Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Manuscripts submitted to Journal of Research in Pharmacy are only accepted on the comprehension that (I) they are subject to editorial review (at least by two independent referees); (II) they have not been, and will not be fully or partially published elsewhere; (III) the recommendations of the most recent version of the Declaration of Helsinki, for humans, and the European Community guidelines as accepted principles for the use of experimental animals have been adhered to. The Journal of Research in Pharmacyl will, therefore, only consider manuscripts that describe experiments which have been carried out under approval of an institutional or local ethics committee.

Journal of Research in Pharmacy serves to further academic discussions of topics, irrespective of their nature – whether religious, gender-based, environmental, ethical, political or other potentially or topically contentious subjects and adopts a neutral position on issues. Publication of an article in our academic peer-reviewed journal involves many parties, the author, the journal editor, the peer-reviewer; each have responsibilities to meet expected ethical standards at all stages in their involvement from submission to publication of an article.
Journal of Research in Pharmacy is committed to meeting and upholding standards of International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO), Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). The journal conforms to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice)