Research Misconduct

The Global Journal of Clinical and Applied Medical Sciences takes allegations of research and publication misconduct seriously.

Potential misconduct includes:

• Fabrication of data

• Falsification of data

• Plagiarism

• Duplicate publication

• Manipulation of research findings

• Inappropriate authorship

• Undisclosed conflicts of interest

• Unethical research practices

• Misrepresentation of research results

Where concerns arise, the journal may conduct an appropriate preliminary assessment and may request clarification or supporting documentation.

Where necessary, the journal may contact the authors' institution or relevant authority.

Depending on the outcome, the journal may:

• Reject a manuscript.

• Request corrections.

• Publish an expression of concern.

• Retract an article.

• Take other appropriate editorial action.