I, Mr./Ms. ..........................., as the corresponding author of the manuscript submitted to Journal of Science and Technology Policy with

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1- The manuscript was written with the collaboration of the authors introduced in the table below.

2- The authors' order and the corresponding author's selection are determined according to the authors' consensus.

3- The information regarding the academic rank, organizational affiliation, and e-mail of the author/authors are presented accurately.

Also, the author/authors ensure that:

• The manuscript has not been published in any other scientific journal.
• The manuscript has not been sent simultaneously to another scientific journal for evaluation and review.
• The material presented in this manuscript is extracted from the authors' original research without copying or quoting from other sources unless referred to them.
• The authors will revise the manuscript as soon as possible (within a week) according to the reviewers' and editor's comments.
• The authors will not have the right to object to the decision of the editor or editorial board if they do not comply with the ethical principles of the journal at any stage of the manuscript review process.

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