Ethical standards for publication exist to ensure high-quality scientific publications, public trust in scientific findings, and that people receive credit for their work and ideas. Publication ethics are central to the scholarly scientific research publishing to win the trust and the confidence of the research community. Authors, reviewers, editors and publishers are important stakeholders of the publication process and each one of these elements must adhere to the standard ethical practices to enhance the authenticity and the originality of the published work.

Medires adopts the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on publication ethics. Medires publishers also explain the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for our Journal Editors and the Peer Reviewers Ethical guidelines developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as the best practice. We pride ourselves on our high standards of quality and focus regarding the publication of original and innovative papers, with no margin for compromise on ethical standards.

We request our contributors, editors, reviewers and people encompassed in different steps of publication to follow the ethical guidelines to progress the significance of academic publishing.

Ethical Roles and Responsibilities of the Medires Publisher

• The publisher should act in a balanced, objective and fair way while carrying out their expected duties, without discrimination on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors.
• Publisher must be aware of all the international publication norms and ethics irrespective of the publication model and must make a statement to this effect to disclose their publication policy.
• Final approval of the version to be published; AND
• Publisher in collaboration with the editor in chief should take necessary measures to correct acts of plagiarism or violation of copyright if detected in the publication process.
• Publisher must publish an erratum in case of any technical or typological error in the published manuscript by making a clear statement to this effect.
• Publisher should retract any publication that is impinges the code of conduct of the research publication.
• As per the editorial policy of the periodical the publisher must make arrangements to provide access to the published material to its users.
• The publisher must take necessary measures in the circulation, preservation, archiving and distribution of the published research by partnering with organizations/institutions.

• The publisher should act in a balanced, objective and fair way while carrying out their expected duties, without discrimination on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors.
• Publisher must be aware of all the international publication norms and ethics irrespective of the publication model and must make a statement to this effect to disclose their publication policy.
• Publisher in collaboration with the editor in chief should take necessary measures to correct acts of plagiarism or violation of copyright if detected in the publication process.
• Publisher must publish an erratum in case of any technical or typological error in the published manuscript by making a clear statement to this effect
• Publisher should retract any publication that is impinges the code of conduct of the research publication.
• As per the editorial policy of the periodical the publisher must make arrangements to provide access to the published material to its users.
• The publisher must take necessary measures in the circulation, preservation, archiving and distribution of the published research by partnering with organizations/institutions.

Scientific Misconduct, Publication Malpractice, Manuscript Retraction
There are standard codes of conduct and behavior that need to be followed while publishing scientific work. Any violations in this behavior are deemed scientific misconduct. This may include data fabrication, data falsification, as well as failure to disclose conflict of interest and plagiarism. Misconduct and unethical behaviour may be identified and brought to the attention of the editor and publisher at any time, by anyone.  If there is an investigation at the author’s institution, the editor should keep track of the investigation outcomes, inform the readers about it, and if misconduct is proven, initiate a retraction of the article.