Funding and Advertisement

Funding
Authors must declare all sources of funding that supported their research and manuscript preparation.

Acknowledgement
Individuals who participated in the development of a manuscript (e.g., general supervision, acquisition of funding, study design, data collection, data analysis, technical assistance, formatting-related writing assistance, scholarly discussions that significantly contributed to developing the article, etc.) but do not qualify as authors should be acknowledged in the opening paragraph of the Notes section.

Organizations that provided support in terms of funding and/or other resources should also be acknowledged.

Advertising Policy
The journal does not accept or display advertising or of any kind, including but not limited to banner ads, programmatic/third-party ad networks, sponsored content, native advertising, or promotional inserts in issues or articles.

Editorial independence
Because we do not carry advertising, there is no commercial influence on editorial decisions, peer review, acceptance, or rejection of manuscripts. Editorial and operational functions remain independent.

Email/newsletters and tracking
We do not include paid advertisements in email alerts or newsletters, nor do we serve third-party advertising scripts or pixels on article pages.

Future changes
If the journal ever introduces advertising, we will:
publish acceptance criteria and placement rules;
keep a strict firewall between editorial and commercial operations;
clearly label all ads;
prohibit formats that could be confused with editorial content (no advertorials);
disclose the policy and provide contact information for queries or complaints.