Privacy Statement

Names and email addresses entered on this journal's website will be used solely for the purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

The responsibility for the technical content and protection of proprietary material rests solely with the author(s) and their organizations, and it is not the responsibility of the publisher, the journal, or its editorial staff.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all other authors have seen the article and have approved it.

Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions for the publication of copyright-protected material used in the manuscript before submission.

Authors are required to sign a copyright agreement and rights transfer agreement upon the acceptance of their manuscript, prior to the manuscript being published.

Plagiarism Policy

The journal takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice.