Journal Policy and Guideline Updates

1. Revised Peer Review Process

The journal has updated its peer review process to improve transparency, efficiency, consistency, and the quality of editorial decisions.

2. Updated Reviewer Guidelines

The Reviewer Guidelines have been comprehensively revised to provide clearer evaluation criteria, standardized review procedures, and ethical expectations for reviewers.

3. Updated Author Guidelines

The Author Guidelines have been updated to reflect the journal's latest editorial policies, manuscript preparation requirements, submission procedures, and publication standards.

4. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Model (LLM) Policy

A new section on the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) has been incorporated into the Author Guidelines. This policy outlines the journal's expectations regarding the appropriate use, disclosure, accountability, and limitations of AI-assisted tools in manuscript preparation and submission.

5. Open Access Licensing Update

From Volume 7 onward, all articles published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Articles published in Volumes 1–6 remain under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license under which they were originally published.