Publication Ethics Statement
We are committed to publishing content that meets the highest standards of research and publication integrity. Our publication ethics policies are designed to ensure accuracy, transparency, and inclusivity. They are aligned with industry best practice guidelines as defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines are:
Misconduct Handling
Issues like plagiarism, duplication, unethical research, authorship disputes will lead to:
- Rejection or retraction
- Author notification
- Reporting to institutions if serious
Plagiarism Policy JGMR adheres to strict plagiarism checking prior to acceptance for publication. Manuscripts with more than 15% plagiarism will be subject to rejection.
Retraction Policy Articles may be retracted if they contain:
- Fabricated/falsified data
- Plagiarism
- Serious methodological errors
- Ethical violations
Authorship Changes Any proposed change to authorship (including addition, removal, or reordering) subsequent to submission must be justified in a formal written communication to the Editor-in-Chief.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disclosure The use of artificial intelligence tools for any aspect of the research process—including but not limited to manuscript writing, data collection, analysis, or figure creation—must be disclosed. Authors are required to specify the tools used and describe their role within the Methods section of the manuscript. A failure to disclose may be considered a breach of publication ethics. The editorial board reserves the right to reject or retract any manuscript if AI usage is determined to have compromised its scientific integrity, accuracy, or trustworthiness.
We encourage authors to familiarize themselves with the policy information on these pages when preparing articles for submission, and we encourage our journal editors and reviewers to do the same to ensure that submissions being considered for publication meet JGMR’s ethical standards. We won’t able to consider submissions that do not meet these standards, and if for any reason published articles are found to fall short of these standards we will correct or retract the article according to our corrections and retractions policies.