Mandalika Health Care Journal (MHCJ) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures to prevent publication malpractice. The journal follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) to ensure the integrity of the academic record.

Duties of Authors

• Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their work is original and properly cited. Plagiarism in any form is unethical and unacceptable.

• Multiple Submissions: Manuscripts must not be submitted to more than one journal at the same time. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals is considered unethical.

• Authorship: All individuals listed as authors must have made a significant contribution to the research and writing process. All contributors must be properly acknowledged.

• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial or other conflicts of interest that may influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.

• Data Access and Retention: Authors should be prepared to provide raw data related to their study for editorial review if requested.

Duties of Editors

• Decision on Publication: The editor is responsible for deciding which submitted articles should be published, based on their quality, originality, and relevance to the journal’s scope.

• Fair Play: Manuscripts shall be evaluated solely on their academic merit, without regard to the author’s race, gender, nationality, or institutional affiliation.

• Confidentiality: Editors must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, editorial board members, and the publisher.

• Conflict of Interest: Editors should not handle manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.

Duties of Reviewers

• Confidentiality: Reviewers must treat manuscripts as confidential documents and must not share or discuss them with others.

• Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively and provide clear feedback with supporting arguments.

• Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.

• Conflict of Interest: Reviewers must decline to review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships.