- Attesting the originality of the study submitted and confirming that the article is not under consideration elsewhere, nor accepted for publication in another journal.
- Ensuring that studies including human or animals comply with national and international requirements and guidelines (Declaration of Helsinki [2013]), Declaration of Human and Animal Rights (UNESCO, 1978).
- Ensuring approval by the Ethical and Research Committee of the institution in which study was performed.
- Disclosing potential conflicts of interests in a statement written and signed by all authors.
- Informing journal’s editor when an important error is found in the study and providing all information need for publication correction, erratum, and retraction.
- Providing records of data associated with the study if requested by the editor.
- Ensuring copyright transfer to the journal.
- Maintaining author registry with Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) at https://orcid.org/signin.
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