Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

 International Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, IJPER have adopted and follows the Publication Ethics and Malpractice guidelines issued by the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors, ICMJE and Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE with the objective to maintain ethical standards for publication in order to ensure quality publication of authentic scientific outcomes with proper credit to the original researchers.

 International Committee of Medical Journals Editors, ICMJE guidelines are followed for Publication Ethics related issues like:

• Roles & Responsibilities of Authors, Reviewers, Editors, and Publishers.
• Conflict of Interest
• Protection of interests of Research Participants
• Issues related to Publishing and Editing
• Manuscript Preparation and Submission

 Whereas Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE guidelines are followed for Publication Malpractice related issues like:

• Allegation of misconducts
• Authorship and contributorship
• Complaints and appeal
• Conflict of Interest and Competing Interest
• Data safety and reproducibility
• Ethical oversight
• Intellectual Property preservation
• Peer Review Process
• Post-publication discussions and corrections