Editorial & Publishing Policies

Best Practice in Research Reporting

 

Internationally accepted standards need to be followed while submitting any kind of research to Abstracts in Medicine.

 

Animal Research

 

If there is any involvement of animal for the purpose of research, internationally accepted ethics standards should be considered. The research is bound to secure appropriate guidance and permission to conduct the research. It is important to provide the details for such non- human studies.

 

Human Subjects Research

 

Any research which involves human participants must be approved by the internationally accepted ethics standards not limiting the study specific approval. The privacy of the participant is the core step. Informed consent and clinical trial documentation should be obtained.

 

Competing Interests

 

Competing interest in the relevant research must be acknowledged by the editors, reviewers and authors. The competing interest can be related to a person, any individual, personal nature or professional nature, financial or non-financial.

 

Disclosure of Funding Sources

 

The statement of all the received funding to complete the research should be stated in manuscripts submitted to Abstracts in Medicine. Acknowledgement of the role of the funder in the research is also mandatory.

 

Content License

 

 

Materials and Software Sharing

 

All the relevant materials and software must be provided/mentioned by the authors who want their work to be published in Abstracts in Medicine.

 

Ethical Publishing Practices