Policy on Plagiarism

Every manuscript is subjected to electronic plagiarism check prior to the commencement of the peer review process. This check gives the editorial board the opportunity to evaluate the extent of originality in the manuscript as well as possibly detect the use of artificial intelligence in manuscript writing. If a high rate of similarity (greater than 15% with exception of the list of references) is detected, the editorial board reserves the right to reject the manuscript outright or reject with an option of re-submission if the similarity has to do with methodology rather than background and discussion.

Other details are as provided at https://icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-contributors.html