Studies Involving Human and Animal Subjects

STATEMENT OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL RIGHTS

Human rights. For research involving human participants, the journal follows the ethical principles outlined in the 
Declaration of Helsinki by the World Medical Association (WMA). Manuscripts lacking the statement will not be considered for the review process and publication.
The following is an example statement:

The ethical approval for this study was issued as the ethical code for grant number … from the Committee on Research Ethics of … (code …), based on the Ethical Guidelines of Research from …, and under the Declaration of Helsinki.

 

Animal rights. 

For research involving animals, authors must follow national or international standards such as 
the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code and the ARRIVE Guidelines for reporting in vivo experiments.
 The following is an example statement:

The ethical approval for this study was issued as the ethical code for grant number … from the Committee on Research Ethics of … (code …), based on the Ethical Guidelines of Research from ….