Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research according to COPE:

The study should be accepted by the relevant ethics committee. The research identification code, date of approval, and name of the ethics committee should be cited in the Methods section. Authors should ensure that the experimental work has been conducted in accordance with relevant national legislation on the use of animals for research. The research should comply with the commonly accepted 3Rs: Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement.

Plagiarism

We will not consider a manuscript if a substantial portion of the work has been previously published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere. Plagiarism of any kind is not acceptable. The research and the text in the paper must be the original work of the authors, and the hypotheses, data, and interpretations of others must be properly cited. Please be aware that any kind of copy-paste for convenience' is not allowed, even if it is from a paper published by one of the authors (this latter would be self-plagiarism). Re-using entire chapters of MS or Ph.D. thesis is not appropriate and will be considered self-plagiarism as scientific papers have a different structure than theses or dissertations. The text coming from the author's previously published work and forming entire paragraphs or large parts of them are not acceptable in a submitted manuscript.

Authorship

The list of authors must reflect, and be limited to, those who have made significant contributions to the intellectual work presented in the paper. All co-authors must agree to both the original submission and if accepted, the final revision.

Submission declaration and verification

You must declare explicitly that the work described has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright holder. In addition, all authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work.

Changes to authorship

Authors are expected to carefully consider the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, the Editor must receive the following from the corresponding author: (a) the reason for the change in the author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of adding or removing authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed.

Copyright and author right

If you include figures or excerpts from copyrighted works in your submission, you must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the submission. As an author, you (or your employer or institution) have certain rights to reuse your work. When your article is accepted, you will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.

Funding body agreements and policies

You are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement, then this should be stated.

Language editing and proofing

Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). To avoid unnecessary errors, you are strongly advised to use the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check' functions of your word processor.

We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. For any questions, please contact Dr. Gasser Mohamed Khairy (gasser_mostafa@science.suez.edu.eg).