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Word Count

The text of Original Research and Technical Developments manuscripts should be arranged in sections under the following headings: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion. There is a 3000 total word limit for these sections of the text.

Abstract: no more than 250 words for Original Research and 100-200 for all other types of manuscript
Text length: 3000 words for total text (Introduction to Discussion)
Introduction: recommend up to 400 words
Materials and Methods: recommend up to 800 words
Results: recommend up to 1000 words
Discussion: recommend up to 800 words