Templates, statements, and forms

This section centralizes the journal’s operational documents. Files will be published here after version control and editorial review.

For authors

• Editable article template.
• Checklist and originality letter.
• Publication agreement and an integrated statement covering authorship, CRediT, competing interests, funding, ethics, consent, data, and artificial intelligence.
• Authorship-change request.
• Response-to-reviewers form.
• Permission for images and third-party material.

For reviewers

• Review form.
• Confidentiality commitment and competing-interest statement.

For editorial management

• Initial editorial and production checklists.
• Correction, retraction, appeal, and allegation-record forms.

Use only the version published on this site. Documents must not be completed with fictitious data or include unverified DOI, ISSN, or ORCID information.