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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines and the ESJ Template.
• I confirm that I have carefully read and accept the ESJ submission and publication fee policies available on the website.
• I confirm that I have received permission from the co-authors to submit this paper