The journal is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of all authors, reviewers, editors, and other users involved in the journal's submission, peer-review, and publication processes.
The journal may collect personal information provided by users during registration, manuscript submission, peer review, editorial correspondence, and other journal-related activities.
Such information may include, where applicable:
Full name;
Institutional affiliation;
Email address;
ORCID iD;
Academic or professional information;
Contact information; and
Information required to process manuscripts and manage editorial activities.
Personal information collected by the journal is used only for legitimate journal-related purposes, including:
Managing user accounts and submissions;
Processing and communicating about manuscripts;
Conducting peer review;
Communicating editorial decisions and publication information;
Maintaining accurate authorship and publication records;
Providing information about journal activities and updates; and
Supporting the administration and improvement of the journal's editorial system.
The journal does not use personal information for purposes unrelated to its academic and publishing activities without appropriate authorization.
Information submitted to the journal is treated confidentially and is accessible only to authorized individuals who require the information to perform their editorial, peer-review, or administrative responsibilities.
Manuscripts under review, reviewer identities where applicable, editorial correspondence, and other confidential materials must not be disclosed to unauthorized parties.
The journal maintains the confidentiality of the peer-review process in accordance with its established peer-review policy.
Reviewers must not disclose, distribute, copy, or use unpublished manuscript content for personal or professional purposes without authorization.
The journal will not sell, rent, or otherwise commercially distribute users' personal information.
Personal information may be disclosed when necessary for legitimate publishing purposes, when required by applicable laws or regulations, or when necessary to protect the integrity, security, and proper functioning of the journal and its publication processes.
Information that is part of the published scholarly record, such as author names, affiliations, ORCID iDs, article titles, abstracts, and publication details, may be publicly displayed as part of the journal's open-access publication process.
Authors should therefore ensure that information submitted for publication is appropriate for public dissemination.
The journal takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or loss.
However, users should recognize that no electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
The journal may use external services or platforms necessary to support scholarly publishing activities, such as DOI registration, indexing, plagiarism screening, digital preservation, analytics, or other technical services.
Where such services process personal or publication-related information, the journal seeks to use them responsibly and in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection requirements.
The journal's online journal system may use cookies, log data, or similar technical information to support account authentication, website functionality, security, and system administration.
Such information is used primarily to maintain and improve the functionality and security of the journal's website and editorial management system.
Users are responsible for ensuring that the personal information they provide to the journal is accurate and appropriate for the purposes for which it is collected.
Users should not submit personal or confidential information belonging to third parties unless they have the appropriate authorization to do so.
The journal may revise this Privacy Statement when necessary to reflect changes in its editorial practices, publishing systems, applicable regulations, or data-protection requirements.
Any significant changes will be communicated through the journal's website or other appropriate channels.
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