Ethical Policy

Table of Contents

  1. Ethical Policy for Authors

           1.1  Research Ethics

    • Research Involving Human Subjects

    • Requirements for Studies on Vulnerable Groups

    • Clinical Trials Registration

    • Dual Use Research of Concern

           1.2  Borders and Territories

           1.3  Publication Ethics Statement

           1.4  Translations

           1.5  Citation Policy

           1.6  Citation Manipulation Policy

    • Definition of Citation Manipulation

    • Editorial and Reviewer Conduct

    • Author Responsibility

    • Detection and Response

    • Transparency and Education

           1.7  Reviewer Suggestions

           1.8  Extensive English Editing

           1.9  Preprints and Conference Papers

           1.10  Authorship

           1.11 Updating Published Papers

    • Direct Update

    • Corrections

    • Author Name Change Policy

    • Retractions

    • Expression of Concern

    • Comments and Replies

           1.12 Copyrights and Licensing

    • Reproducing Published Material from other Publishers

    • Obtaining Permission

           1.13 Conflicts of Interest

           1.14 Data Availability and Research Transparency Policy

    • Data Sharing and Availability Statement

    • Data Citation

    • Data Repositories and Anonymisation

    • Clinical Trials and Reporting Standards

           1.15 Plagiarism Policy

    • Types of Plagiarism

    • Detection and Screening

    • Assessing Acceptable Levels of Duplication or Overlap

    • Text Recycling and Self-Plagiarism Policy

    • Editorial Responses to Plagiarism

    • Author Responsibility

    • Appeals

    • Handling Plagiarism in a Submitted Manuscript

    • Handling Plagiarism in a Published Article

  1. Ethical Policy for Editors and Reviewers

           2.1 Potential Conflicts of Interest

           2.2 Types of Conflicts of Interest

    • Personal or Cooperative Conflicts

    • Financial or Professional Conflicts

    • Other Types of Conflicts

           2.3 Confidentiality and Anonymity

           2.4 Editorial Independence

    • Non-interference in Editorial Decisions

    • Editors and Editorial Staff as Authors

           2.5 Responding to Anonymous Whistleblowers

           2.5.1 Receipt and Initial Assessment

           2.5.2 Investigation Procedure

           2.5.3 Anonymous Sources and Confidentiality

           2.5.4 Communication and Tone

           2.5.5 Decision and Outcomes

           2.5.6 Conference Abstracts and Plagiarism

  1. Policy on the Use of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

           3.1 Authorship and Responsibility

           3.2 Acceptable Use of AI by Authors

           3.3 Unacceptable Use of AI by Authors

           3.4 AI Use in Figures and Visual Data

           3.5 AI in Experimental Data and Device Testing

           3.6 For Reviewers

           3.7 For Editors

           3.8 Transparency and Disclosure

           3.9 Institutional and Tool-Level Requirements

           3.10 Policy Review and Updates

  1. Editorial Integrity and Ethical Oversight

 

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