Information For Authors

Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.

Paper Submission Checklist

Before submission, ensure you have prepared the following files:

1. Cover Letter

2. Authorship Form

3. Letter of Undertaking

4. Study Approval / Ethics Approval Letter (IRB/ERC/REC/IEC/Head of Institute/Departmental Approval) 

5. Manuscript File (Containing the following sections in order):

- Abstract

- Introduction

- Methods

- Results

- Discussion

- Conclusion

- Acknowledgment

- Declarations:

- Authors’ Contributions

- Conflict of Interest

- Funding

- AI Use Disclosure

- References

6. ORCID (Correspondence author mandatory)