Mandatory Declarations in All Manuscript Submissions

Editorial Office Announcement Mandatory Declarations in All Manuscript Submissions Effective Date: 23 October 2026

Dear Authors,

Effective 23 October 2026, all authors submitting manuscripts to the journal are required to include the following declarations in their manuscripts. This requirement aims to enhance transparency, publication ethics, and compliance with international academic publishing standards.

Authors must ensure that the following sections are included in their manuscripts, as applicable:

1. Acknowledgment

Authors should acknowledge individuals, institutions, or organizations that contributed to the research but do not meet the criteria for authorship.

2. Funding Statement

Authors must provide a clear and transparent statement identifying the financial support received for conducting the research. If the research received no external funding, authors should explicitly declare this.

3. CRediT Authorship Contribution Statement

Authors must clearly specify each author's contribution to the research using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) framework, where applicable.

Required confirmation: All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

4. Conflicts of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial, personal, or professional relationships that could influence, or be perceived to influence, their research. If no conflicts exist, authors should explicitly state that they have no conflicts of interest.

5. Ethical Approval

For studies involving human participants, animals, or other research requiring ethical review, authors must provide the name of the approving ethics committee or institution and the relevant approval number.

Authors must ensure that their statements accurately reflect the nature of their research and applicable ethical requirements.

6. Data Availability Statement

Authors must include a statement explaining how the data supporting the findings of their study can be accessed.

Authors should select the statement that accurately reflects their data-sharing arrangements.

Important Notice

All authors are responsible for ensuring that these declarations are complete, accurate, and consistent with the content of their manuscripts.

Submissions that do not comply with these requirements may be returned to the authors for correction before proceeding to the next stage of editorial processing.

Authors are encouraged to review their manuscripts carefully before submission to ensure compliance with this announcement.

Thank you for your cooperation and continued support of the journal's commitment to research integrity, transparency, and responsible scholarly publishing.

Editorial Office