Research Micro adheres to the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Research Micro adheres to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) recommendations. The ICMJE recommends that authorship should be based on the following four criteria:
Research Micro follows the ICMJE's Recommendations for the Protection of Research Participants. In research studies involving human subjects, authors must include a statement in the methodology section to confirm that informed consent was obtained.
Research Micro also requires all submissions that include the use of animal subjects to adhere to the guidelines published by the International Association of Veterinary Editors. If a research study has been given an exemption from requiring ethics approval, this should also be declared in the manuscript under the methodology section. For more information please visit the ICMJE's website.
Appropriate author acknowledgment must be clearly indicated in the submitted manuscript. In-text citations must be inserted appropriately and citations must be correctly associated with a corresponding reference list. In cases of plagiarism, inappropriate data processing, disputed authorship, or duplicate publication, Research Micro reserves the right to retract the published article.
Based on the retraction guidelines of COPE, the retracted article (including the title and authors in the retraction heading) and the reason for retraction will be specified promptly on the journal website. If, due to honest error, a small part of an article proves to be misleading, Research Micro considers issuing a correction.
Research Micro is a member of, and subscribes to the principles of, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The COPE Retraction Guidelines describe when journals could issue an Editorial Expression of Concern. Research Micro may consider issuing an Editorial Expression of Concern if our Editors receive indication of possible research or publication misconduct. If, after investigation by the Research Micro team, more evidence becomes available, the Editorial Expression of Concern will be replaced by a retraction notice. However, if after investigation the article is shown to be reliable, the Editorial Expression of Concern will be replaced by an exonerating statement. For more information, please see the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines.
Research Micro publishes research that is reliable and follows the international standard for scientific research. Figures/images should precisely replicate the original data. Research Micro may contact the corresponding author and request source data for any figure/image before publication. The editorial team encourages authors to submit the database used in the research study as supplementary files (appendix) or to host the database on the authors' personal or institutional website.