Ethical Publishing is the primary target of IJRHNS.

IJRHNS follows COPE guidelines for best practices and calls for honesty and responsibility from authors, reviewers, and editors during all stages of the publishing process.

Authors

Authors need to:

• Submit an original manuscript.
• Give correct information about the research.
• Cite all references used.
• Don’t commit plagiarism or make multiple submissions.
• Be honest about your results.
• Inform about any conflicts of interest.
• Get required ethical approval if needed.
• Make sure all co-authors have contributed to your research.

Reviewers

Reviewers should:

• Provide constructive comments.
• Keep the manuscripts confidential.
• Be unbiased.
• Declare conflicts of interest.
• Never use unpublished information for personal benefit.

Editors

Editors are responsible for:

• Maintaining editorial fairness.
• Selecting appropriate reviewers.
• Protecting confidentiality.
• Managing ethical concerns.
• Making decisions based on academic quality.
• Addressing allegations of misconduct.

Research Misconduct

Research misconduct may include:

• Plagiarism.
• Duplicate or redundant publication.
• Fabrication of data.
• Falsification of results.
• Manipulation of research information.
• Unethical authorship practices.

In case there is an ethics issue, the journal will conduct an investigation of the issue and contact the authors to get an explanation. In case there is misconduct, the measures to be taken can range from rejection to correction or retraction.