Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE)
Code of ethics
The Editorial Board condemns all forms of academic dishonesty, such as ), plagiarism, self-plagiarism, ghostwriting (not disclosing another person’s contribution to the publication), guest authorship (including as a co-author a person who has made a negligible or non-existent contribution to the publication. In order to prevent such activities, the Editorial Board introduces and implements the following procedures:
1. For publications with multiple authorship, each author’s contribution needs to be revealed and indicated.
2. Authors are requested to disclose the financing sources of their research.
3. The Editorial Board notifies all relevant institutions and entities about the reported cases of ghostwriting and guest authorship.
4. The Editorial Board will document all cases of academic dishonesty.
