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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.
  • The authors have read, fully agree and in compliant to the Publication Ethics, Best Practices and Malpractice Policies and the Editorial Process and Peer Review Policies of Life Sciences, Medicine and Biomedicine;
  • The authors have read, fully agree and in compliant to the malpractice policies including those related to scientific misconduct, plagiarism and copyright infringements;
  • The manuscript being submitted has not been previously published, it is not under review or not currently being considered for publication in any other journal;
  • The authors have provided necessary approvals for research conducted involving human or animal subjects from the authorized local, regional or national institutions or agencies;
  • The authors agree that as part of the initial checks before peer review, Similarity Check by iThenticate will be used to screen all submissions;
  • The authors agree that all individuals who have made extensive contributions as stated in the Contributorship Policy have been included as authors in the manuscript. This also includes policies on adding or removing authors after submission;
  • The authors have provided the disclosure statement and declared all possible conflicts of interests in the study;
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document format;
  • A minimum of two (2) Microsoft Word documents must be uploaded during submission - i) Document 1 - Cover Letter and Document 2 - Manuscript;
  • References used throughout the manuscript is the most current APA (American Psychological Association) style;
  • A cover letter to the Editor in Chief stating the significance of the manuscript. The cover letter must also include the manuscript title, full names of all authors (surnames must be underlined), affiliations of all authors and their full addresses and two (2) suggested reviewers with their full names, e-mail addresses, affiliations and their expertise or research areas;
  • The authors confirm to have obtained necessary permissions for the use of images, formulas, chemical structures and any other copyright materials from their rightful owners in the manuscript;
  • The authors agree to the Terms of Use of the journal and the publisher;
  • The authors agree that the accepted manuscript will be published based on the open access policies as stated by the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.

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