The Global Journal of Clinical Medicine and Health Sciences (GJCMHS) is committed to maintaining ethical standards, scientific integrity, and transparency throughout the scholarly publication process.
This statement defines the responsibilities of authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher in ensuring the accuracy, originality, and reliability of published medical and health sciences research.
The journal’s publication ethics framework is informed by the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and applicable ethical standards governing clinical and biomedical research.
Authors must submit original, accurate, and ethically conducted research. Methods, procedures, findings, and study limitations must be reported transparently without fabrication or falsification.
Editors evaluate manuscripts fairly and independently based strictly on scientific merit, methodological quality, and ethical compliance, completely uninfluenced by commercial considerations.
Peer reviewers evaluate manuscripts objectively, confidentially, and within their technical expertise, providing evidence-based feedback and reporting suspected misconduct or ethical concerns.
Authorship must reflect substantial intellectual contributions adhering to ICMJE standards. Guest, gift, and ghost authorship are strictly prohibited. Non-author contributors must be appropriately acknowledged.
| Clinical & Participant Ethics | Human participant studies require Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, patient informed consent, clinical trial registration, and data privacy. Identifiable patient details or images cannot be published without written consent. |
| Plagiarism & Duplication | Plagiarism, unattributed reproduction, duplicate submission, and undisclosed self-plagiarism are strictly prohibited. All manuscripts undergo similarity assessment and contextual editorial evaluation. |
| Data Integrity & Misconduct | Fabrication, falsification, scientific image manipulation, or deceptive statistics are unacceptable. Simulated or hypothetical data must be clearly identified and never represented as findings from actual clinical investigations. |
| Responsible AI Utilization | AI systems cannot be designated as authors. Substantive generative AI use in data analysis, image generation, or manuscript drafting must be disclosed. Authors remain fully accountable for all AI-assisted outputs. |
Allegations involving plagiarism, data fabrication, or authorship disputes are investigated confidentially following COPE flowcharts. When appropriate, concerns may be referred to institutional review boards or authorized regulatory authorities.
When post-publication errors or misconduct affect published literature, formal Corrections, Retractions, or Expressions of Concern are issued to preserve the accuracy and integrity of the public scholarly record.
Commitment to Publication Integrity: The Global Journal of Clinical Medicine and Health Sciences recognizes ethical responsibility as an essential element of credible medical publishing.