Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Ethics of Publication

• The avoidance of the risk of plagiarism and respect for intellectual property;
• Respect for the rights of human subjects in research;
• The identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct;
• The identification of and dealing with manipulations of citations;
• The disclosure of any conflicts of interest.

In particular: researchers, authors, sponsors, editors and publishers all have ethical obligations with regard to the publication and dissemination of the results of research. Sources of funding, institutional affiliations and conflicts of interest must be declared in the publication.