Ethical Guidelines for Authors

Ethical Guidelines for Author(s)

• Author(s) must ensure that their submission is neither published earlier nor is under consideration for publication elsewhere.

• Author(s) must ensure that their submission is their original work. It doesn’t infringe upon anyone’s copyright nor violate any proprietary rights. All the references must be appropriately cited.

• In case of co-authorship, the corresponding author must ensure that the co-author is informed about the progress of the article at each stage and that the submission of the final Contribution is made with his/her approval.

• Authors must disclose any potential, financial, professional or personal conflict of interest that could be perceived as influencing their research or its conclusions.

• Authors must disclose the use of AIS honestly and clearly in the author disclosure form.

• Authors should not withdraw their contribution, once it is acknowledged/ accepted for the review process beyond the stage of desk review.