Policy on obtaining a mandatory conclusion in research conducted involving humans, animals or their biological materials, personal or confidential data

Authors are responsible for ensuring that the submission complies with the WMA Declaration of Helsinki – the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. Authors should obtain ethics committee documents, participant consents, and other documents required for the study if living subjects are involved. Research involving human participants must guarantee the autonomy, confidentiality, and privacy of participants or patients.
Ethical oversight includes, but is not limited to, policies regarding consent for publication, publication on vulnerable populations, ethical conduct of research on humans, ethical conduct of animal research, handling of confidential data, and ethical business/marketing practices. 
For non-interventional research (e.g., surveys, questionnaires, social media), all participants should be fully informed about ensuring anonymity, the purpose of the study, the use of their data, and possible risks.
All manuscripts submitted for review must be prepared in accordance with Directive 2010/63/EU or relevant institutional and national guidelines and regulations, and must take into account the requirements for the welfare, care and use of animals.