General Editorial Policies

The journal adheres to the current version of the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), as well as to the principles of editorial integrity promoted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), whenever applicable to the editorial process, peer review, and the resolution of ethical disputes.

Submitted manuscripts must:

• Be unpublished and original.

• Not be under simultaneous consideration by another journal.

• Not have been previously published, either in full or in substantial part, in any other print or digital medium or editorial repository, except in cases permitted by the journal, such as preprints, theses, or institutional documents, provided that this status is disclosed at the time of submission.

Once the evaluation process has begun, a manuscript may be withdrawn only through a formal request addressed to the Editor. Accepted manuscripts will be scheduled for publication in accordance with the journal’s current editorial calendar.