Type or paste the title of MANUSCRIPT here
(no more than 20 words, use style Manuscript title, or alt + ctrl + t)

Name SURNAME ORCID iD (!)1, Name SURNAME ORCID iD (!)2 (use style Author names, or Alt + Ctrl + N)

1Department and/or Faculty, University, City, Country

2Department and/or Faculty, University, City, Country
(use style Affiliation, or Alt + Ctrl + A)

Corresponding author: name, surname, email
(use style Correspondence details, or Alt + Ctrl + C)

Received day month year; accepted date (use style Received dates, or Alt + Ctrl + R)

Abstract. The volume of the abstract – 150–200 words. The style of the abstract is as follows:

Purpose – the purpose of the article should give concise information about the content of the core idea of the paper, present scientific problem and objective.

Research methodology – the methodology of the article should give an information on the research methods that were applied in order to achieve the aim of the article.

Findings – the findings should present the main results of the conducted research and specify how those results contribute to the field of science.

Research limitations – the section should identify the limitation of your research and explain the importance of each of them, provide the nature of the limitations, and present the way how such limitations might be overcome in the future.

Practical implications – the practical implication should explain how the results of the research could be used in practice;

Originality/Value – the originality/value should present the novelty of the study and explain specify differences between the current and previously conducted researches.

Font Times New Roman 9 pt should be used for formatting an abstract. The customised styles or the key combinations of the template can be used for quick formatting of the whole manuscript (the full list is provided at the end of the template). Also, the appropriate style of each item is indicated at the end of its description, e.g. use style Abstract, or Alt + Ctrl + S.

Keywords (3–5): some general terms, some subject-specific terms. Keywords should be formatted in Times New Roman 9 pt (use style Keywords, or Alt + Ctrl + K).

Acknowledgements (for chapter titles use style Heading 1, or Alt + Ctrl + 1)

Acknowledgements should be presented using Times New Roman 10 pt (use style Acknowledgements, or Alt + Ctrl + W). You must ensure that anyone named in the acknowledgments agrees to being named.

Funding

Please supply all details required by any funding and grant-awarding bodies as Funding in a separate paragraph as follows:

For single agency grants
This work was supported by the <Funding Agency> under Grant [number xxxx].

For multiple agency grants
This work was supported by the <Funding Agency #1> under Grant [number xxxx]; <Funding Agency #2> under Grant [number xxxx]; and <Funding Agency #3> under Grant [number xxxx].

(use style Acknowledgements, or Alt + Ctrl + W).

Author contributions

Ideally, people who contributed to the work are listed in this section along with their contributions (e.g. “TS and SS conceived the study and were responsible for the design and development of the data analysis. TS, MG and SS were responsible for data collection and analysis. TS and SS were responsible for data interpretation. MG wrote the first draft of the article.”). Contributor list should be presented using Times New Roman 10 pt (use style Acknowledgements, or Alt + Ctrl + W).

Disclosure statement

Authors are required to include a statement at the end of their article to declare whether or not they have any competing financial, professional, or personal interests from other parties (use style Acknowledgements, or Alt + Ctrl + W).

To view the customised styles of the template

Select Home. You should now see the Styles gallery in the top right of the screen. Click on the small arrow in the bottom right corner of the box for the Styles window. A faster way to open Styles Gallery: click the following key combination (Alt + Ctrl + Shift + S).

Keyboard shortcuts

The template contains a collection of styles which are applied using the custom toolbars. Highlight a portion of the text, for example, the article title, look for the appropriate style in the custom toolbar and click the style name to apply it. Proceed through the document applying the styles as needed for your article. The following key combinations can be used to achieve the same result:

Manuscript title (Alt + Ctrl + T)

Author names (Alt + Ctrl + N)

Affiliation (Alt + Ctrl + A)

Correspondence details (Alt + Ctrl + C)

Received date (Alt + Ctrl + R)

Abstract (Alt + Ctrl + S)

Keywords (Alt + Ctrl + K)

Heading 1 (Alt + Ctrl + 1)

Paragraph body (Alt + Ctrl + Z)