Declaration and Management of Editorial Malpractice

The Editorial Team unequivocally rejects any form of research misconduct. This includes, without limitation: plagiarism in all its forms, self-plagiarism or redundant publication, the falsification or malicious alteration of empirical data, ghost or gift authorship, and the deliberate failure to disclose conflicts of interest.

Any substantiated suspicion or allegation of such practices immediately triggers an internal investigation conducted in accordance with COPE workflows. Such an investigation may result in the summary rejection of the manuscript, the formal and public retraction of the work if already published, and formal notification to the relevant authorities at the offender's home institution.