Submissions
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.
- 1. The manuscript has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration by any other journal or publication medium.
- 2. The submission file must be prepared strictly using the official journal template.
- 3. The submission file should be submitted in Microsoft Word (.docx) format.
- 4. The text adheres strictly to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements, specifically the American Psychological Association (APA 7th Edition) style, as detailed in the Author Guidelines.
- 5. All submitted manuscripts will be rigorously checked for plagiarism (including self-plagiarism). Submissions found to contain ghost references, phantom references, or illicit references will be subject to immediate rejection.
- 6. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools must be explicitly declared by the authors. Text similarity will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, and submissions with a high proportion of AI-generated text may be rejected.
- 7. The author(s) assume sole responsibility for all data and content appearing in the manuscript, including the accuracy of facts, language usage, terminology, and references. The Journal and its Editorial Board do not necessarily endorse the opinions or conclusions stated in the articles and shall not be held liable for any damages or consequences arising from inaccuracies presented by the authors.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with The Journal agree to the following terms:
- By submitting the article, the authors agree to waive certain rights of control over the dissemination of their work in accordance with the journal’s policies.
- Upon acceptance of the article, authors agree to transfer the copyright of the article to the journal, including the rights to reproduce, distribute, and communicate the article in all forms and media.
- Authors retain the rights to use their articles for scholarly purposes, such as teaching, inclusion in a thesis or dissertation, and sharing on non-commercial platforms.
- This journal offers articles under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which allows others to share and adapt the work as long as proper attribution is given to the original authors.
- The authors confirm that they have obtained all necessary permissions to use third-party materials, such as content, images, or graphics, which are copyrighted by others, and have provided appropriate credit.