All scholarly journals published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences work based on the following policies.*

Overview

The Publishing Group of Kerman University of Medical Sciences adheres to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing .The journals published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences endorse the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) Policy Statement on Geopolitical Intrusion on Editorial Decisions, the Council of Science Editors’ White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals.

Submitting a manuscript to a journal published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences implies that all contributors listed as authors have read and agreed to the content of the submitted work and that the submission observes the policies of the journal.

Table of contents

• Ethics and consent
• Trial registration
• Standards of reporting
• Competing interests
• Authorship
• Unique identifiers
• Citations
• Duplicate publication
• Text recycling
• Peer review
• Confidentiality
• Misconduct
• Corrections and retractions