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, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Publication Process

The files must be uploaded only through the online submission portal (click here). Your paper will be assigned Submission ID Number, which you will use for all the communications related to the publication. Upon submission, you will receive submission confirmation acknowledgement approximately within 24 hours. If the editor found your paper not within the journal scope or not within the prescribed format, your submission may receive an early manuscript rejection decision. No submission will be entertained through email.

The publication process and timeline is shown below:

Process	Description	Timeline
Online submission	The author submits the research article through the online submission portal.
Preliminary evaluation	The journal manager and/or editor-in-chief evaluate the paper as to its fitness to the journal, formatting requirements and readiness for publication.	3 - 5 days
Double-blind review	Upon acceptance by the journal manager and/or editor-in-chief, the anonymous manuscript is sent to potential reviewers based on specialization and expertise. The reviewers are given one week for acceptance of the review assignment and three weeks for the review proper.	4 weeks
Revision & Resubmission	Upon receipt of at least two most appropriate reviews, the comments of the reviewers are sent to the corresponding author through email. The author revises the paper according to the suggestions given. The resubmission must highlight in color the changes done within the revised paper and provide a matrix of action taken in addressing the reviewer comments. The revised paper must be uploaded in the same submission section as 'revision' file.	2 weeks with extension as per author request
Publication acceptance	The journal manager and/or editor-in-chief evaluate the paper as to its readiness for publication. They proofread the paper as per the comments given by the reviewers.	1 week
Payment	Upon acceptance for publication, the author pays the Article Processing Charges (APC).
Copyediting & Formatting	The paper is sent to the copyeditor for final formatting. At this stage, the author may still need to address some reviewer comments not properly followed and/or missing required parts such as declarations and acknowledgment sections. The copyeditor ensures that the paper is structurally fit for international journal publication.	1 week
Article Publication	The final draft copy of the paper is sent to the author for confirmation. If the author finds necessary corrections, it should be communicated to the editorial assistant through email. The open access publishing agreement is signed upon confirmation of the final copy of the article.

You can download the step-by-step process of article submission and resubmission here.

Research Articles

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Copyright Notice

The authors retain the copyright to the work while granting the journal the right to the first publication. The open-access articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which grants anyone to reproduce, redistribute and transform, commercially or non-commercially, with proper attribution. Authors can use any contents of the article provided there is proper acknowledgement. Reprint and reproduction of the article does not require prior permission. Read full license details here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
The authors are allowed to upload and post their works online including, but not limited to, institutional website, personal website, social media and professional networking sites with proper attribution. Authors are encouraged to use the article Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

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