Ethical Principles
Ethical Principles
The editorial board of Radiology and Molecular Imaging subscribes to and abides by the principles of the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the US National Library of Medicine (NLM), the World Medical Association (WMA) and the European Association of Science Editors (EASE).
In accordance with the journal's policy, all research protocols must be approved by an ethics committee in accordance with international agreements, including the WMA Declaration of Helsinki – Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects (last updated: October 2013, Fortaleza). In accordance with the aforementioned regulations, all research studies must be accompanied by the following documentation:
1. The "Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals (8th edition, 2011)"
2. The "International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals (2012)"
It should be noted that failure to provide the aforementioned documentation will result in the manuscript being rejected. In the event that the submitted manuscript does not include ethics committee approval, it will be reviewed in accordance with the COPE's guideline (Guidance for Editors: Research, Audit and Service Evaluations). Should the study require ethical approval, the authors will be requested to provide this in order to proceed with the review process. In the event that they are unable to provide ethical approval, their manuscript will be rejected, and their institutions and, when necessary, the relevant bodies in their country will be informed that such studies must have ethics committee approval. Should the requisite ethical approval be provided, the manuscript will be subjected to further review.
Studies in Humans and Animals
If the work involves the use of human subjects, the author should ensure that the work described has been carried out in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans. The manuscript should adhere to the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. It should strive to include representative human populations in terms of sex, age, and ethnicity, as outlined in those recommendations. The terms "sex" and "gender" should be used correctly.
The author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement confirming that all procedures were conducted in accordance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and have been approved by the appropriate institutional committee(s). This statement should include the date and reference number of the ethical approval(s) obtained. Authors should also include a statement in the manuscript confirming that informed consent was obtained for experiments involving human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
Informed Consent and Patient Information
Studies involving patients, volunteers, or organ/tissue donors require informed consent, which must be documented in the paper. Appropriate consents, permissions, and releases must be obtained when an author intends to include case details, personal information, or images of patients and any other individuals. Written consents must be retained by the author, but copies should not be provided to the journal.
Only if specifically requested by the journal in exceptional circumstances (e.g., if a legal issue arises), must the author provide copies of the consents or evidence that such consents have been obtained.
Unless the author has written permission from the patient (or, where applicable, the next of kin), the personal details of any patient included in any part of the article and in any supplementary materials (including all illustrations and videos) must be removed before submission.
Declaration of Competing Interests
Corresponding authors, on behalf of all the authors of a submission, must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other individuals or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. All authors, including those without competing interests to declare, should provide the relevant information to the corresponding author. If authors have nothing to declare, they should specify this. Corresponding authors should use this tool to create a shared statement and upload it to the submission system during the "Attach Files" step.
Disclosure Instructions
Authors must disclose the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by adding a statement at the end of their manuscript in the core manuscript file, before the References list.
This declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references, etc. If there is nothing to disclose, there is no need to add a statement.
Authorship
All authors should have made substantial contributions.
One author must be designated as the corresponding author to receive and handle all correspondence related to the submission. Authors may designate one co-first author, but only one corresponding author. Similarly, the journal does not designate co-first authorship. However, you may include a footnote indicating that two authors have contributed equally to the work. All affiliations should be accurate at the time of acceptance, or at the latest when proofs are sent for checking after acceptance. Please be aware that once your paper is published in an issue, we can no longer make any late amendments to affiliations.
Copyright
Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles, including abstracts, for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article.
Funding Source
Please specify the source of financial support for the research and/or article preparation. Additionally, briefly outline the sponsor(s)' involvement, if any, in study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation, report writing, and the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement, it is recommended to state this.