Type of articles

Original Articles are intended for the presentation of original scientific findings. Review Articles can be submitted to present the existing state of knowledge on a particular field or sub-specialty. Other types of articles like short communications and cases studies are welcome. There is no strict page limit, however, the paper length and content must be appropriate.

General Information

1. Manuscripts must be written in English. English spelling and checking are necessary.
2. Submission of a paper to this journal implies that the manuscript has not been published before, or under consideration for publication at any other journal.
3. The manuscript must be accompanied by a Cover Letter text file. The Cover Letter should contain the following items: 

• Full manuscript title
• Name and complete affiliations of all authors. One of the authors should be identified as the Corresponding Author and should include his/her full name, affiliation, postal address, telephone and fax number and email address. All other authors should provide full names, affiliations and email addresses.
• Significance and novelty of the work
• A statement of conflict of interest
• The names of at least three potential reviewers including their email addresses. When suggesting reviewers, authors should make sure they are totally independent and not connected to the work in any way. It is strongly recommended to suggest reviewers from different institutions than authors’ own institution. Authors are welcome to request the exclusion of certain reviewers when they submit their manuscripts with detailed explanation in their cover letter.

4. The Manuscript shall be submitted in the editable format of word processing file. Use a normal, plain font (12-point Times New Roman) for text. Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages in the middle of the page bottom. Headings should be in 12-point Times New Roman bold font.
5. Manuscript file should be subdivided into the following sections:

• Title: Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formula where possible.
• Abstract: Please provide an abstract of a maximum of 250 words.
• Graphical abstract: The graphical abstract, which is optional, should summarize the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the attention of a wide readership.
• Highlights: Include 3 to 5 highlight sentences; each has a maximum of 90 characters including spaces. Be concise and specific about providing an overview of the study.
• Keywords: include 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes
• Abbreviations: Define abbreviations that are not standard in the field. Please always use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units (SI) units. Nomenclature: as much as possible, authors should use systematic names similar to those used by Chemical Abstract Service or IUPAC. Genus and species names should be in italics. Generic names of drugs are preferred; if trade names are used, the generic name should be given at first mention. Please use the standard mathematical notation for formulae, symbols, etc.:
• Introduction: State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
• Material and methods: They should be described with sufficient detail to allow others to replicate and build on published results
• Results: Results should be clear and concise. Illustrate your results with figures and tables, whenever possible.
• Discussion: Explore the significance and interpretation of the results of the work. A combined Results and Discussion section is possible, whenever necessary.
• Conclusion: The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short conclusions section
• Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed at the end of manuscript before references. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
• Declaration of interest: The authors should report no conflict of interest.
• Author Contributions: Each author is expected to have made substantial contributions to the work.
• References: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa).

6. Tables

• Authors should submit tables in editable formats (Not as images)
• Tables should be placed next to the relevant text in the article
• All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals (e.g. Table 1, Table 2).
• Tables should always be cited in text in numerical order according to their appearance in the text.
• Tables should be self-explanatory. Please supply a table caption explaining the components of the table.
• Tables are placed in the body of manuscript with serial numbers and are not sent as separate files

7. Figures
   • Figures should be submitted next to the relevant text in the article.
   • Type figure captions below each figure (Not on the figure itself)
   • All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2).
   • Acceptable formats are TIFF or JPEG, other formats are possible, providing the highest quality figure format possible
   • Figures are placed in the body of manuscript with serial numbers and are not sent as separate files
8. Supplementary Information

• Authors can include additional figures, tables, raw data, detailed methodology, audio, video etc in Supplementary Information.
• Supply all supplementary material in standard word file formats.
• The first page of Supplementary Information should include the full title of the original article
• Please label the figures and tables in the Supplementary Information as S1, S2, etc. and refer to them as such in the manuscript text.