The following ethical guidelines are obligatory for all author(s) violations that may result in the application of penalties by the editor, including but not limited to the suspension or revocation of publishing privileges.

Reporting Standards

• It is the author(s) 's responsibility to ensure that the research report and data contain adequate detail and references to the sources of information to allow others to reproduce the results.
• Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism

• It is the author(s) 's responsibility to ascertain that s/he has submitted an entirely original work, giving due credit, by proper citations, to the works and/or words of others where they have been used.
• Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is not acceptable.
• Material quoted verbatim from the author(s)' previously published work or other sources must be placed in quotation marks.

Declaration

• Authors are required to provide an undertaking/declaration stating that the manuscript under consideration contains solely their original work that is not under consideration for publication in any other journal in any form.
• Authors may submit a manuscript previously published in abstracted form, e.g. in the proceedings of an annual meeting, or a periodical with limited circulation and availability, such as reports by Government agencies or a University.
• A manuscript that is co-authored must be accompanied by an undertaking explicitly stating that each author has contributed substantially towards the preparation of the manuscript to claim the right to authorship.
• It is the responsibility of the corresponding author that s/he has ensured that all those who have substantially contributed to the manuscript have been included in the author list and they have agreed to the order of authorship.

Multiple, Redundant, and Current Publication

• Authors should not submit manuscripts describing essentially the same research to more than one journal or publication, except it is a re-submission of a rejected or withdrawn manuscript.
• Authors may re-publish previously conducted research that has been substantially altered or corrected using more meticulous analysis or by adding more data.
• The authors and editor must agree to the secondary publication, which must cite the primary references and reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document.
• Concurrent submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal is unethical publishing behavior and unacceptable.

Acknowledgement 

• A paper must always contain a proper acknowledgement of the work of others, including clear indications of the sources of all information quoted or offered, except what is common knowledge.
• The author(s) must also acknowledge the contributions of organizations, and institutes that assisted in the process of research or financial funding (in the acknowledgement heading).
• Others who have participated in certain substantive aspects (technical help, writing assistance, translation, etc.) of the research as non-authors should be acknowledged for their contribution in an "Acknowledgement" heading at the end of the paper.

Authorship Credit

• Authorship of the work may only be credited to those who have made a noteworthy contribution to the conceptualization, design, conducting, data analysis, and writing of the manuscript.
• It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to include the name(s) of only those co-authors who have made significant contributions to the work.
• The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. 

Privacy of Participants

• Authors must respect the privacy of the participants of the research and must not use any information obtained from them without their informed consent.
• Authors should ensure that only information that improves understanding of the study is shared.
• Authors must ensure that in instances where the identity of the participant needs to be revealed in the study, explicit and informed consent of the concerned party is obtained.
• In the case of the demise of a participant, consent must be obtained from the family of the deceased.

Data Access and Retention

• If any question arises about the accuracy or validity of the research work during the review process, the author(s) should provide raw data to the Editor.

Images

• The author(s) should ensure that images included in an account of the research performed or in the data collection as part of the research are free from manipulation.
• The author(s) must provide an accurate description of how the images were generated and produced.