Instructions to Authors

Ethics

Please refer to WRA Journals' Ethics Resources and Policies for the ethical standards expected of manuscript submissions, as well as for specific recommendations on the proper use of information, the use of human subjects or animals in research, publishing ethics (including authorship, plagiarism, and image manipulation), conflicts of interest, and availability of data and materials.

Copyright

See Copyright form for WRA’s copyright agreements.

WRA requires the corresponding author to sign a copyright transfer agreement on behalf of all the authors.

In the copyright transfer agreement signed by an author, WRA grants to that author (and coauthors) the right to republish discrete portions of his/her (their) article in any other publication (print, CD-ROM, and other electronic forms) of which he/she is (they are) the author(s) or editor(s), on the condition that appropriate credit is given to the original WRA publication. This republication right also extends to posting on a host computer to which there is access via the Internet. Except as indicated below, significant portions of the article may not be reprinted/posted without WRA’s prior written permission, however, as this would constitute duplicate publication.

Authors may post their own published articles on their personal or university-hosted (but not corporate, government, or similar) websites without WRA’s prior written permission provided that appropriate credit is given (i.e., the copyright lines shown at the bottom of the first page).

Copyright for supplemental material remains with the author, but a license permitting its posting by WRA is included in the article copyright transfer agreement. If the author of the article is not also the copyright owner of the supplemental material, the corresponding author must send to WRA signed permission from the owner that allows posting of the material, as a supplement to the article, by WRA. The corresponding author is also responsible for incorporating into the supplemental material any copyright notices required by the owner.

WRA also requires that copyright transfer agreements be signed for cover artwork/photographs.

Warranties and Exclusions

Articles published in this journal represent the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of WRA. WRA does not warrant the fitness or suitability, for any purpose, of any methodology, kit, product, or device described or identified in an article. The use of trade names is for identification purposes only and does not constitute endorsement by WRA.