Author Guidelines

This section outlines the mandatory standards and procedural requirements for manuscript submission, authorship attribution, ethical compliance, and publication within this journal. All contributors are expected to adhere strictly to the principles outlined herein. Failure to comply may result in immediate rejection, retraction, or notification to affiliated institutions and regulatory bodies.

1. Scope of Submission

We accept original, unpublished research that aligns with the journal’s stated aims and scope. Submissions must demonstrate scholarly merit, methodological soundness, and relevance to the academic community. Simultaneous submission to other journals is strictly prohibited.

2. Authorship Criteria

Authorship must reflect substantial intellectual contribution in accordance with the ICMJE guidelines. Each author must meet all of the following criteria:

• Significant participation in the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the research.
• Drafting or critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content.
• Final approval of the version submitted for publication.
• Full accountability for all aspects of the work, including data integrity and ethical compliance.

Guest authorship, honorary authorship, and undisclosed contributors are considered ethical violations.

Author contributions must be clearly detailed during submission using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) model.

3. Ethical Compliance

Authors are responsible for adhering to internationally accepted ethical standards, including but not limited to:

• Human and Animal Subjects: Research involving human participants must include Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. Animal research must comply with international guidelines for humane treatment. Documentation must be available upon request.
• Informed Consent: When applicable, authors must confirm that informed consent was obtained and documented in compliance with relevant privacy laws.
• Competing Interests: All financial or non-financial conflicts of interest must be disclosed at the time of submission. Undisclosed conflicts are grounds for withdrawal or retraction.
• Funding Acknowledgment: All sources of research funding must be transparently declared.
• Data Transparency: Authors must preserve original data for a minimum of five years post-publication and provide access upon reasonable request or when mandated by editorial review.

4. Plagiarism and Originality

The journal maintains a zero-tolerance policy on plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and unauthorized reuse of content. All manuscripts undergo plagiarism screening using licensed software. Authors are advised that:

• Text recycling beyond standard academic practice constitutes misconduct.
• Previously published data, figures, or tables must be clearly cited with explicit reuse permissions, if required.
• All sources must be properly attributed. Verbatim text from external sources without quotation and citation is impermissible.

Any detected violation will be referred to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines for resolution.

5. Manuscript Preparation

Authors must comply with the journal’s formatting and referencing requirements. Submissions not adhering to these guidelines will be returned without review.

• File Format: Manuscripts must be submitted in editable formats (e.g., DOCX, LaTeX) with clearly labeled sections.
• Referencing Style: All references must follow the journal's prescribed citation style without exception.
• Language: Manuscripts must be in English and professionally proofread. Linguistic deficiencies may result in desk rejection.
• Figures and Tables: All visual content must be original, high resolution, and accompanied by descriptive captions. Permissions for reused material must be documented at submission.

6. Peer Review Policy

Submissions are subject to double-blind peer review by qualified experts. Reviewers are selected based on subject-matter relevance and absence of conflicts of interest.

• Authors must not attempt to identify, contact, or influence reviewers.
• Revisions must be accompanied by a detailed point-by-point response to reviewer comments.
• Editorial decisions are final and not subject to appeal, except in cases of demonstrated procedural error.

The journal reserves the right to reject manuscripts at any stage of review for ethical or procedural noncompliance.

7. Copyright and Licensing

Upon acceptance, authors must sign a formal copyright transfer or licensing agreement, depending on the journal’s publication model (Open Access or Subscription-based). Authors retain moral rights to their work.

• Articles published under Open Access will be licensed under a Creative Commons license as specified at acceptance.
• Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce third-party content prior to publication.

8. Post-Publication Corrections and Retractions

The journal maintains the right to issue errata, corrigenda, expressions of concern, or retractions in line with COPE recommendations and industry standards.

• Authors are required to cooperate fully in any post-publication investigation.
• Retractions may be initiated by authors, editors, or institutional bodies when significant ethical or factual issues arise.

9. Submission Declaration

By submitting to this journal, authors affirm that:

• The manuscript is original and has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
• All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
• All disclosures, conflicts, and ethical declarations are accurate and complete.

Submissions that fail to meet the criteria outlined above will be summarily rejected. Repeat violations may result in a permanent ban from future submissions.

For full procedural details, including technical submission steps, consult the journal’s submission portal.