Journal of Biomedical Research Open Access Editor-in-Chief: Zhibin Hu, MD, PhD
Publishing Ethics

The Journal of Biomedical Research (JBR) is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and fully adheres to its Core Practices. The journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and expects all authors to comply with the following principles:

Authorship and Contributions: To ensure transparency and appropriate credit, the journal requires the inclusion of a CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) authorship contribution statement, which specifies the contributions of each author. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools cannot be listed as an author.

Data Integrity and Transparency: To ensure transparency and reproducibility, authors must make all primary data underlying the findings publicly available. This includes original, unprocessed Western blot images (gel scans with molecular weight markers and loading controls), high-throughput sequencing data (e.g., RNA-seq, ChIP-seq) deposited in public repositories (e.g., GEO, ENA, or CNGBdb) with accession numbers provided, and other raw data such as flow cytometry files, mass spectrometry data, or microscopy images. Any restrictions on data access must be clearly justified in the submission.

Ethical Approval and Informed Consent: Studies involving human subjects, human material, human data, or animals must have been reviewed and approved by the responsible Ethical Review Committee and be performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee and the Declaration of Helsinki, or the guidelines for the care and use of animals established by the authors' affiliated institution(s). For enrolled human subjects, each should voluntarily sign an informed consent. The patients' names, initials, or hospital names or any information that may lead to the identification of the patients should be omitted. An ethical statement detailing the above-mentioned information should be indicated in the Materials and Methods section.

Conflicts of Interest: Authors are responsible for disclosing all financial and personal relationships that might bias their work. Authors should state explicitly whether potential conflicts do or do not exist in the manuscript on a conflict-of-interest notification page.

Use of Artificial Intelligence: The journal strictly prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or write substantial parts of the manuscript, including the abstract, introduction, results, or discussion sections. AI may only be used for language editing or formatting assistance, and such use should be briefly disclosed in the Acknowledgments section. Authors are fully responsible for the scientific accuracy, originality, and integrity of the work.