Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are not allowed;

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted;

An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable;

Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

The Editorial Team will check the manuscript for plagiarism at the copy editing stage, after the manuscript has undergone the review and revision process. Manuscripts are checked manually against offline and online databases (to verify proper citation and quotation) and using the Anti-Plagiarism Software "Turnitin" to confirm the authenticity of the article. The maximum acceptable similarity index is 25%; manuscripts exceeding this threshold will be returned to the authors for further revision.