Compliance with the principles and recommendations of COPE, WAME, DORA

When selecting and accepting article manuscripts, the editorial board of the journal adheres to ethical principles defined by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), WAME (World Association of Medical Editors), FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability), DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment), ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors), and the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines.

COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

The journal supports the principles of COPE and follows its recommendations regarding:

• Publication ethics for editors, authors, and reviewers

• Procedures for handling cases of ethical misconduct

• Retraction and correction policies

• Prevention of plagiarism and academic misconduct

Core COPE documents followed by the journal:

• Core Practices

• Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers

• Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing

• Flowcharts for handling misconduct

Link: https://publicationethics.org/

FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability)

Data principles:

• Findable

• Accessible

• Interoperable

• Reusable

WAME (World Association of Medical Editors)

The journal applies relevant WAME recommendations regarding:

• Authorship ethics

• Conflicts of interest

• Protection of personal data of research participants (for biomedical and interdisciplinary research)

• Transparency of research funding

Link: https://wame.org/

DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment)

The journal supports DORA principles for the assessment of scientific research:

• Does not use the journal impact factor as the sole criterion for evaluating article quality

• Evaluates articles based on their scientific merit rather than the prestige of the publication venue

• Does not promote practices that improperly manipulate citation metrics

• Encourages authors to disclose a broad range of scholarly contributions

Link: https://sfdora.org/

ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)

• Authorship recommendations

• Standards for clinical trial registration (where applicable)

Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines

• Openness of research data

• Openness of research materials

• Openness of analytical methods

• Preregistration of studies (where applicable)

The journal encourages authors to deposit research data in open repositories and to indicate the data DOI in the article.

Transparency Statement

The journal adheres to the highest standards of transparency in all aspects of the publishing process and regularly reviews its policies in accordance with updated international recommendations.