he IJNS is a signatory journal to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted
to Biomedical Journals, issued by the International Committee for Medical Journal Editors
(ICMJE), and to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) code of conduct for
editors. Our guidelines should be read in conjunction with this broader guidance. The
ICJME requirements can be found at http://www.icmje.org/ and the COPE's guidelines at
http://publicationethics.org/files/u2/New_Code.pdf.
All studies must be conducted to a high ethical standard and must adhere to local
regulations and standards for gaining scrutiny and approval. The work described in
your article must have been carried out in accordance with The Code of Ethics of
the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans
http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/; EC Directive 86/609/EEC for animal
experiments http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/legislation_en.htm. This must
be stated at an appropriate point in the article. The approving body and (if relevant) approval number
should be identified in the Author Checklist.
For information on Ethics in Publishing and Ethical guidelines for journal publication see
http://www.elsevier.com/authorethics and http://www.elsevier.com/ethicalguidelines.