Ethical approvals, patients rights and informed consent
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Environmental Reports is committed to ethical research practices that respect the rights of patients and animals. Below are the policies regarding patient rights, animal rights, and clinical trial registration.
Patient Rights
Patients have a fundamental right to privacy. Therefore, all studies involving human subjects must be conducted with informed consent. Identifying information should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees unless it is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent, guardian, or legally authorized representative) has given written informed consent for publication. When informed consent is obtained, it must be explicitly stated in the article.
All investigations involving human subjects must adhere to the ethical standards set forth in the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 (revised in 2000). Furthermore, all experiments must receive approval from the appropriate institutional human experimentation committee or equivalent.
Note: Please do not submit the patient’s actual written informed consent with your article, as this would breach confidentiality. Authors should include a statement regarding informed consent in the manuscript text.
Animal Rights
Experiments involving animals must comply with ethical standards for the care and use of laboratory animals. Articles that include animal experiments must obtain approval from the appropriate Ethical Committee, in accordance with the “Principles of Laboratory Animal Care” (NIH publication no. 85-23, revised 1985) and the ARRIVE guidelines.
Clinical Trial Registration
The journal recommends that all clinical trials be registered in a publicly accessible database. Authors must include the clinical trial registration numbers in all papers that report results from such trials. Additionally, authors are required to adhere to the minimum set of recommendations for reporting randomized trials as outlined in the “CONSORT (CONsolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) 2010 guidelines.”
By following these ethical standards, Environmental Reports aims to promote responsible research practices and uphold the rights of individuals and animals involved in scientific studies.
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