Research articles. Original papers not previously published elsewhere, except in preliminary form within institutional repositories, or not submitted for consideration in another journal may be submitted for publication. Articles should not be more than 5000 words, inclusive of tables and figures. A 250-word informative abstract and 8 keywords for indexing must accompany the article. The following sequence is suggested for the body: introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions and recommendations, acknowledgment, notes, and references.
Short communications. Short communications are suitable for reporting preliminary results of important research or newly developed methodology or modification of existing methodology, possibly a description of the first test. New insights and analysis as addenda to work previously published in the journal may also be published as short communications. Short communications should be between 1000 and 1500 words, with no more than 3 tables or figures and 10 references cited.
Reviews. Review articles present a comprehensive review of “state-of-the-art” articles placed in a larger context. The review article is commissioned directly from scholars in the pertinent field by the editors of the journal. Currently, the journal does not accept unsolicited review articles. However, interested scholars may propose a review article on a specific topic, but the proposal must be approved by the editors. Reviews should not be more than 5000 words.
Lectures, policy statements, and advocacies. The journal occasionally publishes lectures, policy statements, and advocacies—by invitation only. Proper referencing should be observed like in scholarly papers. The submission should not be more than 5000 words.
Commentaries. In order to foster open debate, the journal will publish commentaries on an article previously published by the journal. The commentary, which must follow the guidelines for short communications, must contain the authors’ names, affiliations, and postal and email addresses. The decision to p publish unsolicited materials is at the discretion of the editors.
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