• Conduct reviews objectively and independently.
• Complete reviews within the agreed timeframe whenever possible.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of manuscript information.
• Identify significant methodological or scientific weaknesses.
• Identify relevant errors, inconsistencies, and unsupported conclusions.
• Assess whether claims are supported by evidence.
• Identify inappropriate or irrelevant citations.
• Identify potential plagiarism or substantial overlap when noticed.
• Declare any actual or potential conflict of interest.
• Notify the editor of serious ethical concerns.

Reviewer comments should be sufficiently detailed to help the authors understand the issues and improve the manuscript. Criticism should focus on the research, methodology, evidence, interpretation, and presentation, not on the authors personally.

• Use unpublished information from the manuscript for personal benefit.
• Share the manuscript with unauthorized individuals.
• Contact the authors directly about the manuscript.
• Attempt to influence authors to cite the reviewer's own work unnecessarily.
• Request citations solely to increase citation counts.
• Use discriminatory, insulting, or hostile language.