Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Publication and authorship
All submitted papers must go through a rigorous peer-review process by at least two reviewers who are experts in the field of the paper.
The review process is blind peer review.
The factors considered in the review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability and language.
Decisions that may be taken include acceptance, acceptance with revision, or rejection.
If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit their manuscript, there is no guarantee that the revised manuscript will be accepted.
Rejected articles will not be reviewed.
Acceptance of papers is limited by applicable legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
No study may be included in more than one publication.
Authors
Authors must certify that their manuscript is their original work.
Authors must declare that the manuscript has not been previously published elsewhere.
Authors must declare that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.
Authors must participate in the peer review process.
Reviewers
Reviewers must keep all information regarding the paper confidential and treat it as privileged information.
Reviews must be conducted objectively, without personal criticism of the author
Editor
The editor has full responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
The editor is responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication.