Research Ethics & Consent
Human and animal research ethics, consent, privacy and clinical-trial registration requirements
QES Academic Press publisher-level policy and guidance.
Research involving human participants, identifiable personal information or animals must comply with applicable ethical, legal and institutional requirements and the relevant journal policy.
Human research
Authors must identify the approving ethics committee or review body and provide approval/reference information where applicable. Informed consent must be obtained unless an appropriate ethics body has approved a justified waiver. Identifiable information must not be published without valid consent for publication.
Animal research
Animal studies must report relevant ethical approval and humane-care procedures consistent with applicable institutional and regulatory requirements and appropriate reporting guidance such as ARRIVE where relevant.
Clinical trials
QES MedPharm Journal requires prospective registration of clinical trials in a publicly accessible primary registry accepted by the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform or another registry meeting applicable ICMJE requirements, before enrolment of the first participant. The registry name, registration number and registration date must be reported in the manuscript. Material discrepancies between registration, protocol and report must be explained.
Participant privacy
Manuscripts must avoid unnecessary participant-identifiable details. Consent for publication is required when a participant may be identifiable from text, images or other information.