Preprint Policy

Authors must declare if the manuscript has been published in a preprint archive, either at submission or during peer review, and provide information on how reviewers can access it.

It is the authors' responsibility, not the journal editors', to ensure that preprints are updated to direct readers to subsequent versions of the work, including the published article.

Authors should not publish in the preprint archive the published article or interim versions that include revisions based on journal feedback during the peer-review process.