Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format conforms to the IJRM Instructions to Authors. .

3. Abstract size is not exceeded 250 words.

4. Entire manuscript (including references and tables) are typed double spaced with margins of at least 2.5 cm for each sides of page on one side of A4 paper. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font in Times New Romans ; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

6. A legend is provided for each figure on a separate page at the end of the manuscript.

   All symbols are explained in legends and all symbols in legends appear in figures.

7. References are numbered in the order in which they appear in text in parentheses.

   References are checked for accuracy against original source and formatted according to the IJRM Instructions to Authors. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided

8. Study protocol was approved by the regional Ethics committee or an Institutional Review Board (for all human or animal study).

9. All listed authors have seen and approved of the manuscript.

10. All authors accept responsibility for the scientific integrity of the work described in this manuscript.