Human and Animal Rights:

Published research must comply with the international recognized guidelines for human studies and animal welfare regulations.

1. For submission with human subjects, the study should have conformed to the Declaration of Helsinki. Authors should state that subjects have given their informed consent and that the study protocol has been approved by the institutional/local ethical committee on human research.

2. Ethical guidance in publication on vulnerable populations

Research involving vulnerable populations should conform to the Declaration of Helsinki, researchers should provide research ethical board with the information who are vulnerable, the authors should state whether special attention and additional protection were provided during research for those who cannot give or refuse consent for themselves, for those who may be subject to giving consent under duress, for those who will not benefit personally from the research and for those for whom the research is combined with care.

3. In animal study, the animals should have been treated in humane manner in compliance with ARRIVE guidelines (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments). We support the ICLAS (International Council for Laboratory Animal Science) Guidelines to handle the submissions involving animal study. Authors should state that animal experiment was approved by the ethical committee of animal study.