Additional Notes:
The corresponding author is considered responsible for all correspondence, and their approval at any stage is regarded as the approval of all authors.
Withdrawal or retraction of a manuscript is possible prior to the start of the peer review process.
If the journal’s response during the review stage (from structural approval of the manuscript to the announcement of reviewers’ decisions) exceeds three months, the corresponding author may request withdrawal of the manuscript.
Initial evaluation of the manuscript and its referral for peer review do not guarantee acceptance by the reviewers.
The Editor-in-Chief may decide to accept or reject a manuscript at any stage of the review process. The number of review/revision rounds or the duration of the review process does not create any entitlement for the authors.
The journal has full authority over copyediting. Failure of the corresponding author to cooperate with the editorial team will result in termination of the manuscript process.