ETHICS & PUBLICATION POLICY

An approval of research protocols by the Ethics Committee in accordance with international agreements (World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki
“Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects,” amended in October 2013, www.wma.net) is required for experimental, clinical, and drug
studies and for some case reports. If required, ethics committee reports or an equivalent official document will be requested from the authors. For manuscripts
concerning experimental research on humans, a statement should be included that shows that written informed consent of patients and volunteers was obtained
following a detailed explanation of the procedures that they may undergo. For studies carried out on animals, the measures taken to prevent pain and suffering
of the animals should be stated clearly. Information on patient consent, the name of the ethics committee, and the ethics committee approval number should also
be stated in the Materials and Methods section of the manuscript. It is the authors’ responsibility to protect the patients’ anonymity carefully.
For photographs that may reveal the identity of the patients, signed releases of the patient or their legal representative should be enclosed, and the publication
approval must be provided in the Materials and Methods section.
Plagiarism
All submissions are screened by a similarity detection software (Crossref Similarity Check) at any point during the peer-review and/or production process.
In the event of alleged or suspected research misconduct, e.g., plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, the Editorial Board will follow
and act following COPE guidelines.