Originality and authorship
Authors must submit original work, properly credit prior scholarship and identify all persons satisfying authorship criteria.
Conflicts and funding
Authors, reviewers and editors must disclose conflicts that could reasonably affect scholarly judgment. Relevant funding must be identified.
Confidentiality
Unpublished manuscripts, reports and editorial communications are confidential.
Corrections and retractions
Material errors will be addressed transparently through corrections, notices or retractions as appropriate, while preserving the traceability of the record.