the journal editors are subject to the following ethical guidelines for articles submitted for peer review.

Journal editors should give unbiased consideration to each manuscript submitted for publication. They should judge each on its merits, without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the author(s).
Journal editors must keep the peer-review process confidential. They must not share information about a manuscript with anyone outside of the peer-review process.
Journal editors may reject a submitted manuscript without formal peer review if they consider it to be inappropriate for the journal and outside its scope.
Journal editors should delegate the peer review of any original self-authored research article to a member of the editorial or advisory board as appropriate.Journal editors should make all reasonable effort to process submissions on time.

If a journal editor receives convincing evidence that the main substance or conclusions of an article published in the journal are incorrect, then,  the journal editor should ensure the publication of an appropriate notice of correction.

Any data or analysis presented in a submitted manuscript should not be used in a journal editor’s own research without the consent of the author.