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Publication Ethics Statement

Misconduct and Malpractice

• The journal is pledged to uphold the maximum level of integrity in all published articles.
• Submissions may be subjected to plagiarism detection software. In situations where plagiarism is detected, COPE guidelines will be applied.
• The publisher and editor(s) will implement rational actions to detect and block the publication of articles proven to have any kind of research misconduct, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data fabrication.
• If editor(s) or the publisher detect or receive allegations of research misconduct in an article already published in JKAU-Med Sci, the publisher will apply national guidelines to deal with such allegations.

Declaration of Originality

• JKAU-Med Sci is dedicated to endorsing the integrity of scientific publication.
• Authors should not submit their manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously.
• The work in the submitted manuscript must be original and should not have been considered for publication or published in any form, language, or media.
• Results should be clear, honest, and not fabricated.
• Previously published data or text by others should not be presented as the authors’ own work.
• Editor(s) may apply plagiarism detection software.
• Authors should have permission to use any software, questionnaires, or (web) surveys in the submitted work.
• Authors must appropriately cite relevant literature. Excessive and inappropriate self-citation is strongly discouraged.

Plagiarism Check

The journal takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism, or other breaches of best practices in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of the authors and uphold the reputation of the journal against malpractice.

Submitted articles are checked using plagiarism detection software. Any article found to have plagiarized other work will be rejected.