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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 LibreOffice, 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.

Author Guidelines

Proposals submissions must be original or partially original, and may not be texts that have been simultaneously submitted for consideration for publication in another journal. 

1. Article Requirements

  • Citations - APA 7th Style
  • Paper length from 1700 words
  • Categories: Sustainable Development | Human Rights | Drug Policy | Special Populations | Ethnobotany | New Technologies
  • Submissions must be related to at least one of the 17 SDGs.
  • Languages allowed: English, Spanish and German
  • The use of an ORCID  is strongly recommended.

*Note: The length refers to the body of the text without considering the references.

2. Style Suggestions:

  • Fonts for titles: Oswald or Roboto
  • Font for body text: Roboto
  • Text size [Title]: 18
  • Text size [main sections]: 12
  • Text size [reference section]: 11
  • Use the Knowmad Format

3. Include the name of the author(s) at the top of the document, you can also add the ORCID, the name of the organization or research center. In case the author(s) are from a different organization, you can use the superscript.  

First author*, Second author **, Third author** 

*Department, name of the organization ** Department, name of the organization, if any, the use of an  ORCID is strongly recommended. 

4. The author(s) biography, including experience. If indicated by the author(s), contact information may be provided for further information requested by readers. 

First author - Author's name, qualification, associated organization or ORCID (if any) and e-mail address (optional). 

Second author  - Author's name, qualification, associated organization or ORCID (if any) and e-mail address (optional).

Third author  - Author's name, qualification, associated organization or ORCID (if any) and e-mail address (optional).


The use of an ORCID is strongly recommended 


Requests to authors  - Author's name, qualification, associated organization or ORCID (if any) and e-mail address. 

5. We suggest using open source tools such as:

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