Plagiarism & Similarity

Originality

Submitted manuscripts must be original and must appropriately acknowledge prior work, including the authors’ own related publications.

Text recycling

Reused text, data, figures or methods descriptions should be transparent and appropriately cited. Substantial redundant publication may result in rejection or post-publication action.

Similarity screening

Similarity-detection tools may support editorial assessment. A similarity score is not treated as a substitute for human evaluation of context, attribution and research integrity.