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In addition, authors, referees and members of all boards of TTGHSR commit to follow the Code of Conduct laid out here.
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Access to TTGHSR is subject to the following terms and conditions, which constitute a contract between TTGHSR and any user. By engaging in any form of interaction with TTGHSR or its members, the user accepts these terms and conditions in full.
We denote by “TTGHSR” Transaction on Biomedical Engineering Applications And Healthcare (TTGHSR) is an Open Access journal, the journal TTGHSR, the website https://www.technoarete.org/green-engineering/, and the online system provided to organize submission and peer review of works, as well as TTGHSR’s social media accounts.
We denote by “user” any person accessing, using, exchanging, downloading, or submitting any type of content or information with, from and to TTGHSR and all services it provides, interacting with TTGHSR in any way, or holding or exercising any function within TTGHSR.
A “work” submitted to TTGHSR refers to the actual manuscript as publically available on the archives, as well as all supporting material, such as, but not limited to, appendices, supplementary information, a popular summary, datasets, computer code, images, plots, videos or other recordings that are transmitted or made available to TTGHSR in order to assess the manuscript’s suitability for publication. This refers to both the manuscript and material present in the initial submission, as well as all further versions and additions of material in later resubmissions.
The “submitter” is anyone who carries out the submission of a work to TTGHSR for publication, either through the provided online system or via email, and who is identified by their account in the online system or name and address used in the email. In case of multiple submitters, the definition applies in full to every single one of them.
TTGHSR fosters scientific integrity and ethical conduct. Consistent with the bylaws of TTGHSR, its code of conduct upholds those values, detailing the ethical guidelines and expectations for participation in TTGHSR. Authors, referees, editors, all board members and all other users of TTGHSR are expected to act at all times in accordance with the principles and standards described in this code.
In particular, the code of conduct specifies behaviour that TTGHSR deems unacceptable, both in interactions with TTGHSR and in professional life in general. This includes but is not limited to:
Works submitted to TTGHSR undergo the peer-review process following the Editorial Policies of TTGHSR. This process ends with either the acceptance of the work for publication, or the terminal rejection of the work.
By submitting a work to TTGHSR, the submitter warrants all of the following points and assumes full responsibility and liability for any costs and damages resulting directly or indirectly from any of them being untrue:
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In no event, unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, will TTGHSR be liable to any user for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the services provided by TTGHSR, even if TTGHSR has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
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TTGHSR retains the right to modify these terms and conditions following consultation with the Steering Board. All submitters of works undergoing peer-review at the time of change must be notified if affected by the changes. Submitters are always bound to the version of these terms and conditions at the time of the last (re-)submission.
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