Screening Areas

• Compatibility with the journal's scope.
• Basic manuscript completeness.
• Compliance with author guidelines.
• Research originality and similarity concerns.
• Basic methodological soundness.
• Ethical and research integrity requirements.
• Conflict of interest disclosures.
• Appropriate references and citations.

Editorial Screening Decision:
A manuscript may be returned to the authors for technical correction, sent for peer review, or rejected without external review when it clearly fails to meet essential journal requirements.