Publishing standards

Manuscripts that have been accepted by the peer reviewers will subsequently undergo plagiarism screening using plagiarism detection software (iThenticate). Manuscripts with a similarity index exceeding the permitted threshold of >20%, or containing passages with 100 or more consecutive words identical to previously published sources, will be rejected and will not proceed further in the publication process. In addition, the authors of such manuscripts will be prohibited from submitting further manuscripts to the Journal in subsequent issues.