The ethical guidelines are designed to promote integrity, transparency, and accountability in research and publication. Authors, reviewers, and the editorial team must follow these principles to maintain high ethical standards in scholarly communication.
Ensure originality and proper attribution by avoiding plagiarism or self-plagiarism and using correct citations.
Accurately represent all significant contributors as authors and communicate any changes to authorship.
Conduct research with integrity, providing transparent methodologies, data, and analysis to allow reproducibility. Avoid data manipulation or fabrication.
Obtain informed consent from participants and protect their rights, privacy, and confidentiality. Handle personal information securely and in compliance with privacy laws.
Ensure independent and impartial review and publication, with editorial decisions based on quality, relevance, and rigour, regardless of the authors' backgrounds.
Disclose any conflicts of interest that could affect objectivity.
