Publication Ethics

Ethical publishing standards

Authors are expected to submit original work that has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration by another journal. Plagiarism, duplicate submission, data fabrication, image manipulation and authorship misrepresentation are not acceptable.

Author responsibilities

• Submit accurate and original research content
• Declare conflicts of interest and funding sources
• Confirm that all authors approve the submission
• Provide ethics approval where required

Editorial responsibilities

Editors should evaluate submissions fairly, maintain confidentiality and make decisions based on academic merit, relevance and ethical compliance.