Anti-Plagiarism Policy and Scientific Integrity

All manuscripts are subjected to originality verification using Strikeplagiarism software before initiating the peer review process. Manuscripts presenting a similarity index above 20% or evidence of duplicate publication will be rejected and the author will be notified.

Fabrication, falsification, or manipulation of data, results, and images constitute serious violations of scientific integrity and are grounds for immediate rejection or retraction of an already published article, in accordance with COPE guidelines. The applicable procedure is detailed in the Corrections and Retractions section.

The improper use of artificial intelligence tools in violation of the journal’s AI policy will be considered a breach of scientific integrity.