Submissions

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 under consideration by another journal (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• The manuscript is prepared using the IJIER template and submitted as a Microsoft Word file.
• DOIs or URLs for the references have been provided wherever available.
• The text uses 12-point Times New Roman with 1.5 line spacing, and all tables and figures are placed within the text at the appropriate points.
• The manuscript follows the stylistic and bibliographic requirements in the Author Guidelines, including the APA citation style.
• The signed Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) form and a covering letter have been uploaded as supplementary files.
• Any use of generative AI tools has been disclosed in accordance with the IJIER AI Usage Policy.