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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.
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Originality and exclusive submission
The manuscript is original and unpublished, has not been previously published in any form, and is not under simultaneous consideration at any other journal. -
Approval of all co-authors
All co-authors have read, reviewed, and approved the final version of the manuscript and agree with its submission to this journal.
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Format and structure
The manuscript complies with the journal's author instructions: it is written using the official template (.docx), in Times New Roman 12pt font, and includes the title, abstract, keywords, and all required sections for the article type. - References follow Vancouver citation style with numbered parenthetical citations.
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andatory declarations
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Ethical considerations
If the study involves human participants or animals, approval from the relevant institutional ethics committee has been obtained and the approval number is stated in the Materials and Methods section. Informed consent has been obtained where applicable. -
Use of generative artificial intelligence
If generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools were used in writing, analysis, or data generation, the use is explicitly declared in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript. -
Third-party material
All necessary permissions have been obtained to reproduce figures, tables, images, or other previously published material from third parties, and their source is properly cited in the manuscript. -
Cover letter
A cover letter is included as a supplementary file, containing the significance of the work, its relevance
to the journal, a conflict of interest statement, and disclosure of any use of generative AI if applicable.
Copyright Notice
By submitting this manuscript, the corresponding author, on behalf
of all co-authors, declares that the work is original, does not
infringe the copyright of third parties, and has not been
previously published nor is it under simultaneous consideration
at any other journal. All co-authors have made a substantial
contribution to the work and have approved this final version.
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publish the work in open access. The article will be published
under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
(CC BY 4.0) license, which permits sharing, adapting, and using
the material for any purpose, including commercial use, provided
that appropriate credit is given to the original source.
The authors retain copyright of their work and the right to share
it in institutional repositories, reuse it for teaching purposes,
and translate it into other languages. Andean Publishing retains
copyright only over the design and layout of published articles,
not over the scientific content.
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