Ethical Consideration
Compliance with Ethical Standards
Ethical approval
Approval of the ethical committee should be mentioned in the manuscript content and also sent to the journal office. For policy briefs and review articles based solely on published evidence, official documents or publicly available data, without direct human participation, a statement to this effect in the Ethical Considerations section is sufficient; if primary data (e.g., interviews or questionnaires) are used, ethics approval is mandatory.
Informed consent
Authors should ensure that an informed consent was obtained from all participants before conducting survey, or, if participants are unable to provide it, informed consent should be obtained from their legal guardian.
Acknowledgements
Conditions of Authorship
Authors' Contribution
In this section, the contribution of each author should be mentioned. However, due to the blind review process, the authors' names should be written in abbreviations; the first letters of the first and family names should be written, such as S. A.
Confidentiality in the context of academic publishing refers to the protection of sensitive information during the review and publication process. Here are key aspects of confidentiality:
The publisher does not benefit financially from the publication of articles. Additionally, the publisher does not exert commercial pressure on reviewers to accept specific articles.
Conflict of Interest for Reviewers
Author Misconduct
It refers to unethical or dishonest behavior by authors in the process of writing and publishing academic or professional work.
Plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification are considered as the author misconducts in this journal.
In general, if there are instances of author misconduct, we will address them in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.
Plagiarism
Fabrication is defined as making up data, results and reporting them.
Falsification
It is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes or changing or omitting data or results that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
Journal policy for each of them: The manuscript will be forwarded to the university's ethics committee, which will make a final decision based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) rules.
Ethics in Human and Animal Research
This journal does not consider any research that does not adhere to ethical standards regarding human and animal subjects. All studies involving human participants must obtain approval from an appropriate ethics review board and must ensure that informed consent is obtained from all participants. Research involving animals must comply with relevant regulations and guidelines to ensure humane treatment and welfare. Any research submitted to this journal must include a statement confirming adherence to these ethical standards.
To adhere to international ethical standards, research must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki. For more information and to ensure compliance with ethical principles, please refer to the Declaration of Helsinki.
Ethical approval
Approval of the ethical committee should be mentioned in the manuscript content and also sent to the journal office. For policy briefs and review articles based solely on published evidence, official documents or publicly available data, without direct human participation, a statement to this effect in the Ethical Considerations section is sufficient; if primary data (e.g., interviews or questionnaires) are used, ethics approval is mandatory.
Informed consent
Authors should ensure that an informed consent was obtained from all participants before conducting survey, or, if participants are unable to provide it, informed consent should be obtained from their legal guardian.
Acknowledgements
- People and organizations that were not directly involved in the research can be appreciated.
- Include all the individuals who contributed in the study materially or spiritually (any kind of help).
- It is necessary to briefly mention the cause of appreciating people and the role they played.
Conditions of Authorship
- Significant Contribution
- Responsibility of Authors
- Joint Decision-Making.
Authors' Contribution
In this section, the contribution of each author should be mentioned. However, due to the blind review process, the authors' names should be written in abbreviations; the first letters of the first and family names should be written, such as S. A.
- Study design:
- Data collection:
- Data analysis:
- Manuscript's composition and edit:
- In the case of financial support for the research, should be mentioned the name of supporting organization or institute and grant numbers should be completed.
- If there was no support for the research, please write “Not Applicable”
Confidentiality in the context of academic publishing refers to the protection of sensitive information during the review and publication process. Here are key aspects of confidentiality:
- Confidential Handling of Manuscripts: Manuscripts and any associated data must be kept confidential throughout the review process. This means that only authorized individuals (e.g., reviewers, editorial staff) should have access to the manuscript.
- Reviewer Confidentiality: Reviewers should not disclose any details of the manuscript or its content to anyone outside the review process. They must also not use information from the manuscript for personal gain or to benefit their own research.
- Editorial Confidentiality: Editors should handle all manuscript-related information discreetly. They should not share information about the manuscript or its status with anyone not directly involved in the review process.
- Data Protection: Any personal data related to the authors, reviewers, or the manuscript should be securely stored and handled in accordance with data protection regulations.
- Post-Publication Confidentiality: Even after publication, confidential aspects of the review process, such as reviewer identities (in double-blind reviews), should remain confidential unless explicitly stated otherwise.
- The author(s) should state all of the affiliations that may be considered as competing interests and report any financial and non-financial supports as well as the possible competing interests.
- Should be noted that journal will have the right to make any decision about the manuscript that do not mention the conflicts and will not be responsive to the authors and supporters’ conflicts and complaints on this subject.
- If there is no Competing Interests, please state "The authors have declared that there is no competing interests."
- Given the recommendation-oriented nature of policy briefs, authors must disclose any organizational, financial or executive affiliations related to the policies or options discussed.
The publisher does not benefit financially from the publication of articles. Additionally, the publisher does not exert commercial pressure on reviewers to accept specific articles.
Conflict of Interest for Reviewers
- If a reviewer has professional or personal relationships with the authors of a manuscript, they should report this to the Journal.
Author Misconduct
It refers to unethical or dishonest behavior by authors in the process of writing and publishing academic or professional work.
Plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification are considered as the author misconducts in this journal.
In general, if there are instances of author misconduct, we will address them in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.
Plagiarism
- The manuscripts' contents should not be copied from other studies. The authors should mention their resources in the case of using a part of another research or ideas of another researcher.
- We use standard and reliable plagiarism detection software to evaluate all submitted manuscripts after submission and before publication.
Fabrication is defined as making up data, results and reporting them.
Falsification
It is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes or changing or omitting data or results that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
Journal policy for each of them: The manuscript will be forwarded to the university's ethics committee, which will make a final decision based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) rules.
Ethics in Human and Animal Research
This journal does not consider any research that does not adhere to ethical standards regarding human and animal subjects. All studies involving human participants must obtain approval from an appropriate ethics review board and must ensure that informed consent is obtained from all participants. Research involving animals must comply with relevant regulations and guidelines to ensure humane treatment and welfare. Any research submitted to this journal must include a statement confirming adherence to these ethical standards.
To adhere to international ethical standards, research must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki. For more information and to ensure compliance with ethical principles, please refer to the Declaration of Helsinki.
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