Privacy Statement

The journal respects the privacy of all users, including authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and registered users. Personal information submitted through this journal website will be used only for purposes related to journal management, editorial processing, peer review, publication, communication, and scholarly dissemination.

1. Collection of Personal Information

The journal may collect personal information provided by users during registration, submission, review, editorial communication, or other journal-related activities. This information may include names, email addresses, affiliations, country, ORCID ID, reviewer interests, and other details required for journal operations.

2. Use of Personal Information

Personal information entered into this journal website will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal, including:

  • Managing user accounts and journal registration;
  • Processing manuscript submissions;
  • Communicating with authors, reviewers, editors, and readers;
  • Managing the peer-review and editorial workflow;
  • Publishing article metadata and author information;
  • Supporting indexing, archiving, and scholarly dissemination.

3. Confidentiality

The journal will not sell, rent, distribute, or make available users' personal information to other parties for commercial or unrelated purposes. Personal data will only be accessed by authorized journal personnel when necessary for editorial, publishing, technical, or administrative purposes.

4. Email Addresses

Email addresses entered in this journal website will be used only for journal-related communication. They will not be shared with third parties for marketing, advertising, or unrelated purposes.

5. Author and Article Metadata

For published articles, author names, affiliations, country, ORCID ID when provided, article titles, abstracts, keywords, references, DOI information, and other publication metadata may be displayed publicly on the journal website and shared with indexing, abstracting, archiving, and discovery services.

6. Reviewer and Editorial Data

Reviewer identities, review reports, editorial correspondence, and manuscript-related discussions are treated as confidential and will be used only for editorial and peer-review purposes. The journal is committed to protecting the confidentiality of the peer-review process.

7. Data Protection and Security

The journal takes reasonable measures to protect user information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure. However, users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their own login credentials and account access.

8. User Rights

Registered users may access, update, or correct their personal information through their journal account. Users may also contact the editorial office if they need assistance related to their personal data or account information.

9. Contact

Questions regarding this privacy statement or the use of personal information on this journal website may be directed to the journal editorial office.