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All articles published in the journal are freely available immediately upon publication and are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Authors retain the copyright of their articles.
Peer review
Submissions are first assessed by the editor for scope and format. Suitable submissions are reviewed by at least two independent reviewers in a double-blind process. The final decision is made by the editor, taking the review reports into account.
Publication ethics
The responsibilities of authors, reviewers and editors are set out on the Ethical Principles page, and the guidelines expected for each study type on the Reporting Guidelines page.
Similarity check
All submissions are checked with similarity screening software before peer review.
Fees
The journal does not charge authors any submission, review or publication fees.