ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PUBLICATION CONTENT

1.     Conflicts of Interest – This exists when an author (or the author’s institution) review, or edit or has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence his or her actions. Financial relationship undermines the objectivity and integrity of the journal, the authors, and the research itself. When authors submit a manuscript, whether a research article, editorial or a review, they are responsible for disclosing all financial and personal relationship that might bias their work. To prevent ambiguity, authors must declare whether potential conflicts do or do not exist.

2.     Privacy and Confidentiality of study participants – Patients have right to privacy that should not be violated without informed consent. That is, their particulars should not be published in written descriptions without the patient’s or parents consent, unless it is for scientific purposes.

3.     Protection of Human Subjects and Animals in Research – When reporting experiments on human and animal subjects, authors must state in the methodology section of their article that the procedure followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the relevant committee on human and animal care and protection.

4.     Authorship – Only those individual with legitimate claims to authorship should be listed as authors on the paper. Especially, those who made significant contributions to conception, design and production of the work.