Before submitting your manuscript, check the list below of the main submission norms. Complying to them, reduce the time to forward your work for evaluation by editors.

  1. The manuscript must be translated/revised on the basis of scientific language (American or British standard).
  2. The Cover Letter must clearly justify the relevance of the study and the reasons why it should be considered for publication in the journal.
  3. The Title Page must contain the title of the work, the names of the authors in authorship order, with their respective affiliated institutions, as well as the identification with asterisk and email of the corresponding author.
  4. The Assurance of Contents form must be sent by email, correctly filled out, with the correct authorship order, and signed by the corresponding author.
  5. The Abstract must precede the Introduction of the paper.
  6. Institutions where the experiments were performed (names of laboratories, private properties, etc.) should not be mentioned in the body of the manuscript.
  7. The location where the study was carried out (if relevant) – city, state, and country with the geographical coordinates – should be mentioned in the Material and Methods, but do not cite any institution.
  8. The number of the Ethics Committee (if applicable) should be mentioned in the Material and Methods, but do not cite any institution.
  9. The statistical model, adequate to the objectives of the study (if applicable), should be presented in the Material and Methods, in equation form, with the description of all variables.The Results and Discussion sections should be written in two separate sections.
  10. The Conclusions sections should contain only conclusive sentences (no introduction, results, and quotations) based on the objectives of the work and should be written in the Present tense.
  11. References should be listed accordance with the Instructions for Authors and appear after the Conclusions section.
  12. The manuscript should not contain Acknowlegments, names of authors, or their institutions. The Acknowlegments section should be submitted in a separate file on ScholarOne and marked as “Supplemental file NOT for review”. Names of authors and their institutions should be informed in the Title Page.
  13. All tables and figures should be cited; their first citation should follow an ascending order of appearance (Table 1, Table 2, Table 3…; Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3…); after that, they can be cited again in any order.
  14. Titles of tables and figures should be short and informative.
  15. Footnotes of tables and figures should be clear and properly referenced.
  16. Figures should be submitted in .tiff format or in high quality. Whenever possible, an editable format should also be submitted.
  17. Files must be saved in Word (.doc or .docx) format, for main document and tables, and in .tiff for figures.
  18. All authors should have their ORCID iD linked to their ScholarOne account at the submission of manuscripts.

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