The Journal adheres to the standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows the GPP3 guidelines concerning authorship. Submitting a manuscript to the Journal signifies that all authors have reviewed and consented to its content and that the manuscript complies with the Journal’s policies.

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JRPM editorial advisory board members are from previously teacher-college universities. The articles sent to the Journal are always reviewed by two members of the Editorial Advisory Board (double blind peer review), and in some cases, by another external reviewers. The decision of the article publication is depending on the evaluation reports from the members of the Editorial Advisory Board. All comments from the reviewers should be taken into account seriously, otherwise the journal cannot guarantee publication of the manuscript.

Authorship Criteria

Including authors' names on an article is essential for giving credit to those who have significantly contributed to the work. Each individual must meet the following criteria to be listed as an author:

• Significant Contribution: Substantial contribution to the study's conception, design, data acquisition, analysis, or interpretation.
• Article Preparation: Drafted, revised, or critically reviewed the article.
• Submission Agreement: Agreed on the journal for submission.
• Approval of Versions: Reviewed and approved all article versions and any major changes during the proofing stage.
• Accountability: Accepted responsibility for the article’s integrity and agreed to address issues about its accuracy.

Affiliations

All authors must disclose their affiliations to acknowledge the institutions supporting their research. If an author changes institutions before publication, the original affiliation must be listed with a note about the current affiliation.

Contribution Details

Contributors must provide a detailed description of their individual contributions to the manuscript. This description should be organized into the following categories, where applicable: conception, design, definition of intellectual content, literature search, clinical studies, experimental studies, data acquisition, data analysis, statistical analysis, manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and manuscript review. These contributions will be published alongside the article. Additionally, one or more authors must assume responsibility for the overall integrity of the work from its inception to the final published article. These individuals should be designated as 'guarantors.'

The Journal adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines regarding appeals of editorial decisions and complaints about the peer review process. Appeals must provide substantial evidence or new data addressing comments made by editors and reviewers.

Individuals contributing to a manuscript without meeting authorship criteria should be acknowledged. Organizations providing funding or resources should also be recognized in the acknowledgments section.

All research and non-research articles must reference relevant, up-to-date, and credible literature (preferably peer-reviewed) to support any claims made within the manuscript. Authors must avoid excessive or inappropriate self-citation and refrain from coordinating with other authors to cite each other’s work improperly, as such practices constitute citation manipulation, a form of misconduct. For more information, please consult the COPE guidelines on citation manipulation. For authors of non-research articles, such as Reviews or Opinions, it is important to ensure that the references cited are pertinent and provide a fair and balanced overview of the current state of research or scholarly work on the topic. References should not be biased toward any particular research group, organization, or journal. If you are unsure whether to cite a specific source, please contact the journal’s editorial office for guidance. .

All authors and their co-authors must disclose any competing interests that are relevant to, or could be perceived to influence, the content of their manuscript. A competing interest may arise when an author (or their employer, sponsor, family, or friends) has a financial, commercial, legal, or professional relationship with other organizations or individuals that could potentially affect the research or the interpretation of its results. Competing interests can be either financial or non-financial:

Financial Competing Interests:

• Employment or voluntary involvement with an organization.
• Collaborations with advocacy groups related to the article’s content.
• Grants from entities provided to the author or their organization.
• Personal fees received as honoraria, royalties, consulting fees, lecture fees, testimonies, etc.
• Patents held or pending by the authors, their institutions, or funding organizations, or licensed to an entity, regardless of royalty earnings.
• Royalties received by the authors or their institutions.
• Ownership of stocks or shares.
• Benefits related to product development resulting from the work.

Non-Financial Competing Interests:

• Receipt of drugs, equipment, or access to data from an entity that might benefit financially or reputationally from the published findings.
• Holding positions on boards of industry bodies or private companies that could benefit from the published findings.
• Receiving writing assistance or administrative support from individuals or organizations that might gain an advantage from the published work.
• Personal, political, religious, ideological, academic, or intellectual interests relevant to the published content.
• Involvement in legal actions related to the work.

To ensure transparency, authors must declare any associations that could be perceived as competing interests. Examples of actions considered as citation manipulation, such as excessive self-citation or prearranged citations among author groups, are strictly prohibited and regarded as misconduct. For further guidance, authors should refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on citation manipulation. When submitting a manuscript, all authors are required to complete a competing interest declaration, which will be published in the Disclosure section at the end of the article. If an author is uncertain about whether a competing interest needs to be disclosed, they should consult their institution or contact the journal’s editorial office for guidance. If no competing interests exist, the statement “The authors declare that they have no competing interests” will be included in the article.

Conflicts of interest (COIs), also known as competing interests, occur when external factors could reasonably be perceived to influence the neutrality or objectivity of the research or its evaluation. Authors must declare potential conflicts of interest, regardless of whether they have actually influenced the work, to allow for informed decision-making. Typically, declaring a conflict of interest will not prevent the work from being published or restrict involvement in the review process. Authors uncertain about whether to declare a potential interest should err on the side of transparency and disclose it or seek advice from the editorial office. Failure to declare relevant interests may result in sanctions. Manuscripts with undisclosed conflicts discovered post-submission may be rejected, and published articles might require re-assessment, the publication of a corrigendum, or, in severe cases, retraction.

Sometimes after an article has been published it may be necessary to make a change to the published article. This will be done after careful consideration by the Editor to ensure any necessary changes are done in accordance with guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Any necessary changes will be accompanied by a post-publication notice which will be permanently linked to the original article. This can be in the form of a Correction notice, an Expression of Concern, a Retraction, and in rare circumstances a Removal. The purpose of this mechanism of making changes that are permanent and transparent is to ensure the integrity of the scholarly record.

A Correction notice will be issued when it is necessary to correct an error or omission which can impact the interpretation of the article, but where the scholarly integrity of the article remains intact. Examples include mislabelling of a figure, missing information on funding or competing interests of the authors. The journal utilizes two types of correction notice; a Corrigendum will typically be issued for errors introduced by the authors, whereas an Erratum is typically issued for errors introduced by the publisher.

A Retraction notice will be issued where a major error (e.g. in the analysis or methods) invalidates the conclusions in the article, or where research misconduct or publication misconduct has taken place (e.g. research without required ethical approvals, fabricated data, manipulated images, plagiarism, duplicate publication etc). The decision to issue a retraction for an article will be done in accordance with COPE guidelines. Authors and institutions may also request the retraction of their articles if their reasons meet the criteria for retraction.