Resources for Authors and Reviewers
IJIRMS encourages authors and reviewers to use established
resources that support accurate reporting, ethical research, and responsible
medical publishing.
ICMJE
Authors should consult the current ICMJE Recommendations for
guidance on authorship, manuscript preparation, conflicts of interest, clinical
trials, data sharing, research ethics, and other aspects of medical publishing.
COPE
The journal follows the principles of the Committee on
Publication Ethics (COPE) and encourages authors, reviewers, and editors to
consult COPE guidance when dealing with publication ethics and
research-integrity issues.
EQUATOR Network
Authors should use appropriate reporting guidelines for
their study design through the EQUATOR Network.
NLM / MeSH
Authors are encouraged to use Medical Subject Headings
(MeSH) terminology where appropriate and to follow accepted biomedical
citation practices.
Declaration of Helsinki
Research involving human participants should follow the
ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and applicable
institutional and national requirements.
Clinical Trial Registries
Clinical trials should be registered in an appropriate
publicly accessible registry in accordance with applicable ICMJE
requirements.
ORCID
Authors and reviewers are encouraged to maintain an ORCID
iD to support accurate attribution of scholarly work.