Publication Ethics and Malpartice Statement

The Journal of Life Sciences and Biomedicine (JLSB) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics, academic integrity, scientific transparency, and responsible scholarly publishing. The journal strictly adheres to internationally recognized ethical principles and follows the recommendations and best practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the Declaration of Helsinki, and other globally accepted ethical frameworks in scientific publishing. 

All parties involved in the publication process — including authors, reviewers, editors, editorial board members, and the publisher — are expected to uphold the principles of honesty, transparency, accountability, confidentiality, and scientific responsibility throughout the editorial and publication process.

Ethical Principles

JLSB expects all submitted manuscripts to represent original, scientifically rigorous, and ethically conducted research. The journal does not tolerate any form of academic misconduct, including but not limited to:

• Plagiarism 
• Self-plagiarism 
• Data fabrication or falsification 
• Duplicate or redundant publication 
• Citation manipulation 
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest 
• Authorship manipulation 
• Ethical violations involving human or animal subjects 
• Image manipulation or scientific misrepresentation 

Any breach of publication ethics may result in manuscript rejection, retraction, notification to authors’ institutions, or other corrective actions deemed appropriate by the editorial board.

Duties and Responsibilities of Authors

Authors submitting manuscripts to JLSB must ensure that their work is original, accurate, ethically conducted, and prepared in accordance with accepted scientific standards.

Authors are required to:

• Submit only original and unpublished work 
• Properly cite and acknowledge all sources 
• Avoid plagiarism and redundant publication 
• Present accurate and authentic research data 
• Retain original research data when requested by editors 
• Ensure that all listed authors have made substantial scholarly contributions 
• Obtain approval from all co-authors prior to submission 
• Disclose all financial support and conflicts of interest 
• Immediately notify the journal if significant errors are identified after publication 

Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made meaningful academic contributions to the conception, design, execution, analysis, or interpretation of the study. Guest, honorary, or ghost authorship is considered unethical and unacceptable.

Research involving humans or animals must comply with internationally recognized ethical standards and include appropriate ethical approval and informed consent statements where applicable.

Duties and Responsibilities of Reviewers

Peer reviewers play a critical role in maintaining the scientific quality, integrity, and credibility of the journal. All reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, confidential, and timely evaluations.

Reviewers must:

• Treat manuscripts as confidential documents 
• Evaluate submissions solely on scientific merit and academic quality 
• Avoid personal criticism of authors 
• Identify relevant published work not cited by authors 
• Inform editors of any suspected ethical misconduct or plagiarism 
• Disclose conflicts of interest and decline reviews when impartiality cannot be guaranteed 
• Refrain from using unpublished information for personal or professional advantage 

The journal operates a rigorous double-blind peer review system in which the identities of authors and reviewers remain confidential throughout the review process.

Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

Editors are responsible for ensuring a fair, transparent, independent, and ethically sound editorial process.

Editorial decisions are based exclusively on:

• Scientific quality 
• Originality and novelty 
• Methodological rigor 
• Ethical compliance 
• Relevance to the journal’s scope 

Editors must:

• Maintain confidentiality throughout the review and editorial process 
• Avoid conflicts of interest in editorial decision-making 
• Ensure unbiased evaluation regardless of authors’ nationality, institutional affiliation, gender, ethnicity, religion, or political beliefs 
• Address allegations of misconduct promptly and professionally 
• Publish corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern when necessary 
• Safeguard the integrity of the scholarly record 

The editorial team reserves the right to reject manuscripts that fail to meet scientific, ethical, or editorial standards.

Peer Review Integrity

JLSB employs a rigorous double-blind peer review process conducted by independent experts in the relevant field. Manuscripts are evaluated for originality, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, scientific contribution, and clarity of presentation.

The journal actively monitors:

• Reviewer performance and quality 
• Peer review integrity 
• Potential manipulation of the review process 
• Conflicts of interest 
• Citation irregularities 

Any attempt to compromise the integrity of peer review constitutes serious misconduct.

Research Ethics and Human/Animal Rights

Research involving human participants or animals must comply with internationally recognized ethical principles and institutional regulations.

Authors must provide:

• Ethical approval information 
• Institutional review board (IRB) approval details where applicable 
• Informed consent statements for human participants 
• Compliance with animal welfare guidelines 

The journal may request supporting ethical documentation during the review process.

Plagiarism Screening

All submissions are screened using plagiarism detection software prior to peer review.

Manuscripts demonstrating substantial plagiarism, duplicate publication, manipulated citations, or unethical overlap with previously published work will be rejected immediately.

Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern

When errors, ethical violations, or research misconduct are identified, the journal will take appropriate corrective measures in accordance with Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.

Corrective actions may include:

• Publication of corrections or errata 
• Expressions of concern 
• Retractions 
• Removal of articles in exceptional legal or ethical circumstances 

Retraction notices will remain permanently linked to the original article to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record.

Editorial Independence

The Journal of Life Sciences and Biomedicine (JLSB) maintains full editorial independence. Editorial decisions are made solely on academic and scientific merit and are not influenced by commercial, institutional, political, or personal interests.

The publisher and editorial office are committed to preserving editorial autonomy and academic integrity at all stages of the publication process.

Data Availability and Research Transparency

Authors are encouraged to maintain transparency in research methodology, data reporting, and analytical procedures.

Where appropriate, authors should:

• Provide data availability statements 
• Share datasets and supplementary materials 
• Describe statistical methods transparently 
• Ensure reproducibility of findings 

Complaints and Ethical Concerns

Ethical complaints, appeals, or concerns regarding any aspect of the editorial or publication process should be submitted to the editorial office through the official journal communication channels.

All complaints will be handled confidentially, fairly, and in accordance with internationally accepted ethical procedures and COPE best-practice recommendations.