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Author Guidelines
Manuscripts must be original, scientifically rigorous, ethically responsible, and clearly relevant to the journal’s Aims and Scope.
A standard research article should normally contain:
- Title;
- Author Name(s);
- Institutional Affiliation(s);
- Corresponding Author;
- ORCID, where available;
- Abstract;
- Keywords;
- Introduction;
- Literature Review or Scientific Background, where appropriate;
- Materials and Methods / Research Method;
- Results;
- Discussion;
- Limitations, where appropriate;
- Conclusion;
- Acknowledgments, where applicable;
- Funding Statement;
- Conflict of Interest Statement;
- Author Contributions;
- Data Availability Statement, where applicable; and
The precise structure may be adjusted for:
- review articles;
- theoretical research;
- computational studies;
- engineering research;
- mathematical research;
- qualitative studies;
- technical articles; or
- methodological studies.
Scientific Requirements
Authors must:
- clearly define the research problem;
- explain the scientific contribution;
- use an appropriate research methodology;
- describe methods sufficiently for evaluation;
- report findings accurately;
- distinguish results from interpretation;
- provide appropriate statistical or analytical procedures;
- acknowledge limitations;
- ensure conclusions are supported by evidence;
- provide accurate references; and
- comply with research ethics.
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