Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original work. If authors have used the work and/or words of others, it must be appropriately cited or quoted.

An author should generally not publish a manuscript that describes research that is essentially the same in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is considered unethical and unacceptable publishing behavior.

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be provided. Authors should cite influential publications when determining the nature of the work reported.

All submitted manuscripts will undergo a plagiarism screening process by the editorial board. The editor uses https://www.turnitin.com/ with a maximum plagiarism threshold of 20%.