Publication Ethics

Responsibilities of Authors

The authors should make sure that the material they submit to the journal is original, accurate, and written to accepted academic standards. It is the author's responsibility to:

• Submit original work that has not been published elsewhere.
• Avoid plagiarism, duplicate publication, and data manipulation.
• Properly acknowledge and cite the work of other researchers.
• Ensure that all listed authors have made meaningful contributions.
• Obtain approval from all authors before submission.
• Disclose conflicts of interest and funding information where applicable.
• Follow appropriate ethical requirements for research involving human participants.

Plagiarism and Originality

All manuscripts should be original and appropriate credit should be given to ideas, text and research that have already been published.

Plagiarism, fabrication of data, results, or submissions, and duplicate submissions will not be accepted. Originality of manuscripts will be checked during the editorial process.

Authorship

Authors should only be listed if the person has made significant contributions to the research or manuscript.

The final manuscript should be read and approved by all authors before submission for publication, and all authors should agree to its publication.

Reviewer Responsibilities

Reviewers are expected to consider papers in an objective, fair and confidential manner.

They should give constructive criticism and identify any potential conflict of interest which may have an impact on how they evaluate the work.

All information obtained during the peer review process that is not published should not be used for personal gain.

Editorial Responsibilities

Editors have the responsibility to deal with manuscripts in a fair and confidential manner.

The decision of the editor must be made based on the quality, originality, relevance, academic contribution of the manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

Authors, reviewers and editors need to have a conflict of interest if it may influence the review or publication process.

Corrections and Retractions

When a significant error or ethical issue becomes apparent after publication, the journal will publish a correction, clarification, or a retraction if it is needed to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the academic record.