Responsibilities
- Submit original, unpublished work and ensure it is not under consideration elsewhere.
- Provide accurate data, citations and references.
- Disclose any potential conflict of interest.
- Ensure all authors have contributed significantly and approve the final manuscript.
- Obtain necessary permissions for any copyrighted material.
- Report any errors found in published work.
- Provide objective, constructive and timely evaluations.
- Maintain the confidentiality of the manuscript under review.
- Declare any conflict of interest before accepting a review.
- Identify relevant published work not cited by the authors.
- Avoid personal criticism and respect the authors' intellectual independence.
- Make fair, unbiased decisions based solely on academic merit.
- Ensure a confidential and rigorous peer-review process.
- Act promptly on ethical complaints and concerns.
- Recuse themselves from manuscripts where a conflict of interest exists.
- Preserve the integrity and accuracy of the academic record.
- Support the editorial independence of the journal.
- Uphold ethical publishing standards and recognized guidelines.
- Ensure proper archiving and long-term access to content.
- Facilitate corrections, retractions and expressions of concern.
- Protect the integrity of the published scholarly record.
