Code of Conduct for Authors

  1. The authors must ensure that the submitted manuscripts are produced based only on the work that has been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner, and that complies with all relevant legislations;
  2. The authors should present their results clearly, honestly, without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation;
  3. The authors should endeavor to describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that the presented findings can be validated and acknowledged by others;
  4. The authors should adhere to the publication requirements and making sure that the submitted work is original, is not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere;
  5. The authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for other publication elsewhere;
  6. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and the appropriate citation must be included if the authors have used the work and/or words of others;
  7. The authors should take collective responsibility for the submitted and published work;
  8. The submitted manuscript should contain sufficient details and references to permit others to replicate the work. Duplicitous or expressively inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior are unacceptable;
  9. Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must be given. All publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work must be cited accordingly;
  10. The authors should ensure that the authorship accurately reflects individuals’ contributions to the work and its reporting; and where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged;
  11. All relevant funding sources, financial supports and any existing or potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed;
  12. If authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the authors’ obligation to promptly notify the journal editors and the editor to retract or correct the paper.