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Author Guidelines

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Submission
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Source files
Please ensure you provide all relevant editable source files at every submission and revision. Failing to submit a complete set of editable source files will result in your article not being considered for review. For your manuscript text please always submit in common word processing formats such as .docx.

Length of paper
Length of paper is maximum 8000 words.

Title
The title should be concise and informative.

Author(s) information
Please provide 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.

Abstract
Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Keywords
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Text formatting
Manuscripts should be submitted in MS Word.
- Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.
- Use italics for emphasis.
- Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
- Do not use field functions.
- Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
- Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
- Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.
- Save your file in .docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or .doc format (older Word versions).

Headings
Please use the decimal system of headings with no more than three levels.

Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Footnotes
Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data). Footnotes to the title or the authors of the article are not given reference symbols. Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.

Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section on the title page. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

Citations
Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples: (Author, 1991); Author1 and Author2 (1992); (Author1, 1991; Author et al., 1992; Author1 & Author2, 1994).

References
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work. Journal names and book titles should be italicized. If available, please always include DOIs in your reference list.

Journal article:
Surname, F.M. (2021). Title of the article. Title of Journal, 1(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1000/xxxxx

Surname1, F.M., & Surname2, F.M. (2022). Title of the article. Title of Journal, 1(2), 10-11. https://doi.org/10.1000/xxxxx

Surname1, F.M., Surname2, F.M., & Surname3, F.M. (2023). Title of the article. Title of Journal, 1(2), 100-111. https://doi.org/10.1000/xxxxx

Book:
Surname, F.M. (2000). Book title. City: Publisher.

Book chapter:
Surname, F.M. (1999). Title of the chapter. In F.M. Editor (Ed.), Book title (pp. 49-69). City: Publisher.

Surname, F.M. (2000). Title of the chapter. In F.M. Editor1, & F.M. Editor2 (Eds.), Book title (pp. 88-99). City: Publisher.

Surname, F.M. (2001). Title of the chapter. In F.M. Editor1, F.M. Editor2, & F.M. Editor3 (Eds.), Book title (pp. 100-111). City: Publisher.

Internet source:
Surname, F.M. (2010). Title of Internet article. http://www.source.com

Conference paper:
Surname1, F., Surname2, F., Surname3, F., & Surname4, F. (2012). Title of the conference paper. Title of the Conference (pp. 100-111). https://doi.org/10.1111/xxxxx

Doctoral (PhD/Master’s) thesis:
Surname, F.M. (2000). Title of thesis. Doctoral (PhD/Master’s) thesis, University, City, Country.

Tables
- All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
- Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
- For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
- Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
- Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.

Figures
- All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
- Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
- Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
- If an appendix appears in your article and it contains one or more figures, number the appendix figures,"A1, A2, A3, etc."
- Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts.