Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics 

The International Journal of Current Research in Pharmacy (IJCRP) is committed to maintaining high standards of research integrity, publication ethics, transparency, and responsible scholarly publishing. All authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher are expected to follow ethical principles throughout the publication process. 

Authors 

Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts are original, scientifically accurate, and not under consideration elsewhere. All authors must approve the final manuscript, and appropriate authorship, funding, ethical approval, and conflict-of-interest declarations must be provided. 

Plagiarism & Research Misconduct 

IJCRP does not tolerate plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, data manipulation, authorship misconduct, or citation manipulation. Manuscripts may undergo similarity and research-integrity checks. Similarity reports are assessed contextually rather than using a fixed percentage alone. 

Ethical Approval 

Research involving human participants, animals, or clinical studies must comply with applicable ethical and regulatory requirements. Appropriate ethics approval and informed consent should be reported where applicable. 

Peer Review 

Reviewers must maintain confidentiality, provide objective and constructive evaluations, and disclose any conflicts of interest. Peer-review manipulation or misuse of confidential information is considered serious misconduct. 

Editorial Independence 

Editorial decisions are based on scientific quality, originality, relevance, methodological rigor, and ethical compliance and are independent of commercial interests, author nationality, institutional affiliation, or personal relationships. 

Conflicts of Interest & Funding 

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest. All relevant sources of research funding should be acknowledged. 

Artificial Intelligence 

AI tools must not be used to fabricate research, data, references, or results. AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and authors remain responsible for the accuracy and integrity of their submitted work. 

Corrections & Retractions 

When significant errors or misconduct are identified after publication, IJCRP may publish Corrections, Errata, Corrigenda, Expressions of Concern, or Retractions, as appropriate, to protect the integrity of the scholarly record. 

Commitment 

IJCRP is committed to integrity, transparency, accountability, confidentiality, fair peer review, and responsible scholarly communication, following recognized principles of ethical academic publishing.