—  1 · Title Page: title; all authors (full names, no titles) in order; department, university, city, country; emails with the corresponding author marked (*); ORCID iDs; acknowledgements, funding, author contributions, conflicts of interest, and AI-use statement.

—  2 · Anonymised Manuscript: title, abstract (175–250 words), 3–5 keywords and full text, with no names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or identifying details; own work cited in the third person; author name removed from file properties.

—  ☐ The manuscript fits the Aims and Scope and is not published or under review elsewhere.

—  ☐ The correct template for the manuscript type is used, in Microsoft Word (.docx).

—  ☐ Title Page and Anonymised Manuscript are uploaded as separate files.

—  ☐ Length 5,000–8,000 words including abstract and references.

—  ☐ References follow APA 7th edition, with DOIs, managed with a reference manager.

—  ☐ Tables are editable; figures are at least 300 dpi.

—  ☐ Ethics approval and consent are reported where people or personal data are involved (see Ethical Oversight).

—  ☐ All authors meet the authorship criteria and approve the submission (see Authorship).

—  ☐ Conflicts of interest, funding, and use of generative AI are declared (see AI Usage Policy).

—  ☐ Overall similarity is checked and within the limit in the Plagiarism Policy.

—  ☐ All co-authors, affiliations and ORCID iDs are entered in OJS in the same order as on the Title Page.

—  Log in and click Make a New Submission; choose the section matching your manuscript type.

—  Upload the Anonymised Manuscript as Article Text and the Title Page as Title Page (or “Other”).

—  Enter the metadata and all co-authors, confirm, and finish. You will receive an acknowledgement email.

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