This journal follows guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in facing all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. All articles in this journal involving human subjects should respect principles of research ethics as described in the Declaration of Helsinki and studies involving animals should obey the International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research as developed by the Council for International Organization of Medical Sciences (CIOMS).

PUINOVAKESMAS Journal adapts COPE to meet high-quality standards of ethics for publishers, editors, authors, and reviewers. As an essential issue, publication ethics needs to be explained clearly to improve the quality of the research worldwide. In this part, we explain the standard for editors, authors, and reviewers. In addition, the publisher doesnt have the right to interfere with the integrity of the contents and only supports publishing in a timely manner.

For Editors

1. Editors should be responsible for every article published in PUINOVAKESMAS Journal.
2. Editors should help authors to follow the instruction for the author that we adopt from ICMJE.
3. The editors may communicate with other editors or reviewers in making the final decision.
4. An editor has to evaluate the manuscript objectively for publication, judging each on its quality without looking to nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs, race, religion, gender, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the authors. He/she should decline his/her assignment when there is a potential for conflict of interest.
5. Editors need to ensure the document sent to the reviewer does not contain the information of the author, vice versa.
6. Editors' decisions should be informed to authors accompanied by reviewers' comments unless they contain offensive or libelous remarks.
7. Editors should respect requests from authors that an individual should not review the submission if these are well-reasoned and practicable.
8. Editors and all staff should guarantee the confidentiality of the submitted manuscript.
9. Editors will be guided by COPE flowcharts if there is suspected misconduct or disputed authorship.

For Reviewers

1. Reviewers need to comment on ethical questions and possible research and publication misconduct.
2. Reviewers will do the work in a timely manner and should notify the editor if they can not complete the work.
3. Reviewers need to keep the confidentiality of the manuscript.
4. Reviewers should not accept to review the manuscripts in which there is a potential conflict of interest between them and any of the authors.

For Authors

1. Author(s) affirm that the material has not been previously published and that they have not transa­ferred elsewhere any rights to the article.
2. Author(s) should ensure the originality of the work and they have properly cited others' work in accordance with the format of the reference.
3. Author(s) should not engage in plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
4. Salami publication is strictly prohibited in PUINOVAKESMAS Journal.
5. Author(s) should ensure that they follow the authorship criteria that are taken from the PUINOVAKESMAS Journal that is explained in instruction for the author of PUINOVAKESMAS Journal.
6. The author(s) haven't suggested any personal information that may make the identity of the patient recognizable in any forms of description part, photograph, or pedigree. When the photographs of the patient were essential and indispensable as scientific information, the author(s) have received the consent in written form and have clearly stated it.
7. In the case of experimenting on humans, the authors have certified that the process of the research is in accordance with ethical standards of Helsinki declaration, domestic and foreign committees that preside over human experiments. If any doubts are raised whether the research has proceeded in accordance with the declaration, the authors should explain it. In the case of experimenting on animals, the authors have certified that the authors had followed the domestic and foreign guidelines related to the experiment of animals in a laboratory.
8. Author(s) should give the editor the data and details of the work if there are suspicions of data falsification or fabrication.
9. Authors of the journal should clarify everything that may cause the conflict of interests such as work, research expenses, consul­tant expenses, and intellectual property on the document of PUINOVAKESMAS Journal form disclosure.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

All articles published in Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best choice of license:

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).