Editorial Policy

Author Affiliation: All authors should state their current institutions to reflect where their research or scholarly work was planned and/or executed. If the author(s) have moved, they should state their previous institution(s).

Only the corresponding author’s (institutional) email and phone number are required.

If an author is not affiliated with any institution, it should be adequately stated in the manuscript.

 

Authorship: All authors of the manuscript shall be duly listed and credited for their contribution to the manuscript.

A person is considered an author if they have contributed substantially to the conception, designing, writing, reading, data collection, analysis, and interpretation of the scholarly work.

They must also be part of and agree to all the publication processes from the first submission to the final acceptance of the reviewed manuscript. They are also accountable for the integrity of the published manuscript.

The author(s) may not add to, remove from, or reorder the author list after the galley proof is submitted.

Authors are encouraged to register and include their ORCID number  in their manuscript during the final submission of their corrected galley proof copy of their manuscript to the journal.

 

Citation Policies: Authors should ensure that all intext and reference citations are relevant, up-to-date, and verifiable. Citing unverifiable or unrelated sources as well as excessive self-citation shall be considered misconduct. All cited sources must be included in the reference list. The journal citation follows the current version of APA guidelines.

 

Conflict of Interest: All authors are expected to declare any perceived conflicting interest they may have regarding their work. A conflict of interest can result when the authors have a financial or non-financial, political, religious, legal, or professional affiliation that could introduce bias to their research work.

In the case of no conflicting interests, the authors may or may not make a no-conflict of-interest declaration.

The conflict-of-interest declaration is made before the reference list in the manuscript.