Editorial Guidelines
JHBRR maintains a strict framework for biomedical research to uphold clinical safety, scientific validity, and academic rigor.
1. Submission and Initial Evaluation
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Scope: Medicine, Biomedicine, Public Health, and Pharmacology.
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Plagiarism: Turnitin screening with a threshold <15%.
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Formatting: Manuscripts must include clinical trial registration (if applicable) and ethics declarations.
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Licensing: Distributed under CC BY-NC 4.0 for non-commercial global health exchange.
2. Peer Review Policy
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Confidentiality: Double-blind review is strictly enforced to ensure impartial scientific assessment.
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Timeline: Most reviews are processed within 2 to 4 weeks to ensure timely dissemination of health data.
3. Editorial Decision-Making
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Decisions: Accept, Minor/Major Revision, or Reject based on peer consensus and clinical relevance.
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Resubmission: Authors must respond to every point raised by the reviewers regarding data interpretation.
4. Ethical Standards
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Clinical Ethics: Research must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki and have proper IRB approvals.
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Conflict of Interest: Mandatory disclosure of all financial ties or pharmaceutical funding.
5. Post-Publication Policy
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Correction: Formal Corrigenda are issued for clinical data errors found post-publication.
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Archiving: Continuous digital preservation for citation durability across global medical databases.