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Data collected from registered and unregistered users of this journal is subject to standard operating procedures for peer-reviewed journals. They include information that provides a link for the editorial process; and are used to inform readers about the authorship and editing of content.

The authors publishing in this journal are responsible for the data on subjects who participated in the studies reported here. Individuals involved in the editing of this magazine undertake to comply with industry standards for data privacy, including the provisions of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on "data subject rights", which include

  • notice of violation;
  • right of access;
  • the right to be forgotten;
  • data transfer;
  • privacy by design.


The GDPR also allows recognition of the "public interest in data availability", which is of particular importance to those concerned with maintaining the highest possible integrity of public records of scientific publications.