Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

We take the ethics of research and publication extremely seriously. All research should include some form of statement about approvals and registrations, even if not required (e.g. systematic reviews). Dual submission is the submission of a paper for consideration at two journals at once, and is discouraged; we will reject such papers. Please see our separate section on plagarism. 

We expect adherence to the following principles:

-All funding is declared on the title page, and will be listed in the final paper.

-All conflicts of interest, expeically financial or other relationships with parties related to research, are declared.

-We will pursue suspect cases of plagarism, fraud, manipluation, simultaneous publication, dual publication, or plagarism, in keeping the COPE guidelines. 

-All research should have appropiate approvals. Clinical trials should have full reseach ethics in place. We may request copies of local ethical board approvals. A complete statement on all relevant approvals should be made within the methods section of your manuscript.