Plagiarism/Ethics Statement
Plagiarism and Publication Ethics Statement
The Journal of Nursing and Patient Safety is committed to maintaining the highest standards of research integrity, ethical publishing, and professional accountability. The journal promotes the dissemination of reliable, evidence-based knowledge that supports excellence in nursing practice, patient safety, healthcare quality, and clinical outcomes. Authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial staff are expected to uphold internationally recognized principles of publication ethics throughout the editorial and peer-review process.
Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts are original, accurate, and prepared in accordance with accepted scientific and ethical standards. All information, data, tables, figures, and ideas obtained from previously published sources must be appropriately cited. The journal strictly prohibits plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, data falsification, image manipulation, and any other form of academic or research misconduct. Manuscripts found to violate these ethical standards may be rejected, and published articles may be corrected, retracted, or subject to other appropriate editorial actions following a thorough investigation.
Research involving human participants must be conducted in compliance with recognized ethical principles and applicable institutional, national, and international regulations. Where required, authors should obtain approval from an appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Ethics Committee before initiating the study and confirm that informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legally authorized representatives. Patient privacy, confidentiality, and dignity must be protected, and any potentially identifiable information should only be published with appropriate written consent.
Studies involving animals must comply with established ethical guidelines governing animal care and welfare. Authors should provide details of ethical approval and describe the measures taken to ensure humane treatment throughout the research.
The journal requires authors to disclose all sources of funding, financial support, and any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the interpretation or reporting of the research. Individual author contributions should be clearly described to promote transparency and accountability. Authors are encouraged to retain original research data and make it available when appropriate to support verification, reproducibility, and scientific transparency.
Editors are responsible for making fair, unbiased, and confidential editorial decisions based on scientific merit, originality, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal's scope. Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, and timely evaluations while maintaining confidentiality and declaring any conflicts of interest that may affect their judgment.
When concerns regarding publication ethics arise before or after publication, the journal will investigate them in a fair, confidential, and timely manner. Appropriate editorial measures, including corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions, will be implemented when necessary to preserve the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.
The Journal of Nursing and Patient Safety is dedicated to fostering ethical scientific publishing and supporting high-quality research that advances nursing practice, patient safety initiatives, healthcare quality improvement, clinical education, and evidence-based patient care.
