Submit Manuscript

All manuscripts are submitted through Editorial Manager. All submissions to Editorial Manager will close at 6:00 p.m. CST on July 15 and reopen at 8:00 a.m. CST on August 16. All submissions to Editorial Manager will close at 6:00 p.m. CST on December 15 and reopen at 8:00 a.m. CST on January 6.

Before submitting your manuscript, please pay attention to the points noted below:

• Visit the Guidelines for Manuscripts page.
• The contact author should have available the names and email addresses of all authors and the text of the manuscript abstract. 
• At this time, s/he should identify a research subfield for the manuscript.  An author submitting a revised manuscript should have available the original manuscript number.
• An original manuscript or a revised one may include only one anonymous (PDF, Word, or LaTex) file, as described below:
  
  • The contact author must submit an entirely anonymous version of the manuscript.
  • An anonymous file must exclude such author-identifying information as the cover page information on authors’ names and universities, expressions of appreciation to others for advice or data, statements of where the manuscript may have been presented at a conference, or citations to the author’s unpublished work.
  • The file should be marked “anonymous” in the “document summary” tab, and the file should be printable. The file should also contain any supporting information (SI) and it should be clearly marked in the manuscript.
  • The manuscript must not exceed 8500 words. The word count includes all information from the Introduction through the Discussion/Conclusion. It excludes the Abstract, Bibliography, and Supporting Information. It will include figures and tables. The Word Count must be included on the page with the Abstract.
  • An author who submits a revised manuscript must place any comments to reviewers into a dialogue box during the submission process in Editorial Manager.
  • An author may, but is not required to, include comments to the Editor, acknowledgements, and details on where the paper has been presented. This information can be inserted in the "authors comments" field in Editorial Manager.
• If a manuscript is accepted for publication, it will not be published unless the first footnote explicitly states where the data used in the study can be obtained for purposes of replication. The footnote must also report any sources that funded the research. In addition, if Supporting Information (SI) accompanies the article it must be ready for permanent posting. Manuscripts without data or SI are exempt.
• An author may recommend 3-4 individuals who are particularly qualified to review the manuscript.  Recommendations cannot include an author’s doctoral dissertation supervisor, someone with whom an author has co-authored in the past 12 months, colleagues in an author’s department or comparable academic unit, or anyone with whom an author has a family or other personal relationship.  Recommendations are recommendations; none, one, or all of them may be selected to review.  An author’s recommendations must include a name and a contact email address. Author recommendations should be done via the Editorial Manager system.
• An author may recommend 3-4 individuals who should not review the manuscript. The author should provide reasons why such individuals ought to be disqualified. These recommendations will be taken into account in the review process, but should not be construed as barring such individuals from the review process.

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