/s of an article or review to potential reviewers removed.

• A separate Title Page should be submitted, containing title, author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page;

Please note that Author Contribution information and Competing Interest information must be provided at submission via the submission interface.

Title

The title should be concise and informative.

Author information

• The name(s) of the author(s)
• The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, (department), city, (state), country
• A clear indication and an active e-mail address of the corresponding author
• If available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)

If address information is provided with the affiliation(s) it will also be published.

For authors that are (temporarily) unaffiliated we will only capture their city and country of residence, not their e-mail address unless specifically requested.

Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, do not currently satisfy our authorship criteria. Notably an attribution of authorship carries with it accountability for the work, which cannot be effectively applied to LLMs. Use of an LLM should be properly documented in the Methods section (and if a Methods section is not available, in a suitable alternative part) of the manuscript. The use of an LLM (or other AI-tool) for "AI assisted copy editing" purposes does not need to be declared. In this context, we define the term "AI assisted copy editing" as AI-assisted improvements to human-generated texts for readability and style, and to ensure that the texts are free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation and tone. These AI-assisted improvements may include wording and formatting changes to the texts, but do not include generative editorial work and autonomous content creation. In all cases, there must be human accountability for the final version of the text and agreement from the authors that the edits reflect their original work.