All submitted manuscripts must be original and must properly acknowledge previous work. The journal may screen manuscripts for plagiarism, duplicate publication, inappropriate paraphrasing, citation manipulation, and unattributed reuse of text, data, tables, or figures.

• Manuscripts with serious plagiarism concerns may be rejected before review.
• Minor similarity caused by standard terminology, methods, or references may be returned for revision.
• Published articles with confirmed plagiarism may be corrected, retracted, or reported according to publication ethics procedures.