Author Guidelines

Authors must observe the following requirements:

• The manuscript must be original, relevant to the journal's scope, and not under simultaneous consideration elsewhere.
• Authorship must be limited to individuals who have made substantial scholarly contributions and accept responsibility for the published work.
• All authors must approve the submitted manuscript and the agreed order of authorship.
• The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the journal and for ensuring the completeness and accuracy of author metadata.
• A valid ORCID iD should be provided by the corresponding author; co-authors are strongly encouraged to provide their ORCID iDs.
• Authors must disclose all financial and non-financial conflicts of interest. If none exist, a no-conflict statement should be provided.
• All sources of research funding and grant numbers, where applicable, must be disclosed.
• Research involving human participants, identifiable personal information, biological materials, or other ethically sensitive activities must comply with applicable ethical standards. Ethics approval and informed consent must be reported where required.
• Authors must provide an author contribution statement describing each author's contribution to the work.
• Authors must provide a data availability statement explaining whether supporting data or materials are publicly available, available on reasonable request, subject to restricted access, or unavailable for legitimate ethical, legal, confidentiality, or proprietary reasons.
• Material use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies should be disclosed when relevant to transparency and reproducibility. AI tools may not be listed as authors.
• Authors must immediately inform the editorial office if a significant error is identified before or after publication.
• Authors have the right to submit a reasoned appeal regarding an editorial decision where a factual, ethical, or procedural error is believed to have occurred.