Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism and Originality

The journal maintains a zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism the use of another's ideas, words, or work without proper acknowledgment. Submissions containing plagiarism in whole or in part, duplicate or redundant publication, or self-plagiarism (in the same or a different language) will be rejected. Preprint postings are not considered duplicate publication.

The corresponding author is responsible for the manuscript throughout peer review and after publication, and is authorized to act on behalf of all co-authors.

All manuscripts are screened with professional plagiarism-detection software. Any submission with an unacceptable similarity index attributable to plagiarism will be rejected immediately.