Research Integrity

LDD is committed to upholding the highest standards of quality, integrity, and transparency. All reasonable steps will be taken to avoid publishing papers marred by plagiarism, citation manipulation, falsified data, "sloppy science", or other forms of unprofessional or unethical research.

LDD’s practices are informed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance for scholarly publishing.

Authors are required to confirm that their submissions have not been previously published and that all necessary permissions have been secured. Authors and reviewers must declare any interests that could compromise or appear to compromise the validity of a publication.

LDD adheres to the COPE position statement on use of AI: "Authors who use AI tools in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, must be transparent in disclosing... how the AI tool was used and which tool was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics."