Ethical Guidelines

PJKD follows the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the ICMJE Recommendations (2016 revision), and the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki. Authors must ensure their research is conducted responsibly, ethically, and with appropriate approvals.

Editors and reviewers are also bound by strict ethical standards, including confidentiality during peer review and disclosure of conflicts of interest. Any breach of ethical conduct such as plagiarism, falsification, duplicate publication, or violation of human/animal rights will result in corrective actions such as rejection or retraction.