IJTHC adheres to strict ethical guidelines to ensure high-quality scientific publications that maintain public trust in academic research. Authors must commit to academic integrity and avoid unethical practices such as:

Data fabrication and falsification:

Data fabrication is when a researcher fabricates data rather than conducting the study. Data falsification is the act of experimenting with data and then altering some of it.

Plagiarism:

It is unjust and dishonest to use other scientists' ideas and efforts without crediting them. It is plagiarism to use someone else's words, or even a sentence from your own previously published work, without properly citing it.

Simultaneous submissions:

Submitting the same work to multiple journals at the same time is unethical. In addition to wasting the time of editors and peer reviewers, publishing in several journals can undermine both the authors' and publications' reputations because the latter publication must be withdrawn.

Redundant publications (or ‘salami’ publications):

This entails releasing many manuscripts that are strikingly similar and based on the same study. Editors are likely to reject a weak work that they think is the result of salami slicing.

Improper author contribution or attribution:

All of the claims stated in the paper must have been approved by each of the listed authors, who also made a substantial contribution to the scientific investigation. Do not forget to add technicians and students who made significant scientific contributions. It is not appropriate to "gift" authorship to someone who did not contribute to the article.

Please note:

Original manuscripts must be sent to this publication. This suggests that neither its current form nor a similar one should have been made available in the past. Please be advised that the journal editor may check submitted work for originality. You must disclose any conflicts of interest at the time of submission so that the editor can make the appropriate decision.