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Authors must be aware of the forms of academic fraud and refrain from committing fraud and violating the ethics of publication.

Authors must present their research clearly, honestly and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate manipulation of data. The authors guarantee the originality of their material.

Authors must acknowledge copyrights and collaborations appropriately. Authors should refrain from deliberately misrepresenting a researcher’s relationship to a published work. All authors must have made a significant contribution to the research. Contributors who have made less significant contributions to the research or publication may be acknowledged, but should not be identified as authors.

Authors must inform the journal when they have a direct or indirect conflict of interest with the editors or members of the editorial board.

No significant part of the article should have been previously published, or is currently being evaluated for publication elsewhere.

Authors should refrain from segmenting their manuscript and thus transforming one significant work into several different works. Segmentation is a fraudulent publishing tactic known in English as salami slicing .

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