Plagiarism and self-plagiarism policy

1. Authors are required to avoid both plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
2. As part of the editorial process, the journal uses plagiarism detection software to identify cases of plagiarism, understood as the appropriation of authorship or misrepresentation of the authorship of all or part of another person's work.
3. The journal also uses plagiarism detection tools to identify cases of self-plagiarism involving the verbatim reuse of content from an author's previously published works.
4. The following are not considered self-plagiarism:

1. conference abstracts and conference posters;​
2. research results presented at academic meetings or conference presentations for the purpose of informing other researchers about the findings;
3. research data deposited in databases, provided that the data are presented without interpretation, discussion, or contextual analysis;
4. archived doctoral dissertations and master's theses.

5. As part of the publication process, all submitted manuscripts undergo mandatory screening using plagiarism detection software that complies with applicable data privacy and confidentiality requirements. The plagiarism screening is carried out by the journal's Editorial Team.
6. If plagiarism or unacceptable self-plagiarism is identified during the editorial process, the journal reserves the right to reject the manuscript, discontinue the editorial process, or, where appropriate, take further editorial action in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies.