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 published previously -in any journal, book, conference proceedings...- and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
"Ethics and best practices policy" established by the journal has been read and understood.
The file is sent in Microsoft Word (.doc) format. In the text file, images are included in their position and directed as (Figure - x); foot or comment image is also included.
Web address references have been added when possible.
The author's name and any possible reference that can induce to know who the author of the article is, has been removed from the text (see "Ensuring a blind review"). On the first page, only the article title, the abstract and keywords are to be included. Identification and biographical data will be requested as METADATA during the submission process.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements listed in the Author Guidelines, which may be found in About the Journal.
Illustrations or pictures that have been included in the text are also sent as ADDITIONAL FILES. One file per image. Images are to be in color or black and white, 300 dpi resolution, minimum size 10x15 cm.
The author guarantees the authorship of the documents presented, as well as any text or image. If the work has significant contributions from more than one author, all should appear as co-authors. All authors meet the journal's criteria for authorship and that nobody who meets these criteria has been omitted from the list.
References of potential reviewers (full name and affiliation), specialized in the contribution field of research, are included in the message body "Comments to the editor" shown during the submission process. (Optional, see Proposal of Reviewers)
Institutions or agencies that may have funded the research are properly identified. This information is included in the acknowledgements section.
