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- The manuscript is original, unpublished and is not simultaneously under evaluation, editing or publication by another journal, publisher or academic outlet.
- The file is submitted in an editable format and complies with the official template, manuscript structure and author guidelines.
- The Article Submission Letter is attached and signed in accordance with the journal's instructions.
- All authors have approved the submission, authorship order, submitted version and their respective contributions.
- The Article Submission Letter identifies each author's roles according to the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT).
- The normalised academic name, current ORCID, email address, full institutional affiliation, city and country of each author are registered.
- The manuscript is written in one of the journal's publication languages: Spanish, English, Kichwa or Portuguese.
- The title, abstract and keywords are provided in Spanish and English; when the primary language is Kichwa or Portuguese, these elements are also provided in the primary language.
- The abstract has a maximum length of 200 words, is presented in a single paragraph and uses the labels Objective/Objetivo, Method/Método, Results/Resultados and Conclusions/Conclusiones. Limitations/Limitaciones is optional where applicable.
- A maximum of fifteen (15) keywords, either single or compound terms, are included for each language.
- The version intended for peer review is anonymised and does not contain names, affiliations, ORCID identifiers, email addresses, acknowledgements, funding information, file metadata or other elements that could directly or indirectly identify the authors. Documents and declarations that identify the authors must be submitted through separate fields or files accessible only to the authorised editorial team.
- Citations and references comply with APA 7th edition and include a DOI or stable URL where available.
- Tables, figures, charts, photographs, databases, instruments or other third-party materials have the appropriate permission for use, compatible licence or attribution.
- Authorship contribution, funding and conflict-of-interest statements are included. Research papers additionally include a data availability statement. Where applicable, ethical approval or certification and informed consent are provided.
- Where artificial intelligence tools have been used substantially, this use is declared in accordance with the journal's AI policy.
- If the article derives from a research project, its title, identifier, funding source and year are provided.
- Where applicable, the open science objects required to evaluate the research are deposited and available before peer review begins, or a justification for restricted access is provided. Each object has its own title, different from the article title, and its repository, link or persistent identifier is provided where available.