Author Declaration Form
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Author Declaration Form
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This declaration confirms that a submitted manuscript meets the standards of publication ethics of the journal. It is based on the COPE Core Practices, and should be read with the Publication Ethics Statement, the Authorship Policy, the Plagiarism Policy, the Conflict of Interest policy, and the Author Guidelines.
How to use it. The corresponding author completes and signs this declaration for all authors and uploads it as a supplementary file at submission. It records the commitments that the COPE Core Practices expect from authors. Print this page or copy the form into a document, and submit through Online Submission.
| A | MANUSCRIPT DETAILS |
| Manuscript title | |
| Corresponding author | |
| Institution |
| B | DECLARATION |
By ticking each statement and signing below, the author(s) declare that:
| 1. | Original work. The manuscript is my/our original work. It has not been published before, and it is not under consideration by another journal. Any earlier version, such as a thesis, a dissertation, or a preprint, is disclosed in the Comments to the Editor. | [ ] |
| 2. | Proper attribution. All sources, data, ideas, and wording taken from others are cited. No part of the manuscript is plagiarised or self-plagiarised, and I/we accept that it will be checked for similarity. | [ ] |
| 3. | Authorship. All listed authors made a substantial contribution to the work, approved the final manuscript, and agree to be accountable for it. No one who meets these criteria has been left out, and no one who does not has been added. | [ ] |
| 4. | Data integrity. The data and results are reported honestly. Nothing has been fabricated, falsified, or manipulated, including images, and the data can be made available to the editors on request. | [ ] |
| 5. | Research ethics. Research with people has been conducted in line with recognised ethical standards, with approval from an ethics body where required, and with informed consent from participants (and parents or guardians for children). See the Ethical Clearance Statement. | [ ] |
| 6. | Conflicts of interest. All financial, personal, institutional, and other relationships that could be seen as influencing the work are disclosed in the manuscript. Where there are none, this is stated. | [ ] |
| 7. | Funding. All sources of funding and other support for the work, and the role of any funder, are acknowledged. | [ ] |
| 8. | Use of generative AI. Any substantive use of generative AI tools is disclosed. AI tools are not listed as authors, and the authors remain responsible for the content. See the Generative AI Policy. | [ ] |
| 9. | Publication rights. I/we have the right to submit this work and to grant the rights described in the Copyright Notice, and any third-party material is used with permission. | [ ] |
| 10. | Cooperation. I/we will cooperate with the editors during review and, after publication, in any correction, retraction, or investigation that may be needed. | [ ] |
| C | AUTHOR SIGNATURES |
The corresponding author may sign for the co-authors only if every co-author has agreed in writing. Add rows as needed.
| Author name | Affiliation | Signature | Date |
| D | NOTE |
A declaration that is incomplete or untrue may lead to the manuscript being rejected or, after publication, corrected or retracted. See Correction, Retraction and Withdrawal.
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