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Studies Involving Human Subjects All manuscripts reporting research involving human subjects, human material, or human data must be performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki after obtaining approval from an appropriate ethics committee. This should be clearly stated in your manuscript, including the name of the ethics committee, the reference number where appropriate, and a statement confirming that informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Studies Involving Animal Subjects MJMS recommends following the ARRIVE reporting guidelines when documenting animal studies. All experiments must be performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. This should be clearly stated in your manuscript, including the name of the institutional and/or licensing committee approving the experiments, the reference number where appropriate, as well as any relevant details regarding animal welfare, patient anonymity, drug side effects, housing and husbandry. Informed Consent Publication of identifiable images from human research participants must be accompanied by a statement attesting that informed consent for it has been obtained. In the case of a deceased subject, consent should be sought from the next of kin. Protection of patient anonymity should be prioritized. Images without appropriate consent will be removed from publication. Clinical Trials All clinical trials must be registered in a public registry prior to submission. The trial registry number must be included in the manuscript. The journal follows the trials registration policy of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE, www.icmje.org). Acceptable registries must meet the following ICMJE requirements:
Examples of registries that meet these criteria include:
Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) must adhere to the CONSORT statement (CONsolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) and submissions must be accompanied by a completed CONSORT checklist (uploaded as a related manuscript file). Please see www.consort-statement.org for further information. |