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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 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 OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

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Privacy Statement

SJIL respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other individuals who interact with the Journal.

The Journal may collect and process personal information necessary for the submission, peer-review, editorial, publication, communication, and administration of scholarly content. Such information may include names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, professional information, and other information voluntarily provided through the Journal's website or submission system.

Personal information is used primarily for legitimate journal-related purposes, including managing manuscript submissions, communicating with authors and reviewers, administering the peer-review process, maintaining publication records, and disseminating published scholarly work.

SJIL does not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose personal information to third parties for commercial purposes. Personal information will not be publicly disclosed except where necessary for the normal operation of the Journal, where information has been intentionally made public by the individual concerned, or where disclosure is required or permitted by applicable law.

Information relating to unpublished manuscripts, peer-review activities, editorial correspondence, and reviewer identities will be handled confidentially in accordance with the Journal's editorial and peer-review policies.

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