To uphold the standards of anonymous peer review, all identifying details must be removed from the manuscript before submission. Please ensure the following requirements are met to facilitate a double-anonymized peer review process.

• All author names and identifying references have been removed from the manuscript text. Citations and footnotes should use “Author” and year in place of names, titles, or other identifying details.
• Any personal or identifying metadata has been cleared from the file properties. This should be completed using the appropriate steps for your document type (see Microsoft Word instructions below).
• A separate title page (page 1 of the template), including the names and institutional affiliations of all authors, has been submitted as an independent document during the submission process.

Removing personal information from file properties:

For Microsoft Word (Windows):

• Open the File menu
• Select Info
• Choose Check for Issues, then Inspect Document
• In the Document Inspector, select the relevant content types to review
• Click Remove All
• Close the inspector and save the document

For Microsoft Word (Mac):

• Open the Tools menu
• Select Protect Document
• Check the option to remove personal information upon saving
• Click OK and save the file