Core Ethical Principles for Reviewers

Confidentiality: Treat all manuscripts as confidential. Do not share or discuss them.

Anonymity: Do not attempt to contact authors or discover their identity.

Objectivity: Provide unbiased, evidence-based, and constructive feedback.

Completeness: Alert authors to key uncited literature relevant to their work.

Integrity: Report any suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, or overlap with other works to the editors.

No Appropriation: Do not use ideas or data from the manuscript in your own work without the author's explicit permission (arranged through the editorial office).