Plagiarism and duplicate publication

The journal maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards plagiarism and duplicate publication. All manuscripts received will be evaluated using similarity detection tools and reviewed by the Editorial Committee. Authors must ensure that their work is complete, original and has not been previously submitted or published in another journal.

Duplicate publication is considered to be the submission of the same manuscript, in part or in whole, to more than one journal without prior notification, as well as the unjustified fragmentation of results. If plagiarism or duplication is detected, the manuscript will be rejected and, if necessary, the authors' institution will be informed.