Publication Ethics Zone
This zone centrally displays publishing ethics-related management systems, behavioral norms, rules for handling ethical investigations, and channels for reporting and appeals. It also regularly discloses progress reports on ethics governance, making it accessible to authors, reviewers, and readers, actively accepting supervision from the academic community.
To continuously regulate academic citation behavior, resist citation manipulation, and maintain a healthy academic environment, this journal has established a routine monitoring and annual disclosure mechanism for citation compliance. At the end of each year, the journal publishes an "Annual Citation Compliance Public Report," summarizing the year's reference screening results, cases of handling ethical leads, objective data on journal self-citations, and the work plan for ethical governance in the next year.
All previous reports are permanently archived and available for public access.