Researchers should conduct their studies from research proposal to publication in line with the best practices and codes of conduct of relevant professional regional, national, and international regulatory bodies. EJCBR accepts only manuscripts prepared in accordance with the “Uniform Requirements for Submission of Manuscripts for Biomedical Journals” adopted by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) [http://www.icmje.org/] and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) [http://publicationethics.org/]. It is the authors responsibility to read all the regulations related to the publication ethics which are published on these sites.

Correction and Retraction Policy  

• EJCBR shall publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies by authors when needed.
• In no case shall EJCBR encourage misconduct, or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place, If EJCBR editor is made aware of any allegation of research misconduct, including plagiarism, falsification, fabrication, and recklessness, the editor shall deal with allegations appropriately and immediately.
• In case the EJCBR is informed of any form of misconduct including mentioned above after the article is published (publications that contain such seriously flawed or erroneous data that their findings and conclusions cannot be relied upon), the editor will immediately contact the corresponding author with such misconduct. The editorial board will investigate the case to confirm the misconduct. After the allegation and confirmation of the misconduct, the article will be immediately retracted with a notification stating the retraction reasons on the EJCBR website. The author will be prevented from submission of any articles to EJCBR in the future. Besides, the editor will notify the author institution to take the institutional proper action accordingly. The journal will follow the retraction guidelines by the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE); www.publicationethics.org.

• Multiple submissions:

It is unethical to submit the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time. Doing this wastes the time of editors and peer reviewers and can damage the reputation of the authors and the journals if published in more than one journal. In case the EJCBR is informed of multiple submissions of the same manuscript at the time of its submission to EJCBR, the editor will immediately contact the corresponding author, and the manuscript shall be rejected and withdrawn. If the editor is informed of such multiple submissions after the manuscript is published by EJCBR, the published manuscript at EJCBR shall be immediately retracted. The EJCBR Editor shall have consent from the corresponding author(s) stating no multiple submissions.

• Redundant publications (or ‘salami’ publications):

This means publishing many very similar manuscripts based on the same experiments. Combining your results into one very robust paper is more likely to be of interest to a selective journal. The EJCBR Editor shall reject a weak paper that they suspect it as a result of salami slicing. The EJCBR Editor shall have consent from the corresponding author(s) stating no redundant publications.

• Improper author contribution or attribution:

All listed authors must have made a significant scientific contribution to the research in the manuscript and approved all its claims. Do not “gift” authorship to those who did not contribute to the paper. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has detailed guidelines on authorship that are useful for scientists in all fields: International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. The EJCBR shall include the authorship contribution in the manuscript text upon its acceptance for publication.