Funding and Acknowledgments Policy

Authors must disclose all relevant financial support associated with their research, including grants, institutional funding, commercial sponsorship, or other support.

Where applicable, the funding statement should identify the funding organization, grant number, and role of the funder.

If no external funding was received, authors may state:

“No external funding was received for this work.”

Acknowledgments may identify individuals, institutions, laboratories, or organizations that contributed to the work but do not qualify for authorship. Authors should obtain permission where appropriate before acknowledging identifiable individuals or disclosing non-public contributions.