Publication Ethics Policy

International The editorial board of “International Journal of Cardiology and Clinical Research (IJCCR)” is guided in its work by the international ethical rules of scientific publications, including the rules of decency, confidentiality, supervision of publications, consideration of possible conflicts of interest, etc. IJCCR follow the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Cope of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Our publishing activities are guided by the following core ethical values:

1. Authorship and contributorship: All authors and co-authors must meet the criteria for authorship and ensure appropriate credit is given in their manuscript. Authors are encouraged to make a clear statement about contributions to their work.

2. Originality: Authors must affirm that the submitted manuscript is their own original work, not previously published or under consideration elsewhere. Proper citation or quotation is mandatory for the use of others' ideas or words.

3. Data access and citation: Authors may be requested to provide the raw data relevant to the paper for editorial review. They should also be prepared to provide public access to such data. Data must be cited in the same way as articles and web citations and authors are required to include data citations as part of their reference list.

4. Acknowledgment of Sources: Authors must appropriately acknowledge contributions from others in the manuscript.

5. Reporting Standards: Authors of original research article must present an accurate account of the work and an objective discussion of its significance.

6. Authors' Ethical Statement: Authors bear responsibility for all aspects of their work, ensuring data access, integrity and quality of data analysis. Authors must promptly address concerns regarding the accuracy or integrity of any part of their work.

7. Allegations of Research Misconduct Policy: Report of research misconduct may be related to a published article or a manuscript under peer-review process.