Plagiarism Policy

All submissions are screened by a similarity detection software (iThenticate by CrossCheck), and those with an overall similarity index of greater than 20%, or duplication rate at or higher than 5% with a single source are returned back to authors without further evaluation along with the similarity report.

Responsibility for any irregularities in the manuscript rests with the corresponding authors. In cases subsequently identified, the corresponding author will be notified, and decisions made by the editorial team will be implemented.