Corporate

Editorial Policies

All publication processes are done according to guides and recommendations of international organizations such as International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE), European Association of Science Editors (EASE) and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) by Galenos Publishing House journals.

○ Manuscripts sent to Galenos Publishing House journals are evaluated according to independent and non-biased peer-review principles.

○ The mission of Galenos Publishing House journals is to publish clinical, experimental and basic science studies of high quality for national and international audience.

Advertisement Policies

○ Financial expenses of Galenos Publishing House journals are covered from resources of the institutions by their owners.
○ The journals might publish some ads of drugs and other medical tools and equipments.
○ The commercials will not be published on journals’ websites, but exceptions are present.

Conflict of Interest

All submitting authors must to declare absence or presence of any conflict of interests by filling out the ICMJE Form (or the form provided by the journal) for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Their declarations will be published at the end of each manuscript under Conflict of Interest section.

If any undeclared conflict is detected, authors will be asked for explanation by the Editorial Board.

Corrections

Errors in published papers may be identified requiring publication of a correction in the form of a corrigendum or erratum. Because articles can be read and cited as soon as they are published, any changes thereafter could potentially impact those who read and cited the earlier version.

Expressions of Concern

Where substantial doubt arises as to the honesty or integrity of a submitted or published article, it is the Editor in Chief's responsibility to ensure that the matter is adequately addressed, usually by the authors' sponsoring institution. It is not normally the Editor in Chief's responsibility to carry out the investigation or make a determination. The Editor in Chief should be promptly informed of the decision of the sponsoring institution and a retraction printed should it be determined that a fraudulent paper was published. Alternatively, the Editor in Chief may choose to publish an expression of concern over aspects of the conduct or integrity of the work.

Article retraction

Infringements of professional ethical codes, such as multiple submission, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data or the like. Occasionally a retraction will be used to correct errors in submission or publication.The retraction of an article by its authors or the editor under the advice of members of the scholarly community has long been an occasional feature of the learned world.

Article replacement

In cases where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk, the authors of the original article may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version. In these circumstances the procedures for retraction will be followed with the difference that the database retraction notice will publish a link to the corrected re-published article and a history of the document.

Human and Animal Rights

For any experimental, clinical or drug researches, the ethics committee report must be acquired and submitted with the manuscript. The report must be prepared with consideration of International Human and Animal Rights laws and Helsinki Declaration (revised in 2013).

Patient Consent

The patients must be informed and give their consents, so the authors will present them during the submission of manuscript and it will be stated at the end of each one.

ICMJE

○ Galenos Publishing House has adopted ICMJE "Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals" guide and declared this in journals’ Instructions to Authors page.
○ As Galenos Publishing House, we are aware of importance of Recommendations. Therefore, each of editors, authors and reviewers are notified and publications are processed in scope of this document.