Editorial and Publishing Policies

Best Practices in Research Reporting

ScienceJournalHub adheres to the highest standards in research reporting to ensure transparency, reproducibility, and credibility. Authors are required to:

• Follow established guidelines for reporting various types of studies (e.g., CONSORT for clinical trials, PRISMA for systematic reviews).
• Provide detailed methodological descriptions to allow replication of experiments.
• Clearly define all variables, measures, and statistical methods used.

Animal Research

Research involving animals must comply with ethical standards and obtain appropriate institutional and national approvals. Authors must:

• Describe measures taken to minimize animal suffering.
• Confirm adherence to guidelines such as the ARRIVE guidelines.
• Include ethics committee approval information.

Human Subjects Research

Studies involving human subjects must respect ethical principles and legal requirements. Authors must:

• Obtain informed consent from all participants.
• Provide ethics committee approval details.
• Ensure confidentiality and privacy of participant data.

Competing Interests

To maintain objectivity, authors and editorial members must disclose any potential conflicts of interest. This includes:

• Financial ties to entities that might be affected by the research.
• Personal relationships or rivalries that could influence the work.
• Any other potential biasing factors.

Disclosure of Funding Sources

Transparency about funding is crucial for credibility. Authors must:

• Disclose all sources of financial support for the research.
• Acknowledge the role of funders in study design, data collection, analysis, and publication decisions.

Licenses and Copyright

All articles in ScienceJournalHub are open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (version 4.0). This means:

• Authors retain copyright while granting the journal a license to publish and distribute the work.
• Articles can be freely used, distributed, and adapted with appropriate attribution.

Data Availability

Data transparency is vital for research integrity. Authors are required to:

• Make all data underlying the findings available in recognized repositories.
• Provide a Data Availability Statement detailing where and how the data can be accessed.

Materials, Software, and Code Sharing

ScienceJournalHub encourages the sharing of materials, software, and code used in research to facilitate replication and further study. Authors should:

• Deposit software and code in publicly accessible repositories.
• Provide detailed instructions for accessing and using these resources.

Ethical Publishing Practice

Maintaining high ethical standards is a core value. ScienceJournalHub:

• Rejects plagiarism, data fabrication, and redundant publication.
• Screens manuscripts for textual overlap using tools like iThenticate.
• Requires proper attribution for all reused content and citations of original work.

Authorship

Proper attribution of contributions ensures fairness and responsibility. Authors must:

• Meet the criteria set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
• Detail each author's contributions using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT).
• Confirm authorship details during submission, with changes only allowed under exceptional circumstances.

ScienceJournalHub is committed to promoting ethical research and transparency in scientific communication. For any ethical concerns or further guidance, contact research.integrity@sciencejournalhub.org. For questions or support, visit our help center or email support@sciencejournalhub.org