The journal adheres to the principles of academic integrity and maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism.

According to the definition of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI), plagiarism is the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without proper acknowledgment, including substantial copying of text without clear reference to the original source.

Self-plagiarism (excessive reuse of one’s previously published work without proper citation) is also considered a violation of ethical standards.

The Editorial Board checks submitted manuscripts for originality by:

• using specialized plagiarism detection software;
• conducting editorial content analysis.

Submitted materials must be original, not previously published, and not under consideration by other journals.

If an author submits a manuscript with closely related content or overlapping results to another journal, the Editorial Board must be informed.

Publication is permitted only if the main findings, conclusions, and scientific contribution are not duplicative of previously published work.

If authors reuse figures, graphs, tables, diagrams, or other materials that have been previously published, they must provide documentation confirming that permission has been obtained from the previous publisher or copyright holder, where required.

In cases where plagiarism or ethical misconduct is identified, the journal reserves the right to:

• reject the manuscript;
• retract a published article;
• notify the author’s affiliated institution, where appropriate.