Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word.
- The submission has not been previously published, either in full or in part, nor is it currently under consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Template.doc.
Scientific articles
Scientific articles are original research contributions, significant in terms of the new knowledge generated, following the scientific method, involving clear objectives, a detailed methodology that allows the research to be reproduced, pertinent statistical analysis supporting the results, presentation of results and their discussion. The names of the sections that are numbered in a scientific article are: introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments (optional), and references. They should not exceed 18 pages.
Brief communications
Brief Communications are short research articles, progress reports on projects with partial or preliminary results, or descriptions of new techniques.
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