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. The editorial staff should respect the author's academic independence and academic point of view, keep the author’s habits of expression, writing style, and data integrity.
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. The editorial staff should treat the contributions equally, not be affected by the author's race, creed, gender, age, qualifications and other effects.
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. The editorial staff should complete as soon as possible the editing process of the manuscript, and inform promptly as required the author the results of the manuscript processing. Efforts should be made to meet the needs of authors and readers.
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. The editors should make comprehensive analysis of the reviewers' comments, positively communicate with the authors. The areas of dispute should be promptly reported to the editor-in-chief / executive vice editor-in-chief and related editorial staff, without delay.
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The editorial office and editors shall not disclose the manuscript’s evaluation experts’ information and treatment advice to any institution or individual.
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Without the author's permission, the editors can not apply any unpublished information and materials into their own research. If the contributions involve with the editorial staff’s current or former work or have conflict of interest, avoidance system should be implemented, and the manuscript should be processed by other editorial staff.
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If the content or conclusion of the published manuscript is found wrong with evidence, the editorial office and editors should help to publish statements for correction, corrective statements can be written by the person finding the errors or the author. As a result of the Editorial staff’s responsibility, the editorial office will releas
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correction, clarification or apology.