Guide for Authors

1. Authors of original research reports should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its results.

2. Authors submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal, publishing papers (including the whole papers presented online) describing essentially the same research in more than one journal of primary publication, or translating the published papers and dissertations are unacceptable. The repetitive rate of an original research paper should not be more than 20% generally and should not be more than 10% for its main content that presents the work novelty.

3. The original data and the cited data should be presented accurately in the paper which may help readers to quickly trace the previous literature that the results in this paper are based on. The information obtained privately may only be used with explicit written permission of the owners.

4. The reports of original research should be of integrity, and should not be split in parts and published in several papers.

5. Authors should disclose any potential conflicts of interest.

6. If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any hazards inherent in their use, authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

7. Authorship should include those who have made contributions to the reported study essentially and be ranked by contributions. Authors take collective responsibility including academic and ethical responsibilities for the reported study.