Publication ethics

Our position

We follow the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Misconduct

Allegations of plagiarism, data fabrication, image manipulation or undisclosed competing interests are investigated. Where an allegation is upheld, the article is corrected or retracted.

Corrections and retractions

A published article is never deleted. Its landing page and its DOI must keep resolving, because other people have already cited it in work they cannot now change. A correction is published alongside it; a retraction replaces the article with a retraction notice at the same permanent address.

Competing interests

All authors must declare financial and non-financial competing interests at submission. Reviewers must decline where they have one.

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