Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics/Policy

Journal of Current and Advanced Medical Research has policies on publication ethics and this journal follows the COPE's Core Practice guidance.

COPE guidelines state the journal’s policies on authorship and contributorship, complaints and appeals, handling allegations of research misconduct, policies on conflicts of interest, data sharing and reproducibility, ethical oversight, policy on intellectual property, post-publication discussions and policies on corrections and retractions.

Publication Ethics Statement

Journal of Current and Advanced Medical Research is going to be a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer-review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, image manipulation, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. The editors of Journal of Current and Advanced Medical Research  take such publishing ethics issues very seriously and are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy.

General duties and responsibilities of Authors: Authors wishing to publish their papers in Journal of Current and Advanced Medical Research must abide by the following:

  • Authors implicitly agree to their papers being peer-reviewed.
  • Confirm that the paper submitted is original. No plagiarism is allowed, no fraudulent data should be published. Acknowledge and cite content reproduced from other sources. Obtain permission to reproduce any content from other sources.
  • Assert that the paper has not yet been totally or partially published, is not currently under evaluation elsewhere for simultaneous consideration, and, if accepted, will not be published elsewhere either wholly or in part (except in case of specific agreements).
  • Splitting the data concerning one study in more than one publication may be acceptable if authors justify their choice with good reasons both in the cover letter and in the manuscript.
  • Authors should state what new scientific contribution is contained in their manuscript compared to any previously published article derived from the same study. Relevant previously published articles should be included in the cover letter of the submitted article.
  • Maintain accurate records of data associated with their submitted manuscript. If necessary the publisher may request a copy of such material.
  • Disclose possible conflicts of interest including financial agreements or consultant relationships with organisations involved in the research.
  • All authors included in the authors’ byline should have contributed significantly to the research. To this end authors are requested to specify their contribution.
  • Authors should ensure that all articles reporting studies that involve human subjects conform to the WMA Helsinki Declaration and that patients have given their informed consent for participation in the research study.
  • Authors should take every precaution to protect the privacy of patients and obtain permission from the patients for the publication of photographs or other material that might identify them. If necessary the publisher may request a copy of such material.
  • Authors should ensure that in any studies involving animal subjects they specify the guidelines for care of animals that have been followed.
  • Notify the journal editor or publisher promptly if a significant error in their publication is identified.
  • Cooperate with the editor and publisher to publish an erratum, addendum, corrigendum notice, or to retract the paper, where this is deemed necessary.

General Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

  • Act in a neutral and objective way without discrimination (whether religious, political, gender-based, sexually-oriented, ethnic or geographical).
  • Strive to meet the needs of readers and authors.
  • Guarantee the quality of the material published and constantly improve the journal.
  • Editors have responsibility to reject/accept an article and should have no conflict of interest with respect to articles they reject/accept.
  • Foster freedom of expression.
  • Maintain the integrity of the academic record.
  • Monitor submitted material to identify plagiarism, fraudulent data and overlapping content.
  • Prevent business needs compromising intellectual standards.
  • Always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.

General duties and responsibilities of the Publisher

  • Supervise the peer-review process.
  • Protect intellectual property and copyright.
  • Respect privacy on research participants, authors, reviewers.
  • Monitor submitted material to identify plagiarism, fraudulent data and overlapping content.
  • Guarantee respect for the special requirements for human and animal research.
  • Monitor transparency and integrity (e.g., conflicts of interest, research funding, authorship/contributorship)
  • Publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.
  • Prevent business needs compromising intellectual and ethical standards.
  • Prosecute any form of misconduct in accordance with international guidelines (flowcharts of the COPE’s code of conduct).
  • Make sure that all actors in the process work effectively towards the achievement of timely publication.

Originality and Preprint Policy

By submitting your manuscript to the journal it is understood that this is an original manuscript and is unpublished work that is not under consideration elsewhere. The journal will consider articles that are included in a Ph.D. thesis or that are part of a poster or short presentation. If accepted, you will need to update the status of any preprint, including your paper’s DOI. The journal will not consider papers that are part of a book chapter, numbered volume, or blog, or where the author has previously signed an Exclusive Licence to Publish or a copyright agreement. Re-use of text, data, figures, or images without appropriate acknowledgment or permission is considered plagiarism, as is the paraphrasing of text, concepts, and ideas. All allegations of plagiarism are investigated thoroughly and in accordance with COPE guidelines. This journal systematically runs submitted papers through plagiarism-detection software to identify possible cases.

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