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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 Microsoft Word
  • References Style : American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition
  • 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 attached separtely with the manuscript.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Edit Author Guidelines Structure of manuscript:

Title Page (separated page)

The title page should include:

  • The name(s) of the author(s)
  • A concise and informative title
  • The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
  • The e-mail address, and telephone number(s) of the corresponding author
  • If available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)

Abstract

Please provide an abstract according to section policy of each category. 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 Word.

  • Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 12-point Times Roman) for text.
  • Use italics for emphasis.
  • 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).

Acknowledgment

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before references. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

Ethics statement : should be placed after conclusion section. If it is not applicable please state this:  N /A.

Potential competing interests : should be placed after ethics statement section.

Figures legends : should be placed after references.

References Style

American  Psycological Association (APA) 7th edition

Tables

Each table Should be placed in a separate file with legend.

  • 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.

Artwork

  • Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
  • Submit each illustration as a separate file.
  • TIFF (or JPEG): Color or grayscale photographs (halftones), keep to a minimum of 300 dpi.
  • TIFF (or JPEG): Bitmapped (pure black & white pixels) line drawings, keep to a minimum of 1000 dpi.
  • TIFF (or JPEG): Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale), keep to a minimum of 500 dpi.

Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement'. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.

Proof correction

The proof will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. To ensure a fast publication process of the article, we kindly ask authors to provide us with their proof corrections within 72 hours.  Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article will be accpeted after permission from the Editor. It is important to ensure that all corrections are returned to us in one communication.Please check carefully before responding, as the inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed.Proofreading is entirely your responsibility.Please list your corrections citing the line number.If for some reason this is not possible, highlight the corrections with comments and we can proceed to publish your article if no response is received.No further corrections or changes will be made to articles once published online.

Off print

The article in its final form will be published as an integrated PDF file with free online access (we cannot provide hardcopy of the published articles).The corresponding author, free of charge, will also receive a PDF file of the article by e-mail.The corresponding author and co-authors can order offprints at any time via : association.mare@gmail.com

Editorial

Editorials should not exceed  (1 500 words). Tables and figures are not to be used, and a summary is not required. Use no more than 15 references. The name (including first name) and complete address of the author or authors must be given at the end of the editorial.

Review

A review article accumulates and summarizes the results of many different articles on a particular topic and re-presents previously published literature, rather than reporting new facts or analysis. It can be either requested by the editorial committee, or subjected spontaneously by the authors. It aims at making the exhaustive point of a subject of general interest. Review articles must include an abstract of 100-200 words and a maximum of 100 references. There is no required page limit for a review article, according to the following plan: Introduction, Search Methodology, Results, Discussion ( or results and discusssion in the same section)  and Conclusion.

Mini Review

Mini Review Article: It is similar to review article except in terms of word limit & References. The word limit of mini review article is 1500-2000 words and it can include a maximum of 50 references.

Original Research

It includes 10 to 15 pages (except tables and figures) according to the following plan: introduction, patients (or materials) and methods, results, discussion and conclusion. There is no limit for the number of tables, figures and references.

Case report

The length of brief reports should not exceed approximately 3 000 words including references (10 at most), the abstract and keywords. The abstract should not exceed 100 words and should summarize the article in a single paragraph. A short report/ case report must be unusually and contribute original information. They should be organized as follows: introduction, methods/ observation, discussion, conclusion, references.

Briefs

Report Preliminary or novel findings may be reported as (up to 800 words in main text, 2 tables/figures, and an abstract of up to 80 words). The following structure applies to a brief: Abstract, Brief, Competing interests, Authors’ contributions, Acknowledgments (if any), Tables and figures (if any, maximum 1 table and 1 figure), References (not more than 15 references).

Debate

This is designed to present a forum for critical debate about timely public health topics (up to 1000 words, 10 references). The following structure typically applies to a debate paper: Abstract, Debate, Competing interests, References (not more than 10 references).

Conference proceedings

We welcome conferences sponsored supplements and proceedings. Prospective conference organizers should contact the editor in chief with the project for specific instructions

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Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4,0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal.If it becomes known to us that an article submitted / published in our journal has violated copyright or is plagiarized, it will be immediately removed and the authors will be permanently blacklisted from the journal.

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