Information For Authors

Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.

Author Responsibilities
Originality and plagiarism

Authors must ensure that they have written a completely original work. If the authors have used the works and/or words of other authors, this should be appropriately cited or referenced. Plagiarism in all its forms is unethical behavior and is unacceptable.

Reusable, redundant or parallel publications

An author should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal. Submitting a manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is unethical behavior and is not acceptable. The author should not submit previously published papers for consideration in another journal.

Data access and storage

At the request of the editors, if possible, the authors should provide the original data for review, and should also be ready to provide public access to this data, and in any case should be ready to save such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Sources

Works by other authors should always be credited. Authors should indicate publications that have had a significant impact on the essence of the work. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as peer review of manuscripts or grant applications, should not be used without the written permission of the author of the work associated with these services.

Article authorship

Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the concept, design, execution, or interpretation of the published study. All who have made significant contributions should be listed as contributors. If there are other individuals who have been involved in some significant aspect of the research project, they should be listed in the acknowledgments or credited as co-authors.

The author submitting the article must ensure that all relevant co-authors are included in the article and that all co-authors approve the final version of the article and agree to submit it for publication.

Discovery and conflict of interest

All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other underlying conflict of interest that may affect the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support must be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When the author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his own published work, he is obliged to immediately inform the editors of the journal and cooperate with the editors to remove or correct the article. If the editorial office learns from a third party that the published work contains significant errors, then the author is obliged to promptly refuse to publish or correct the article, or provide the editorial office with evidence of the correctness of the original article.