Plagiarism Policy

Manuscripts must be the authors' own original work, with all sources properly acknowledged and cited.

What counts as plagiarism

• Presenting another person's words, data or ideas as your own, including your own earlier published work without citation.
• Copying text, figures or tables from other sources without permission and attribution.
• Paraphrasing closely without citing the original source.

How the journal responds

• Editors may check submitted manuscripts for overlap with existing publications.
• A manuscript found to contain plagiarism may be rejected without further evaluation, and the authors may be informed of the reason.
• If plagiarism is found in a published article, the journal may publish a correction or retract the article.

See also the Ethical Principles.