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As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify their submission's compliance with all the following items. Submissions may be returned to authors who do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The authors hereby affirm their understanding and commitment to pay the Article Processing Charge (APC) as stipulated by the journal upon formal acceptance of their submitted manuscript for publication.
- I/we certify that I/we have participated sufficiently in the intellectual content, conception, and design of this work or the analysis and interpretation of the data (when applicable), as well as the writing of the manuscript, to take public responsibility for it and have agreed to have my/our name listed as a contributor.
- I/we believe the manuscript represents valid work. Each author confirms they meet the criteria for authorship as established by the NAJFNR. Neither this manuscript nor one with substantially similar content under my/our authorship has been published or is being considered for publication elsewhere, except (an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word (docx) format.
- The references have been checked according to APA 7th edition (see below the Reference Citing Guide).
The list of references must not contain any references belonging to a predatory journal or publisher.
The list of predatory journals and publishers is available here:
Beall's List | Predatory Journals List | Yale Library Guide - I/we followed the Manuscript template file of the journal (Manuscript.docx).
The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point Times New Roman font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses). - The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
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