Policy for Academic Misconduct
In accordance with national regulations and standards related to scientific research integrity (see Appendix), the journal takes a serious stance against various forms of academic misconduct. To improve the efficiency of editorial work and the academic quality of the journal, the following guidelines are established:
1. The journal objects to serious academic misconduct such as third-party ghostwriting or submission, plagiarism, and falsification (including forgery and tampering). Once discovered, the editorial office will immediately retract the article, and all authors of the paper will be blacklisted.
2. The journal does not accept duplicate publications (including in different languages), nor does it allow authors to submit the same manuscript to multiple journals (including simultaneous or staggered submissions). The editorial office will strive to expedite the processing of manuscripts. If authors have urgent needs, they can contact the editorial office for assistance at any time.
3. Before submitting, authors must confirm the authorship and order, and all authors must be responsible for the scientific integrity of the manuscript. When submitting, the basic information of all named authors should be registered, including valid contact email and phone number. The contributions of each author should also be specified in the manuscript.
4. Submissions from authors must be reviewed by the scientific research management departments of their affiliations. A recommendation letter stamped by the first author’s affiliation must be submitted. Submissions without a recommendation letter or inaccurate author information may result in rejection.
5. If the submitted research has funding support, the relevant certificate must be provided. If it involves animal experiments, certificates including the animal production license, quality certificate, usage license, and ethical review certification for animal research (scanned or photographed documents) must be provided.
6. If the submission was previously submitted to other journals, the journal encourages authors to explain the situation and provide previous review comments and modifications (including additional arguments or explanations) at the earliest. Such honest behavior helps to expedite the review and enhance the possibility of acceptance.
7. The journal implements a strict three-round review. All submissions must go through three stages: preliminary review by the editorial office, external review by peer-review experts, and final review by the core members of editorial committee (finalization meeting) before they can be accepted.
8. Review experts and editors of the journal must treat all submissions fairly and responsibly, without indulgence or bias, striving to maintain the academic reputation of the journal, and should not disclose the research content before the article is published, so as to protect the authors' right of first publication.
9. If academic misconduct is involved in any submissions, the authors themselves must be responsible, regardless of whether the article has been published or not. The journal reserves the right to notify the author's affiliation and journals in the same field of authors who have been found to commit academic misconduct.
Appendix:
1．《关于进一步加强科研诚信建设的若干意见》（国务院公报2018年第17号）
2．《CY/T 174—2019：学术出版规范 期刊学术不端行为界定》
3．《发表学术论文“五不准”》（科协发组字〔2015〕98号）
5．《学术研究实施与报告和医学期刊编辑与发表的推荐规范：2021年版》（国际医学期刊编辑委员会）