Originality and Preprint Policy

By submitting your manuscript to the journal it is understood that this it is an original manuscript and is unpublished work that is not under consideration elsewhere. The journal will consider articles that are included in a PhD thesis or that are part of a poster or short presentation. If accepted, you will need to update the status of any preprint, including your paper’s DOI. The journal will not consider papers that are part of a book chapter, numbered volume or blog, or where the author has previously signed an Exclusive Licence to Publish or copyright agreement. Re-use of text, data, figures, or images without appropriate acknowledgment or permission is considered plagiarism, as is the paraphrasing of text, concepts, and ideas. All allegations of plagiarism are investigated thoroughly and in accordance with COPE guidelines. This journal systematically run submitted papers through plagiarism-detection software to identify possible cases.

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