Reviewer's Responsibilities

Contributions to Decision Making: Editorial peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and facilitates editorial communication with authors, also helping authors enhance their papers.

Timeliness: Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that timely review will be impossible should inform the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.

Confidentiality: Manuscripts under review should be considered confidential documents. They must not be disclosed or discussed with others unless permitted by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is not appropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Recognition of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant works that have not been cited by the author. Any statement that observations, deductions, or arguments have been previously reported should be accompanied by relevant citations. Reviewers should also inform the editor of substantial overlap or similarity between the manuscript under consideration and other published work they are aware of.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers must not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest arising from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions related to the manuscript.

Author's Responsibilities

Reporting Standards: Authors of original research papers must present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data must be accurately represented in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to enable others to replicate the work. Fabrication, falsification, or knowingly inaccurate statements are unethical and unacceptable behavior.

Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure they have written entirely original work, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted.

Duplicate, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: An author should not generally publish manuscripts that describe essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unethical and unacceptable publication behavior.

Acknowledgment of Sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Manuscript: Authors should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the planning, design, execution, or interpretation of the research reported. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. If others have participated in substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and to cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

The above ethical statements aim to ensure the integrity, transparency, and fairness in the process of scientific writing and publication. We are committed to adhering to COPE guidelines and ensuring that all parties involved in the publication process, including editors, reviewers, and authors, fulfill their tasks and responsibilities with integrity and ethics.

We hope that by following these ethical guidelines, we can create a publication environment that is fair, reliable, and of high quality for researchers and readers. All parties involved in the writing and publication process are expected to uphold the values of scientific ethics and contribute responsibly to the advancement of knowledge.