GenAI Policy

Statement on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

1.Disclosure Obligation
All authors must fully and truthfully disclose any generative AI tools (including ChatGPT, Midjourney, AI translation, AI writing assistants, large language models, etc.) utilized in the drafting, data analysis, figure creation, language polishing, or reference sorting of the submitted manuscript at the time of submission. Authors shall clearly record the name of AI tools, specific usage scope, and detailed operation process in the manuscript cover letter.Failure to actively disclose GenAI usage will be deemed academic misconduct and handled in accordance with the journal’s publication ethics regulations.
2.Boundaries of AI Application
Generative AI cannot be listed as an author of any article. Authorship qualification is only granted to natural persons who have made substantial academic contributions to the research.
AI tools are only allowed to assist in auxiliary work such as language modification and data sorting; all core research design, experimental operation, result analysis and argument logic must be independently completed by human authors. Authors bear full legal and academic responsibility for all content generated or revised by GenAI.
3.Manuscript Review Standard
The editorial team and peer reviewers have the right to request authors to provide original research materials, raw experimental data, and AI operation records to verify the authenticity of the manuscript. If abnormal AI-generated content is identified, the journal reserves the right to reject the manuscript unconditionally.
4.Continuous Update
This GenAI usage statement will be updated synchronously with the international academic publishing ethics standards, and the updated version will be published on the journal official website in a timely manner.

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

1. Authorship Standards

Only personnel who have made substantial contributions to research conception, experimental design, data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing and revision can be listed as authors.The order of all authors must be confirmed by all contributors before submission. Gift authorship, ghost authorship and honorary authorship are strictly forbidden. Contributors that do not meet the authorship criteria shall be marked in the Acknowledgements section.

2. Conflict of Interest Disclosure

All authors shall truthfully disclose all financial, institutional and personal conflicts of interest that may affect the objectivity of research results upon submission. Failure to disclose conflicts will be identified as academic misconduct. Editorial board members and peer reviewers must avoid reviewing manuscripts that involve their own interest conflicts.

3. Originality and Anti-Plagiarism Rules

All submitted manuscripts must be original and unpublished works. Multiple submissions, self-plagiarism, text copying, data falsification, chart modification and result fabrication are prohibited. The journal uses professional duplicate checking tools to screen all manuscripts. Once plagiarism is confirmed, the manuscript will be rejected directly, and the violation record will be kept for three years.

4. Peer Review Specifications

This journal implements double-blind peer review. Reviewers shall provide objective, fair and constructive comments without personal prejudice. Reviewers must keep the manuscript content confidential and shall not use unpublished research data for personal research. Reviewers who have cooperation, competition or teacher-student relations with authors must refuse the review task.

5. Data Preservation and Reproducibility

Authors must retain complete raw experimental data, original test records and research materials for at least 5 years after publication. The editorial office reserves the right to request original data for verification at any time. Concealing data, selectively reporting data and fabricating data will lead to paper retraction.

6. Disposal Mechanism for Academic Misconduct

After verifying plagiarism, data fabrication, fake peer review and other academic violations, the journal will impose one or more of the following sanctions:

1. Reject the submitted manuscript;
2. Retract published papers with misconduct;
3. Restrict the corresponding author from submitting manuscripts to this journal for 1 to 3 years;
4. Report the misconduct to the author’s affiliated institution.

7. Correction, Retraction and Concern Notice

If errors or academic misconduct are found after publication, authors shall take the initiative to contact the editorial office to publish corrigendum, erratum or retraction notice. If there are serious doubts about research data before full verification, the journal will issue an Expression of Concern to all readers.

8. Copyright and Post-Publication Regulations

Authors retain the copyright of their original research, and grant the journal the exclusive right of first publication. No part of the published article may be reproduced or reprinted without the official written permission of the editorial office.

9. Complaint and Appeal Channel

If authors disagree with the review result or misconduct judgment, they may submit a formal appeal letter with supporting evidence within 14 working days after receiving the notice. The appeal will be reviewed by an independent editorial committee without interest conflicts.

10. Supplementary Provisions for Generative AI

All authors must clearly declare all generative AI tools used during manuscript writing. Generative AI cannot be listed as an author of any paper. Concealing the use of AI tools will be regarded as academic misconduct and subject to the above disciplinary procedures.