ETHICAL/LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS:
The research should be prepared under strict observation of research and publication ethics guidelines recommended by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).
• A submitted manuscript must be an original contribution not previously published (except as an abstract or preliminary report), must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere, and if accepted, it must not be published elsewhere in a similar form.
• Each person listed as an author is expected to have participated in the study according to the ICMJE authorship criteria. Although the editors and reviewers make every effort to ensure the quality and integrity of published manuscripts, the final responsibility for the content rests with the authors, not with the Journal, its editors, or the publisher.
• Any study involving human participants or human data must be reviewed and approved by the responsible Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Ethics Review Committee before the commencement of the study. Where applicable, informed consent should be obtained from all participants in accordance with ethical standards.
• If the author wishes to publish a paper from his/her dissertation, besides synopsis approval from the CPSP/University, IRB approval is also mandatory.
• Animal experiments should be reviewed and approved by an appropriate committee (IACUC: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) for the care and use of animals. JSMDC follows the WMA statement on animal use in biomedical research, and the International Association of Veterinary Editors' Consensus Author Guidelines on Animal Ethics and Welfare.
• Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) should be registered in a recognized clinical trial registry, and the trial registration number must be provided in the manuscript.
• Authors must submit written permission from the copyright owner to reproduce direct quotations, tables, figures, or illustrations that have previously appeared in copyrighted material, along with complete details of the original source.
• JSMDC is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and follows the recommendations of COPE in handling ethical issues, including plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication or falsification, authorship disputes, conflicts of interest, and other forms of publication misconduct.