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Publication Ethics

 

Our journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and follows the guidelines set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All parties involved in the publication process – editors, reviewers, authors, and publishers – must agree to the following principles:

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Author's responsibilities

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  • Authors must ensure their work is original and properly cite or quote the work and/or words of others. Plagiarism in any form is unethical and unacceptable.

  • Manuscripts must not be submitted to more than one journal at the same time.

  • Only individuals who have made substantial contributions should be listed as authors. All co-authors must approve the final version.

  • Authors must ensure their data is accurate, real, authentic and available for review if requested.

  • Authors should actively participate in the peer review process and provide suitable responses to the comments raised by peer reviewers on time.

  • Authors must declare any conflicts of interest and disclose funding sources.

  • All authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

  • The authors are not allowed to utilize verbatim text of previously published papers or manuscripts submitted elsewhere.

  • All research involving human participants or animals must include appropriate ethical approval and consent statements.

  • Copyright: If a manuscript contains any previous published image or text, it is the responsibility of the author to obtain authorization from copyright holders. The author is required to obtain and submit the written original permission letters for all copyrighted material used in his/her manuscripts.  For Author Guidelines click here

 

Peer review/responsibility for the reviewers

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  • Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.

  • Reviews should be conducted objectively, without personal criticism of the author.

  • Reviewers must identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.

  • Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.

  • Reviewers should advise editors and the final decision on an article is made by the Editors-in-Chief.

 

Editorial responsibilities

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  • Editors evaluate manuscripts for intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

  • Editors must ensure the confidentiality of manuscripts submitted and not disclose any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than those involved in the process.

  • Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.

  • The Editors-in-Chief have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.

  • When errors are found in a manuscript, the editors promote publication of correction or retraction

  • The anonymity of reviewers is preserved.  For detail policy click here

 

Publishing Ethics Issues

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  • All patients and participants of the research should be thoroughly informed about the aims of the study and any possible side effects of the drugs and intervention. Written informed consent from the participants or their legal guardians is necessary for any such studies. The Journal reserves the right to request the related documents

  • The Editors-in-Chief are always willing to publish corrections, clarifications.

  • Use of verbatim texts from other sources without acknowledgement is prohibited. The content of all articles must be the original work of authors and must not be plagiarized from other articles.

  • Falsification is the practice of omitting or altering research materials, data, or processes so that the results of the research are no longer accurately reflected. Fabrication is the practice of inventing data or results and reporting them in the research. Both of these misconducts are fraudulent and seriously alter the integrity of research. Therefore, articles must be written based on original data and use of falsified or fabricated data is strongly prohibited.

  • The journal encourages authors to send their original images. All digital images in manuscripts accepted for publication will be checked for inappropriate manipulation. No specific feature within an image may be enhanced, obscured, moved, removed, or introduced. Adjustments of brightness, contrast, or color balance are acceptable as long as they are applied to the entire image and do not misrepresent any information present in the original, including the background. The editors will request the original data from the authors to compare the manipulated figures in cases suspected of inappropriate manipulation.

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PLAGIARISM POLICY

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  • Our journal maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism. We are committed to publishing original research and ensuring academic integrity in all submitted and published works.

  • For detail policy click here

 

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

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  • International Journal of Medical Laboratory Research applies the Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY NC] to all works we publish. 

  • All rights reserved. This article is published by International Journal of Medical Laboratory Research and is protected by copyright. 

  • Authors retain moral rights to their work, but copyright is held by the journal upon publication. For detail click

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OPEN ACCESS​

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  • Free Access: All articles are available online, free of cost, to readers worldwide.

  • No Login Required: Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, or link to the full texts without permission from the publisher or the author, as long as proper attribution is given. For detail policy click here

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PRIVACY POLICY

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  • The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

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Corrections and Retractions

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  • Corrections will be published in cases of minor errors.

  • Articles found to contain serious errors or misconduct will be retracted with a clear explanation.

  • Retractions follow COPE guidelines and are openly visible on the journal’s website.

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Data Sharing and Transparency

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  • Authors are encouraged to share raw data, methods, and supplementary files where possible.

  • Transparency in methods and results is essential to maintain scientific integrity.

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Contact for Ethics Concerns

If you suspect an ethical violation in a published or submitted article, please contact the editorial office at:

Email: editor.ijmlr@gmail.com
Website: https://www.ijmlr.com

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