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Promoting integrity, responsibility, transparency, and ethical conduct throughout the publication process.
The publication process of Pharmacological Science & Therapeutics Understanding is supposed to follow all ethical and responsible approaches.
This implies that all authors, reviewers, and editors are supposed to maintain integrity and responsibility all through the process.
Authors, reviewers, and editors each have an important role in maintaining the integrity and responsibility of scholarly publishing.
Submit original work
Provide accurate research information
Avoid plagiarism and duplicate publication
Properly acknowledge sources
Obtain required ethical approvals
Report conflicts of interest
Follow appropriate authorship practices
Cooperate with editorial investigations when required
Correct significant errors identified after publication
Conduct objective and constructive reviews
Maintain manuscript confidentiality
Identify relevant conflicts of interest
Avoid using unpublished information for personal advantage
Provide evidence-based comments
Alert editors to suspected plagiarism or duplicate publication
Apply editorial policies impartially
Keep information confidential
Handle conflicts of interest properly
Ensure proper peer review process
Prevent any form of discrimination/bias in editorial decisions
Deal with any ethical issues appropriately
Guarantee integrity of the published record
For those manuscripts that may require, studies involving human or animal subjects, biological samples, clinical data or any other kind of ethical study will need the inclusion of ethics clearance.
The burden of making sure that such a study is ethical is the sole responsibility of the author.