Our Ethical Standards
Author Integrity
All authors must ensure all submitted work is original, unpublished, and meets academic integrity standards. Plagiarism, fabrication, or falsification of data violates our core ethical principles.
Editorial Fairness
Our editorial team guarantees unbiased handling of all manuscripts. Editors recuse themselves when there's potential for perceived conflicts of interest.
Peer Review Guidelines
Double-blinded
All manuscripts use double-blind peer review to ensure author anonymity and unbiased evaluation.
COPE Compliance
We follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines for all editorial decisions.
Plagiarism Checks
All accepted manuscripts undergo 100% Turnitin originality screening.
Author Agreement
- All authors must hold appropriate rights to published content
- Must disclose all relevant financial interests
- Data must be retained for 5+ years post-publication
- Approval from ethics committee for human/sub/clinical research
Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors must disclose any potential financial or personal relationships that could be perceived as influencing the research. This includes employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, or other relevant interests.
Reviewers/editors should recuse themselves in any situation where a conflict might exist or be perceived.
Retraction Standards
When We Retract
- • Fabrication/falsification of data
- • Plagiarism ≥30% similarity
- • Misconduct in research methodology
- • Unethical treatment of human/animal subjects
- • Unauthorized use of copyrighted material
Retruction Process
- Formal complaint or internal finding initiates review
- Editorial team initiates COPE resolution process
- Author notified within 7 working days
- Retruction notice published with explanation
- Retruction remains permanently in the journal record