Either you have a role as an author or a reviewer and/or editor and/or publisher, each one is responsible to maintain ethical standards in research and publication. Therefore, everyone has to follow these guidelines:
- No data fabrication and falsification and/or image manipulation.
- No plagiarism. Publish original work.
- No submission of the same article in several scientific journals concurrently and/or redundant and/or similar publications based on the same experimental data.
- All authors must have made substantial contributions and approved the final manuscript. Author order and contributions should be agreed upon before submission, and any addition or removal of authors after submission must be approved by all authors.
- Proper acknowledgement and/or permission.
- Maintaining confidentiality of unpublished research data and article and/or communications and/or patient and/or subject identity.
- Transparent mechanisms exist for handling complaints or appeals related to editorial decisions, peer review, or ethics issues, ensuring fair and timely resolution.
- Authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose any financial, personal, or professional interests that could influence the work or its evaluation. Undisclosed conflicts may lead to rejection or retraction.
- Authors are encouraged to share supporting data and materials, promoting reproducibility. Data availability statements are required where applicable.
- Research must comply with relevant ethical standards. Human and animal studies require approval from appropriate ethics committees or institutional review boards.
- Authors must give proper attribution for all third-party content and obtain permission for any copyrighted material used.
- The journal supports post-publication comments, corrections, and updates to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record. Errata, corrigenda, or retractions will be issued as necessary.
- No acceptance of any other kind of unethical behavior.
- Use of Generative AI: Authors may use generative AI tools only to support language editing or minor improvements, and such use must be transparently acknowledged in the manuscript. AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and full responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the work remains with the human contributors. Any misuse, including fabricated text, data, or references, will be treated as a breach of publication ethics and may result in rejection or retraction.
- Editors and reviewers are likewise expected to use generative AI responsibly, ensuring confidentiality, transparency, and originality in their evaluations, and must not rely on AI tools in ways that compromise the integrity of the peer review process.