Publication Ethics

This journal is peer-reviewed, therefore it is expected that all parties involved in the publication of Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medicine, including editors, reviewers, authors, and publishers, agree to the following standards of publication ethics. This journal follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in dealing with all aspects of publication ethics and deals specifically with research cases and publication errors. The following reviews describe Publication Ethics standards for editors, reviewers, and authors. In addition, STIKes INDAH MEDAN as the publisher of this journal only supports timely publishing and has no right to interfere with the integrity of the published content.

COPE Guidelines

Ethics for Editors

  1. Publication Decision

    The editor has the authority to select and decide the articles to be published in Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medicine. Decisions are made based on scientific merit, relevance to pharmaceutical and medical advancement, and recommendations from peer reviewers. Editors comply with journal policies and applicable legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

  2. Objective Assessment

    The editor evaluates manuscripts purely for their intellectual and scientific content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

  3. Confidentiality

    Editors and editorial staff must keep all details of submitted manuscripts confidential and not disclose information to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, and other editorial advisers.

  4. Conflict of Interest

    Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without written consent from the author. Editors must recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

  5. Cooperation in Investigation

    Editors must take responsive measures when ethical concerns are raised regarding a submitted or published manuscript. Every reported act of unethical publishing behavior will be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication. Measures include contacting the author, appropriate institutions, and publishing corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern where applicable.

Ethics for Reviewers

  1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions

    Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with authors, assists authors in improving their pharmaceutical or medical manuscripts. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication.

  2. Promptness & Timeliness

    Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor immediately and decline the invitation.

  3. Confidentiality

    Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

  4. Standards of Objectivity

    Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments and construct constructive advice for clinical/pharmaceutical scientific improvement.

  5. Acknowledgement of Sources

    Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

  6. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

    Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors or institutions.

Ethics for Authors

  1. Reporting Standards

    Authors of original pharmaceutical and medical research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

  2. Human & Animal Rights (Bioethics)

    If the work involves pharmaceutical trials, human subjects, or animals, authors must ensure that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines (e.g., Declaration of Helsinki for human clinical research). Authors must include a statement in the manuscript confirming that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects and that institutional ethics committee approval was granted.

  3. Data Access and Retention

    Authors may be asked to provide raw clinical or experimental data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data where possible, retaining such data for a reasonable time after publication.

  4. Originality and Plagiarism

    Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited. Plagiarism in all its forms—including copy-pasting, paraphrasing without citation, or self-plagiarism—constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

  5. Multiple or Concurrent Submission

    An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical behavior.

  6. Fundamental Errors in Published Works

    When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.