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 the form field “Comments for the Editor”).
• Please indicate if your article has been published as a preprint through a community preprint server before or at the same time as its submission to a journal. The WJDS will review your article, but authors are asked to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article and may also post the final published version immediately after publication.
• All authors' names have been removed from the document. This also applies to any contact information, acknowledgments, and funding statements.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
• The submission file is in Microsoft Word/Open Office/Libre Office format and uses formatted headers (and levels).
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• The submission consistently uses American English (AE) spelling.
• The abstract does not exceed 150–200 words (unless stated otherwise in a call for papers).
• All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Provide a caption for each image.
• Please upload images and tables as separate files (in jpg, tiff, gif, psd, png, cdr, svg, or ai format). Ensure a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch).
• You must secure permission from copyright holders if previously published figures (or other copyrighted material) are included. Consider using material from other sources if permission is not granted.
• In the submission form field “Comments for the Editor”, I will mention whether my submission is intended for a regular issue or a special issue (if so, which one)
• The submission includes a Conflict of Interest Statement. If no conflict exists, please state that 'The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest'.
• I declare to take full responsibility for the originality and accuracy of this work. Any use of AI tools has been disclosed, and the passages or sections where AI was used are clearly marked. I understand that the journal may reject submissions that violate this policy.