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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors must confirm that their submission complies with all of the following items. Submissions not meeting these criteria may be returned for revision.

1. Originality and Prior Submission

Authors confirm that the manuscript has not been previously published and is not under consideration elsewhere, except as an abstract or archived in institutional or personal repositories. (See deposit policy).

2. Submission Files

Authors confirm they have uploaded the following:

  • (1) Blinded Manuscript: Includes the main text, tables, figures, and references. All identifying information must be removed.

  • (2) Title Page: Includes author details, funding, acknowledgments, conflict of interest declarations, author contributions, biographies, data availability statement, and APC payment statement. These must be submitted as separate files.

3. File Format

Both the Blinded Manuscript and Title Page must be submitted in .doc or .docx format, not .rtf or .pdf.

4. Language

Authors confirm that all submission files are written in English.

5. Creative Commons License

Authors retain full copyright and agree to publish the work under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

6. Article Processing Charge (APC)

Authors agree to pay the APC within ten (10) days of editorial acceptance. Advance payment is optional and does not guarantee acceptance.

7. Submission Compliance

Authors understand that failure to comply with this checklist may result in immediate rejection.

8. Double Submission Policy

Authors acknowledge that submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals will result in blacklisting.

General Submission Requirements

  • Compliance with Author Guidelines: This submission meets all JSFK author guideline requirements.

  • Originality: The manuscript is original and not under review elsewhere.

  • References: All references have been reviewed for accuracy.

  • Tables and Figures: All are correctly numbered and labeled.

  • Permissions: Permission has been obtained for all included materials (photos, datasets, etc.).

Copyright Notice

Authors publishing in JSFK agree to the following terms:

1. Copyright Ownership

Authors retain full copyright and grant the journal the right to publish under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. This allows others to remix, adapt, and build upon the work non-commercially with appropriate credit. Derivative works must also be non-commercial but do not have to be licensed under the same terms.

2. Pre-publication Posting

Authors are allowed and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., institutional repositories or personal websites) before and during the submission process, under the same CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Archiving Permission

Authors may archive the post-print (peer-reviewed and accepted version) or final draft on institutional repositories or personal websites.
The publisher’s version (PDF) may also be archived in any repository under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) license.