Editorial Policies

Journals and Proceedings

• Communicate with Respect

• Authorship Principles
• Competing Interests
• Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
• Confidentiality
• Preprint Sharing
• Corrections, Retractions and Matters Arising
• Appeals and Complaints
• Predatory Journals and References

• AI Authorship
• Generative AI Images 

• Data Availability Statement
• Standards of Reporting

• Informed Consent
• Harmful Research Content
• Sex and Gender in Research (SAGER Guidelines)
• Research Involving Human Participants, their Data or Biological Material
• Research Involving Human Embryos, Gametes, and Stem Cells
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine Standards for Research
• Research Involving Animals, their Data or Biological Material
• Utilization of Plants, Algae, Fungi
• Research Involving Palaeontological and Geological Material
• Dual Use of Research Content

• Policy, Process and Guidance for Peer Reviewers

• Collections and Special Issues