Publication ethics

Authorship is limited to those who contributed substantially to the work and approved the final manuscript.

Studies involving people must report approval from an institutional ethics committee and informed consent, with participants' identities protected.

Plagiarism, duplicate submission and data fabrication are not accepted; all submissions are screened for similarity.

Authors, reviewers and editors must declare any financial or personal interest that could influence the work.

Errors found after publication are corrected promptly through a correction or retraction notice.

Complaints about published work may be sent to the editorial office and are reviewed by the editorial board.