Publication Ethics and Policies

Procedures for assessing and addressing allegations of misconduct in research and publication.

Requirements for authorship, contributions, and the responsible attribution of scholarly work.

Disclosure and management of interests that could influence scholarly decisions.

Ethical standards and oversight for research reported in the journal.

Policies addressing originality, overlapping publication, and reuse of previously published text.

Standards for accurate, appropriate, and responsible citation and referencing.

Guidance on the use and disclosure of generative AI in scholarly publishing.

Ethical responsibilities of authors, reviewers, editors, and other participants in publication.

The journal’s peer review process and principles for evaluating submissions.

Editorial duties, decision-making, independence, and journal governance.

Procedures for raising complaints and appealing editorial decisions.

Editorial standards for special issues and guest-edited submissions.

Expectations for research data, transparent reporting, and reproducibility.

Guidance on preprints and the dissemination of work before journal publication.

Policies for correcting, retracting, or issuing expressions of concern about published articles.

Mechanisms for scholarly discussion and responses after publication.

The journal’s approach to access and reuse of published research.

Conditions for depositing and sharing versions of published work.

Measures for the long-term preservation and accessibility of journal content.

Principles governing advertising, sponsorship, and promotional activities.

Protection and confidential handling of information within journal operations.