Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Obesity

Based on the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, by the ICMJE, Authors should have made significant conceptual, intellectual, experimental, and analytical contributions to the research, as well as having participated in writing and revising the manuscript. Also each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to be responsible for its content.

Each author should meet all criteria (A,B,C, and D) that recommended by the ICMJE as following conditions:

1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
2. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
3. Final approval of the version to be published; AND
4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Each author should be accountable for the parts of the work he or she has done. In addition, each author should be able to identify which coauthors are responsible for specific other parts of the work and should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of any coauthors.

The authors also must certify that the manuscript represents valid data and has not been published in any form and is not being submitted for in the form of scientific presentations for publication elsewhere.

If requested, authors should be prepared to provide the data and must cooperate fully in obtaining and providing the data on which the manuscript is based for examination by the editors or their assignees.
We asked the authors to appreciate and accept that it is necessary to say the funding that made the investigation possible. Researchers should protect study participants, patients, and experimental animals, and if they are used in research and publications, respect for patients' privacy and anonymity.

Authors should:
i.    Authors must certify that the submitted manuscript is their original version and has not previously been published in another journal, and neither currently being submitted nor being under reviewed in another journal.
ii.    Researchers should adhere to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki   - Ethical Principles of Medical Research for Human Studies, and for reporting animal studies, follow international and national guidelines such as the US NIH or the UK Home Office, and mention the recommendations for the care and use of animals.
iii.    Authors should correct mistakes in the article in accordance with the comments of the reviewers during the peer review process and report any mistakes in the published article to the Editors.
iv.    The names stated in the article as authors should be significantly involved in the investigation and the rate of their collaboration should be specified in the "Authors' Contribution" section of the paper.
v.    Real, valid, without fabrication and falsification of every data, result, the method used, etc. in the research must be certified by the authors.
vi.    Authors should know any conflicts of interest, financial resources, individuals, and entities who have supported researchers in their research and declare them to the editors.
vii.    The authors should express that informed consent was acquired from all adult patients and their parents by the researchers if the children were in the study population.
viii.    Authors are recommended to consult with statistical professionals before submitting an article. Because of inaccurate statistical analysis in many cases, delays in evaluating the manuscript and ultimately rejecting the paper.
ix.    The corresponding author for each article is the main owner of the paper and is responsible for the following: all connections, submission of the manuscript, revision of the paper, uploading a brief explanation of all contributions to the work in the title page, Paper has not been on prior published or for publication in other journals (in any language) has not sent, can withdraw the article if it is incomplete (before entering the review process or when appealing this article).

Changes in Authorship: The authors should be agreed the order of authorship among themselves before submitting the manuscript. Changes in authorship (ie, order, addition, and deletion of authors) should be discussed and approved by all authors. Any requests for such changes in authorship after initial manuscript submission and before publication should be explained in a letter to the editor signed by all the authorsor email from all authors.

Ethics of studies involving humans and animals

The research that involves human beings (or animals) must adhere to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/index.html).

All research participants should be informed about the aims of the study and any possible side effects of the drugs and intervention. Written informed consent under protocols approved by an institutional or local review board or approved animal protocols are essential if the research involves human or animal subjects, respectively. This information should be stated in the manuscript and the protocol number or exempt status of approved protocols should be stated in the manuscript at the time of submission for review.

Ethical considerations must be clearly addressed in the Materials and Methods section. Also the name of the appropriate institutional review board that approved the project should be mentioned.

The Journal reserves the right to request the related documents.

Conflicts of interest

All authors must inform us about any kinds of financial, personal, political, or academic "Conflict of Interest that would potentially affect their judgment. Authors are preferably asked to fill the uniform disclosure form available through: (http://www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf)

Clinical Trial Registration

According to the International Committee of Medical journal Editors (ICMJE) a Clinical Trial is any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes.

Authors of clinical trials are required to prospectively register their trial with one of the ICMJE-recognized trial registries. The registration number of the trial and the name of the trial registry must be mentioned at the end of the abstract.

All of Iranian Clinical Trials must be registered in Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (www.IRCT.ir), in order to be considered for publication. The clinical trials performed abroad, could be considered for publication, if they register in a registration site approved by W.H.O. such as:

- http://rctregistry.tums.ac.ir

-http://www.clicicaltrials.gov

- http://www.anzctr.org.au

- http://isrctn.org

- http:// www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/index.asp

- http://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr

 

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• Ethics committee approval code is necessary for all type of mamuscripts