| For the policies on research and publication ethics that are not stated in these instructions, theGuidelines on Good Publication Practice (http://publicationethics.org/static/1999/1999pdf13.pdf) should be applied. |
| Authorship |
| Authorship should be restricted to those who meet any of the following conditions: i) Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; ii) Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; iii) Final approval of the version to be published; iv) Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. |
| Originality and duplicate publication |
| All submitted manuscripts should be original and should not be considered by other scientific journals for publication at the same time. No part of the accepted manuscript should be duplicated in any other scientific journal without the permission of the Editorial Board. If duplicate publication related to the papers of this journal is detected, the authors will be announced in this journal and their institutes will be informed, and there will be penalties for the authors. |
| Secondary publication |
| It is possible to republish manuscripts if the manuscripts satisfy the condition of secondary publication of the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. |
| Statement of animal rights |
| For animal subjects, research should be performed based on the National or Institutional Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and the ethical treatment of all experimental animals should be maintained. |
| Conflict-of-interest statement |
| If there are any conflicts of interest, authors should disclose them in the manuscript. |
