Publication Ethics & Malpractice

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

JDHAB is committed to research integrity, editorial transparency, and responsible scholarly publishing. Editorial decisions are guided by scientific merit, relevance to the journal’s scope, methodological rigor, and compliance with ethical and publishing standards.

Authorship and contributions
Authorship must reflect substantial scholarly contribution to the work. Any request to add, remove, or reorder authors after submission must be justified in writing, agreed upon by all authors, and approved by the editorial office.

Conflicts of interest and funding
Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial or non-financial conflicts of interest that could influence the evaluation, interpretation, or presentation of the work. All sources of funding, as well as the role of the funder where applicable, must be clearly stated.

Ethics approval, consent, and clinical images
Research involving human participants or animals must include ethics approval where applicable and must comply with relevant ethical standards. Studies involving human participants must report informed consent when required. Clinical images require explicit permission and appropriate anonymization.

Originality, plagiarism, and research misconduct
Submitted manuscripts must be original and must not be under consideration by another journal unless clearly disclosed to the editor. JDHAB may employ similarity screening and will investigate suspected plagiarism, redundant publication, inappropriate authorship, data fabrication, data falsification, image manipulation, or other forms of research misconduct.

Data availability, reproducibility, and reporting standards
Authors should provide sufficient methodological detail to allow critical appraisal and, where appropriate, reproducibility. Data, code, and supporting materials should be made available whenever relevant and ethically permissible. Authors are also expected to follow appropriate reporting guidelines, including PRISMA, CONSORT, STROBE, STARD, and CARE, whenever applicable.

Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions
JDHAB may issue corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions whenever necessary to preserve the accuracy, transparency, and integrity of the scholarly record.