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.

• The submission has not been previously published in peer-reviewed journals, nor is it submitted for consideration. In case the manuscript derives from earlier works (e.g. conference presentations, reports or academic theses), it is stated so in the ‘Acknowledgements’ section.
• The submitter has received approval from all the authors for the submission of the manuscript in its current shape.
• The manuscript is written in English and has been checked for language issues (spelling, grammer, vocabulary use).
• The submission includes a cover letter written according to the instructions provided in the ‘Guide for authors’. 
• The manuscript contains a ‘Declaration of competing interests’ (if the authors have no interests to declare, it is stated so).
• The manuscript contains ‘Funding’ section describing the sources of the research funding.
• The manuscript contains ‘CRediT contribution statement’.
• The manuscript contains the authors' short biographies and photos.
• Where available, DOI/URL links are provided for the referenced sources.