Publication Ethics:

1. Declare that your manuscript is not published elsewhere.
2. Declare any conflicts of interest.
3. Check all co-authors meet the criteria for authorship and ensure appropriate acknowledgments.
4. Include appropriate funding statements in the manuscript.
5. Show informed consent and provide assurances that participants’ rights are protected.
6. Register clinical trials.
7. Ethical committee approval.
8. Explain how research using animals is conducted responsibly.
9. Be alert to bias and follow guidelines for accurate and complete reporting of research.
10. Inform the journal if you subsequently find errors in your research.
11. A submitted manuscript is screened for plagiarism against previously published works (i Thenticate).
12. Write your text in good English and do not use inclusive language.
13. Editors act in a balanced, objective, and fair way while carrying out their expected duties, without discrimination on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, or ethnic or geographical origin of the authors.
14. Reviewers should have no conflict of interest.