Plagiarism Policy

This journal has zero tolerance for plagiarism and research misconduct.

• All submissions are screened with similarity-checking software before review.
• The overall similarity index must not exceed 20%, with no more than 3% from a single source (excluding references).
• Self-plagiarism, duplicate publication and text recycling without citation are not permitted.
• Violations found after publication are handled by correction or retraction following COPE guidelines.