IJAC accepts original research and review manuscripts within the journal's scope. Submit the main manuscript in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx). A clean PDF may be included for review, but an editable Word file is required for production after acceptance. Authors who cannot upload the final editable file may send it to the journal by email after acceptance.
Before submission, confirm that the manuscript is original, is not published elsewhere, and is not under consideration by another journal. All listed authors must have made a scholarly contribution, approved the submitted version, and accepted responsibility for the work. Provide an accurate title, abstract, keywords, author names, affiliations, corresponding-author details, funding information, and any required ethical approval, consent, or permissions.
Use a clear title and informative abstract, followed by keywords and appropriately labelled sections. Research articles normally include an introduction, methods, results, discussion or combined results and discussion, conclusions, acknowledgements, funding information, data availability, competing interests when relevant, and references. Use SI units, define abbreviations at first use, and include DOI links in references where available.
Submit the manuscript in Microsoft Word with the figures, tables, and supplementary files needed for review. Figures must be legible, and authors must hold permission for reused material. After acceptance, provide the editable Word file and high-quality figure files; these may be emailed to the journal when that is simpler.
IJAC charges no submission fee and no article processing charge (APC). New articles are published under CC BY 4.0.
Disclose any financial, professional, or personal relationship that could reasonably be perceived to influence the work. If there is no relevant conflict, a separate “no competing interests” statement is optional and should not delay submission.
Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, citations, and integrity of their work. Generative-AI tools cannot be authors. Material use of such tools in drafting, analysis, images, code, or translation should be disclosed with the tool and purpose stated. Routine spelling or grammar correction does not require disclosure.
Before continuing, confirm that the work is original and not under review elsewhere; all authors have approved it; the manuscript and figures are readable; author details and references are complete; and any required ethics approval, consent, permissions, funding, data availability, or relevant competing interests are stated.
Authors retain copyright. New articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits sharing and adaptation with appropriate attribution, a link to the licence, and an indication of changes. Articles published under an earlier licence retain the licence stated on their article page or PDF unless formally relicensed.
