1. Author Responsibilities

• Originality & Plagiarism: Work must be original with proper citations. No self-plagiarism or duplicate submissions.
• Authorship & Contributions: Only those with significant involvement should be listed. Authorship changes require full co-author agreement.
• Data Accuracy: Data must be precise. Fabrication, falsification, manipulation, or selective reporting is prohibited.
• Multiple Submissions: Manuscripts cannot be under review elsewhere simultaneously.
• Conflicts of Interest: All financial, institutional, or personal conflicts must be disclosed.

2. Reviewer Responsibilities

• Confidentiality: Manuscripts must be kept confidential.
• Objectivity: Reviews should be fair, unbiased, and constructive.
• Ethical Oversight: Report suspected plagiarism or data fabrication.
• Timeliness: Reviews must be completed within the agreed timeframe.

3. Editor Responsibilities

• Fair Decisions: Editorial decisions must be unbiased and based on scholarly merit.
• Confidentiality: Manuscript content cannot be used personally.
• Handling Misconduct: Editors investigate ethical concerns thoroughly.
• Conflicts of Interest: Manuscripts with conflicts are reassigned.

4. Ethical Violations & Corrections

• Corrections & Retractions: Post-publication issues will be corrected or retracted.
• Author Accountability: Authors are fully responsible for the integrity of their work.
• Publisher Responsibility: Ethical concerns are handled fairly using COPE guidelines.

By submitting a manuscript, authors agree to all ethical requirements outlined above.