All submitted manuscripts are screened for plagiarism using StrikePlagiarism software. The journal upholds the principles of academic integrity and ensures the originality of every submission.

The editorial board follows the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines for identifying, investigating, and responding to plagiarism cases.

1. Definition of Plagiarism

Academic plagiarism includes the following violations:

• Text plagiarism – copying text without appropriate citation.
• Idea plagiarism – claiming ownership of another researcher’s ideas or hypotheses.
• Data plagiarism – reusing data or results from other works without acknowledgment.
• Self-plagiarism – reusing one’s own previously published content without citation.
• Mosaic plagiarism – merging copied phrases from different sources with minor modifications.
• Unauthorized co-authorship – listing individuals as co-authors who did not contribute to the work.

 

2. Plagiarism Policy

• If plagiarism is detected during initial screening, the manuscript will be rejected without the option for resubmission.
• If plagiarism is identified post-publication, the journal will.

Retract the article,

Notify relevant institutions,

Ban future submissions from the responsible authors (temporarily or permanently).

 

3. Recommendations for Authors

• Check your manuscript for plagiarism before submission (including self-plagiarism).
• Cite all sources, including preprints, dissertations, and conference papers.
• When reusing your own text or results, cite the original and clarify the reuse.

      Avoid duplicate publication and redundant submissions.

                            

Conflict of interest

Authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial, non-financial, or other substantive conflicts of interest that may have influenced the results presented or their interpretation. If there are no conflicts of interest, the authors should clearly state: "Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest regarding this study, including financial, personal, authorship or other, which could influence the research and its results presented in this article"

Materials with a commercial advertising nature are not permitted for publication in the journal.

Reviewers and editors are also required to disclose any conflicts of interest and must recuse themselves from evaluating manuscripts where such conflicts exist.

If a significant error or inaccuracy discovered in a published article, the author must promptly inform the editorial board and cooperate in retracting or correcting the article.