Ethical Oversight

Research involving human participants, interviews, personal data, sensitive communities or other ethically sensitive material must comply with applicable ethical standards.

Where required, authors should provide:

• Name of the ethics committee/institution
• Approval/reference number
• Date of approval
• Informed-consent information

Where formal ethical approval is not applicable, authors should explain the basis where appropriate.

Authors must respect privacy, confidentiality, informed consent and applicable legal and institutional requirements.

The Editorial Office may request evidence of ethical approval or consent where necessary.