Authors

All authors must warrant that their article is their own original work.

All authors named on the paper are equally held accountable for the content of their paper.

The corresponding author must ensure all named co-authors consent to publication.

Authors must not submit a manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously.

Authors should not submit previously published work.

Authors must cite all relevant publications.

Authors must make available all necessary formal and documented ethical approval from an appropriate research ethics committee.

When required, authors must facilitate access to datasets given in the article.

Authors must declare any potential conflict of interest.

Authors must state all sources of funding for the research.

The journal screen article submissions for plagiarism. 

Reviewers

Reviewers must give unbiased consideration to each manuscript submitted.

Reviewers must declare any potential conflict of interest.

Reviewers must keep the peer review process confidential.

Reviewers should provide a peer review report.

Reviewers should make all reasonable efforts to submit their reports and recommendation in a timely manner.

Reviewers should inform the journal editor about any significant similarity between the manuscript under consideration and any published paper.


Editors

Editors must keep the peer-review process confidential.

Journal editors should make an effort to process submitted manuscripts in a timely manner.

Journal editors should arrange for the responsibility of the peer review of any original research article submitted by a member of the editorial board.