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PPP recognises the value of artificial intelligence (AI), when used responsibly, to help authors in the research and writing process. Despite the potential of AI and AI-assisted technologies, these tools must never be used as a substitute for human thinking and expertise. Authors are ultimately responsible for the content of their work. Understanding the different tools Assistive AI: These tools r…

A competing interest is anything that interferes with the presentation, peer review, editorial decision-making, or publication of articles submitted to PPP. Competing interests can be financial or non-financial, professional, or personal. Competing interests can arise in relationship to an organisation or another person. It is a requirement of PPP that all potential competing interests are declare…

Authors are encouraged to make research data, materials, code, and methods available where appropriate and legally permissible to support transparency, verification, and reproducibility of research findings. Authors should include a data availability statement within their manuscript, indicating where supporting data can be accessed or explaining any restrictions on access. Where data cannot be sh…

Papers submitted to PPP may report on research findings and should have received appropriate ethical approval from their institution. If you have any queries in relation to your paper, please contact the PPP Team prior to submission. For information relating to individual areas of misconduct, see below: Plagiarism: Any reports of plagiarism in PPP articles are taken very seriously. Not only do we …

As an open access journal, authors retain the copyright in their articles and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. License/copyright information is clearly indicated in published PDFs. Download the PPP Copyright Sta…

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Please also read the Journal’s Copyright stateme…

Peer review is the process where experts from a specific field or discipline evaluate the article to check the validity, quality and originality of articles for publication. It is the foundation for ensuring the quality and integrity of scholarly research. Upon receiving your submission, your article will undergo an initial evaluation by the Editorial Team and if suitable will be moved through the…

The journal takes issues of copyright infringement or plagiarism very seriously, and we will investigate any claims of malpractice to protect authors and the reputation of the journal. We reserve the right to use plagiarism detecting software and take action if duplication of material without permission or acknowledgement is found. While papers may be based on PhD work or conference papers, we exp…