Research and Publication Ethics

When reporting on research that involves human subjects, human material, human tissues, or human data, authors must declare that the investigations were carried out following the rules of the declaration of an approval from an appropriate ethics committee or the government which must be obtained before undertaking the research to confirm the study meets national and international guidelines. As a minimum, a statement including the project identification code, date of approval, and name of the ethics committee, institutional review board or government must be stated.