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Authors must state clearly that all participants gave an informed consent to the study.

Studies involving animals must conform to an international standard for animal usage.

All financial supports or relationships that may raise the question conflict of interest must be declared for each author.

Manuscripts will be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.

The journal is a member, and follows the standard, of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

As for authorship definition, the journal follows the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)