Authors are expected to follow the fundamental aspects of research planning and reporting as per ICERT transparency and openness promotion guidelines or as per COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). Authors are required to put their efforts to comply minimum TOP guidelines as per following fundamental aspects

• • Data Transparency: Disclosure of articles data including raw or processed data and its access sources. 
  • Citation: Text and the reference section must contain the data, programs or other methods developed by others. 
  • Research Material: There must be transparency in the material described in the article with sources from where it could be accessed. 
  • Methods Transparency: Disclosure regarding the article states whether computer code or syntax needed to reproduce analyses in an article is available and, if so, where to access it.
  • Reporting Standards: Follow the style and guidelines as closely as possible, as mentioned in Article Submission section or design and analysis transparency as per APA, MLA, and Chicago Manual of Style. 
  • Study Disclosure: Articles/ study design/ or work reported should be preregistered, if applicable, with the access sources. 
  • Analysis Disclosure: If applicable, the analysis plan and work reported in the article should be preregistered.