Research Ethics

The publication ensures all the ethical guidelines are followed and responsible research only published in the journal, guaranteed by all necessary consents and approvals obtained from the authors to publish their work. The research policies may include the following items;

Human Rights, Privacy and Confidentiality

The publication in keeping with standards mandates certain pre-requisites for reporting any experiments involving animal and human subjects in allegiance with the policies formulated by AHR ensuring protection and proper use of animals and humans in any form of research – Readmore

Culture and Heritage

Any culturally sensitive content must be thoroughly researched of the sensitivity and significance of publication and should be published accordingly. The US Office for Human Research Protection has a separate independent section of governing bodies that approve such sensitive information with complete knowledge of the culture and heritage of the geography in consideration.

There is increase in the innovation and research in intercultural areas that makes the legal acknowledgment of intellectual property in attribution and acknowledgment and management of the joint copyright of the intellectual property mentioned in the authorship section of the manuscript significant.

This is followed by the roles and responsibilities of the editors in concern with the cultural and heritage aspect mentioned below;

1. Editors must be aware of the different perception of the publication of human remains or any culturally significant images and texts in different cultures and ethnicities. Editors must keep in mind to publish such sensitive content after consideration and if possible correspondence from the genealogical descendants or affiliated cultural communities. If unable to get in touch with the concerning community, approval and permission from the curating institution or relevant stakeholder should be taken into account.
2. Editors and authors must discuss with each other regarding cultural sensitivities that might extend to the publication of the names, photographs, footage and texts of the deceased or publication of religiously sensitive content.

Registering Clinical Trials

Any clinical trials must be registered before enrollment of the participants to keep in accordance with the guidelines mentioned in the World Health Organization and the Declaration of Helsinki. Depending on the approving body, some trials are required to be registered only from the second phase of research. Editors must keep in mind the above information before approving any manuscript for publication.

The registration numbers of the clinical trials along with the committee of registration must be included in the manuscript. A guide to the author in the author guidelines section stating the same and if no registration number was included the reasons explaining the same must be included in the statement.

Biosecurity

The publication expects to be informed if the research has a potential for benevolent and malevolent application, often referred to as “dual-use research” by the authors. For such research, the authors must ensure that their manuscript conforms to the guidelines of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB).

Reporting Guidelines

The authors must ensure that the reporting of their research is such that the content can be fully appraised, replicated, and used. Editors must encourage the authors to follow the reporting guidelines and provide the reviewers and authors with the necessary information for doing the same.

Informed Consent

Informed consent is a pre-requirement for any research that involves human participants. According to this policy, the participant of the research must be informed of all the aspects of the trial which must be proceeded only after the voluntary confirmation of willingness of the participant in question and the significance of the research for medical advancement and societal welfare – Readmore

Conflict of interest

Guided by the Association of American Medical Colleges, The Council of Scientific Editors and the World Association of Medical Editors, Conflict of Interests in scientific publications is defined as any financial or personal considerations that have compromised or have an appearance of compromising the professional judgement of the researcher reporting the research. These can include any financial or non-financial interest affecting the objectivity and influence the actions of the researcher/author/reviewer/editor involved in a manuscript inappropriately - Readmore