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Code of Ethics

Basic ethical principles for authors when submitting manuscripts.

Code of Ethics

Submission of a manuscript for publication implies the following:

  1. All authors agree on the content of the manuscript and its publication in the journal.
  2. The manuscript has not been previously published, either in part or in full, in any language, except as an abstract, part of a public lecture, or as part of a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral thesis.
  3. The manuscript is not and will not be submitted to any other journal while it is under consideration in this journal.
  4. The journal agrees to accept the manuscript in accordance with ethical standards and legal regulations.
  5. If the manuscript contains images, graphs, or substantial parts of text that have been previously published, the author must obtain written permission from the copyright holder for their reproduction in the current manuscript for the journal’s online edition. All such material must be properly credited in the manuscript.