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Originality, Prior Publication and Exclusivity During Review

Manuscripts must be original and unpublished and may not be simultaneously under review, editing or publication by another journal or publisher. Authors must declare this condition through the Article Submission Letter .

• The manuscript has not previously been published as a scientific article, book chapter or paper published in conference proceedings.
• Objects necessary to evaluate the methods or results must be available before peer review begins, in accordance with the Data Sharing, Reproducibility and Open Science Policy and the justified exceptions established therein.
• Authors guarantee that the manuscript does not infringe copyright, intellectual property, image, privacy or other third-party rights.
• Prior deposit of a preprint will be managed in accordance with the self-archiving policy and must be declared at submission.

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• Authorship and Contribution Policy
• Copyright and Intellectual Property
• Data Sharing, Reproducibility and Open Science Policy
• Self-Archiving and Repository Policy
• Submission Requirements

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