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Checklist for Manuscript Submission

Checklist for Manuscript Submission
___ Full article title, authors, affiliations, and corresponding author’s mailing and e-mail addresses should be on a separate page.
___ Eliminate nonstandard abbreviations in titles.
___ Supply full author names.
___ Indicate institutional affiliation for all authors.
___ Provide complete mailing address for all affiliations.
___ Identify corresponding author and supply telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
___ Supply the names, contact information, and area of expertise of at least six possible reviewers.
___ Supply copies of any related articles submitted or in press.
___ (Optional) Include a figure for consideration for use on the cover.
___ Indicate on title page how the text was saved on your computer. Example: Word Perfect 5.1 for PC.
___ Abstract and keywords should be on a separate page.
___ Do not cite references, tables, or figures in the Abstract.
___ Include written permission for any borrowed or modified figures or tables from the copyright holder.
___ Supply full manufacturer names and addresses (city and state or country) for all brand name products cited in text.
___ Make sure English is grammatically correct and idiomatic.
___ Cite tables and figures in the text in Arabic numeral order.
___ Check that references are in the style of the journal, accurate, and cited in the text.
___ Do not cite materials submitted but not yet accepted for publication as References. Instead, cite in text as unpublished work (include initials and surnames of authors up to 10 before et al. for unpublished work).
___ Supply tables on separate pages.
___ Tables should not be saved in a graphic program; tables created using Word's table format are preferred.
___ List figure legends as a group on a separate page.
___ Make sure figures are of good quality. (Digital art files must be accompanied by hard-copy artwork of an exact match.)
Conflict of Interest
___ Is the Conflict of Interest Statement included at the end of the manuscript file?
Electronic Supplementary Material
___ Does the cover letter indicate the existence of and a description of electronic supplementary material?
___ Is the supplementary material indicated on the title page of the article?
___ Is there a section after the Materials and Methods section entitled Electronic Supplementary Material (ESM)?
___ Does the ESM section briefly and adequately describe the supplementary material?
___ Are the names of the supplementary files in the DOS "8.3" format?
___ Are the ESM files saved in ASCII format? If not, indicate the software (version) used to create each file.
___ Do the ESM files satisfy the requirements as set down in Section 16 of Manuscript Elements and Order in the Instructions to Authors?

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