Editorial Policies
Standards and principles ensuring integrity, transparency, and excellence in pediatric research publication.
Commitment to Publication Ethics
Pediatric Health And Nutrition maintains rigorous editorial policies aligned with COPE and ICMJE guidelines and best practices in medical publishing for child health research.
These standards ensure fair evaluation, transparent processes, and ethical publication of pediatric innovations globally.
All submitted manuscripts undergo rigorous peer review by qualified experts in pediatrics and child nutrition science. Our review process evaluates scientific validity, methodological rigor, originality, and clinical contribution.
Double-Blind Review
Both authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the evaluation process, ensuring unbiased assessment of child health research contributions.
Expert Evaluation
Manuscripts are reviewed by specialists with relevant expertise in specific pediatric areas or methodological approaches.
Constructive Feedback
Reviewers provide detailed comments intended to help authors improve their child health research manuscripts.
Pediatric Health And Nutrition expects all submissions to represent original work conducted according to established ethical standards for clinical and pediatric research. Authors bear responsibility for ensuring the integrity of their child health studies.
- Data fabrication and falsification are serious violations resulting in rejection and potential reporting
- Plagiarism in any form is unacceptable; all submissions are screened using detection software
- Duplicate submission and publication are prohibited for pediatric manuscripts
- Image manipulation beyond standard adjustment must be disclosed and justified for child photographs
Research involving children: Studies with pediatric participants require enhanced ethical scrutiny. Parental consent and age-appropriate assent procedures must be documented for all child research.
Complete disclosure of potential conflicts is required from authors, reviewers, and editors. This includes industry relationships, institutional affiliations, and personal connections that might influence evaluation of child health research.
Clinical studies must have appropriate ethics committee approval and informed consent. Parental consent and child assent are required for pediatric research. Trial registration in public registries is required before patient enrollment.
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