Publication Ethics

The Journal of Health Science follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in dealing with all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. All articles in this journal involving human subjects must respect the principles of research ethics as described in the Declaration of Helsinki and studies involving animals must comply with the International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research developed by the Council for International Organization of Medical Sciences (CIOMS).

Journal of Health Science adopts the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) to meet high quality ethical standards for publishers, editors, authors, and reviewers. As an important issue, publication ethics need to be clearly explained to improve the quality of research worldwide. In this section, we explain the standards for editors, reviewers, and authors. In addition, publishers have no right to interfere with the integrity of the content and only support to publish in a timely manner.

 

Editor

Editors must be responsible for each article published in the Health Journal.

Editors must assist authors to follow instructions for authors

Editors may communicate with other editors or reviewers in making final decisions.

An editor should evaluate manuscripts objectively for publication, judging each on its quality without regard to the nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs, race, religion, gender, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the authors. He should decline his assignment when there is a potential conflict of interest.

Editors should ensure that documents submitted to reviewers do not contain information from the authors, and vice versa.

The editor's decision should be communicated to the author along with the reviewer's comments unless the comments are offensive or defamatory.

Editors should respect requests from authors that an individual should not review the submission if this is reasonable and practical.

Editors and all staff must ensure the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts.

Editors will be guided by the COPE flowchart if there is any suspicion of misconduct or dispute.

 

Reviewer

Reviewers should comment on ethical questions and potential research and publication misconduct.

Reviewers will perform their work in a timely manner and should notify the editor if they are unable to complete the work.

Reviewers should maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts.

Reviewers should not accept to review manuscripts in which there is a potential conflict of interest between them and any of the authors.

 

Author

Authors confirm that the material has not been published before and that they have not transferred any rights to the article.

Authors must ensure the originality of the work and they have cited the work of others properly according to the reference format.

Authors must not engage in plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Authors must ensure that they follow the authorship criteria taken from the Journal of Health and Wellness as described in the instructions for authors of the Health Journal.

Authors do not suggest any personal information that can make the patient's identity recognizable in any form of description, photo, or pedigree section. When patient photos are very important and very necessary as scientific information, the author has received written consent and has stated it clearly.

In terms of human experiments, the author has stated that the research process is in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration, domestic and foreign committees leading human experiments. If there is any doubt whether the research has been carried out in accordance with the Declaration, the author must explain it. In terms of animal experiments, the author has stated that the author has followed domestic and foreign guidelines related to animal experiments in the laboratory.

Authors must provide editors with data and work details if there is any suspicion of fabrication or falsification of data.

Journal authors must clarify anything that may cause a conflict of interest such as employment, research costs, consultant fees, and intellectual property on the Journal of Health Science disclosure form.