Ethical Requirements and Authors' Responsibility

RJCCN is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics, scientific integrity, and transparency. All authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to follow internationally recognized ethical guidelines.

1. Authorship Criteria

Authorship must comply with the ICMJE recommendations. An author must meet all four of the following criteria:

Substantial contributions to the conception, design, data acquisition, or analysis
Drafting or critically revising the manuscript for important intellectual content
Final approval of the version to be published
Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work

Changes in authorship after submission must be approved by all authors and explained to the Editorial Office.

Reference: ICMJE Recommendations

2. Originality and Duplicate Submission

Manuscripts must be original and not under consideration elsewhere.
Previously published data, including conference abstracts, must be properly cited.
Manuscripts containing plagiarism, fabrication, or falsification will be rejected or retracted, in line with COPE guidelines.

Reference: COPE Core Practices

3. Plagiarism and Similarity Check

All submissions are screened using recognized plagiarism detection software (e.g., iThenticate).
Similarity index above 20% (excluding references and methodology) may result in rejection.
Authors must ensure all sources are properly cited.

4. Conflict of Interest (COI) and Funding Disclosure

Authors must disclose any financial, personal, or professional relationships that could influence the work.
All COIs must be declared in the manuscript and on the RJCCN COI Disclosure Form (Download Form).
Funding sources must be explicitly acknowledged.

5. Ethical Approval for Human and Animal Research

Human Studies

Must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki (link).
Research must be approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Ethics Committee.
Informed consent must be obtained from all participants.

Animal Studies

Must comply with internationally accepted animal welfare guidelines.
Approval from an appropriate animal ethics committee is required.

6. Retractions, Corrections, and Editorial Oversight

RJCCN maintains a transparent post-publication policy:

Corrections: Minor errors are corrected promptly with a published notice.
Retractions: Articles with serious ethical or scientific issues are retracted with explanation.
Retraction and correction notices remain linked to the original article and indexed.

7. Complaints and Ethical Violations

Concerns about ethics, misconduct, or conflicts can be reported to the Editor-in-Chief at info@rjccn.org.
Complaints are handled confidentially in accordance with COPE guidelines.

8. Reviewer Responsibilities

Reviewers must declare conflicts of interest and maintain confidentiality.
Reviews should be objective, constructive, and evidence-based.

9. Data Sharing and Transparency

Authors are encouraged to share data, code, and materials whenever possible.
Clinical trial data must be registered in an approved registry (e.g., ClinicalTrials.gov) and cited in the manuscript.

10. Compliance Statement

By submitting a manuscript to RJCCN, authors agree to comply with:

ICMJE Uniform Requirements (link)
COPE Guidelines (link)
National and international ethical standards for human and animal research
Journal policies on plagiarism, conflict of interest, and post-publication corrections