The Digilayf Academia Journal of Medical Sciences follows the principles and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) on publication ethics.
Authors
- Submitted work must be original, previously unpublished and not under simultaneous consideration by another journal.
- Authorship must reflect the people who made substantial contributions to the work, in line with the ICMJE criteria.
- Studies on humans or animals must state ethics committee approval and, where needed, informed consent.
- Conflicts of interest and sources of funding must be declared at submission.
Reviewers
- Reviewers keep the manuscripts they review confidential and decline reviews in which they have a conflict of interest.
- Reviews are objective, constructive and timely.
Editors
- Editors evaluate submissions solely on their scientific merit and fit with the journal's scope.
- They stay out of the decision process for their own work or submissions in which they have a conflict of interest.
Ethical misconduct
Suspected plagiarism, data fabrication or falsification, duplicate publication and authorship misconduct are investigated according to the COPE flowcharts; corrections or retractions are published where necessary.