Submissions

Author Guidelines

Important note:
Please note that we will be able to process your submission only after receiving the required forms.
All the following forms: copyright, animal welfare statement, authorship contribution statement, and checklist statement are required to be sent. These forms can be downloaded for this link: Click here

Please read the following instructions carefully for speedy publication of your manuscript. The editor reserves the right to return the manuscript if it is not prepared according to the following instructions.

Publishing Ethics

By submitting a manuscript, the authors affirm that the work is original, has not been published in parts or in full and is not being submitted for publication in any other journal. The materials included in the manuscript do not violate the copyright of anyone. As a publishing policy of the journal, all the manuscripts are checked for plagiarism before reviewing process.

Preparation of Manuscript

Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and delay in publication process. We ensure speedy review and the publication process, therefore, authors’ cooperation is highly encouraged in this regards.

The manuscript should be preferably prepared in Word 2003 – 2010 and should be submitted through our electronic submission system.

The author should register first using link below:

Registration

Then he should login and submit using the link below:

More detailed instructions may be found at the link below:

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Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

The submission file is in Microsoft Word file formate.
Copyright agreement is attached
Animal welfare statement is attached
Authorship contribution statement is attached.
All listed authors assume responsibility for the manuscript content.
Manuscript is not previously published in the same or very similar form in other journal.
Manuscript is not currently under consideration in other journal(s).
Authors are the owner of all photos, figures and maps otherwise a permission from owner should be sent to the editorial office.
The email addresses for all coauthors should be added
The size of the article file should not exceed 25 MB.
The DOI for all references in the literature cited should be added.
ORCID links should be provided by all authors.
After the final version is approved by the author (Galley proof approval), no changes will be allowed to be made at all.
The name, institution and email of three potential reviewers who have H-Index in Scopus not less than 5, are provided.

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