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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...
  • 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...
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements...

Copyright Notice

All articles published in the EPH-IJER may be freely copied, shared, circulated, and reproduced, provided that appropriate acknowledgment is given to the original authors. The journal follows the Creative Commons licensing framework, which allows for the reuse of copyrighted material under defined conditions. Authors who publish under this model grant others the right to publish, use, adapt, and build upon their work.

The EPH-IJER applies the Creative Commons 4.0 International License  (CC BY 4.0). Allowing unrestricted use, distribution, and adaptation with proper attribution to the author(s) and the journal.

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The journal may collect personal information directly from users, including but not limited to:

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