About the Journal

About the Journal

 

Aims and Scopes

Acta Persica Pathophysiologica is an open-access peer-reviewed journal devoted to the promotion of treatment of renal-related endocrine diseases. It has pursued this aim by publishing editorials, original research articles, reviews, mini-reviews, commentaries, letters to the editor, hypotheses, case reports, epidemiology and prevention, news and views, brief communications, and photo-clinics. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to the self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional/subject-based repository (Please see our information on Article Sharing Guidelines).

Full Journal Name:  Acta Persica Pathophysiologica

Journal’s link; http://actapathophysiol.com/

ISO Abbreviation: Acta Persica Pathophysiol

Journal’s Email: nrc@nickanrescorp.com

Publisher:  Isfahan: Nickan Research Institute

Publisher’s link: https://nickanrescorp.com/

Publisher’s Email:  nrc@nickanrescorp.com, nickaninstitute@gmail.com

eISSN: 2476-4752  (https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2476-4752)

Language: English

Frequency:  Annually (continuous)

Category: Medical Sciences

Open Access: Platinum Open Access

Publication Fee: No

Online Submission: http://actapathophysiol.com/Login

Complaint email: No specific policy– we handle complaints on a case-by-case basis Email:  nrc@nickanrescorp.com

Editorial Policy

 

Open Access

The Nickan Research Institute follows the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) funding model by the following link; https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/ (2019).

All content in our journals is freely available to readers/ authors and all institutions without a limitation period. Individuals can search, copy, print, read and download and also distribute full texts of the papers.

In our journals, the accepted articles by peer review will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (2019). Besides, in our journals no charge is needed for submitting the manuscripts.

Permissions

It is the duty of the authors to get permission from copyright containers for copying photos, figures or tables that will not be published. The authors should submit the certification of permission along with the submission.

Disclaimer

Facts and opinions in papers published in the four journals of Nickan Research Institute are exclusively the personal statements of respective authors. Authors are responsible for all contents in their article(s) including the accuracy of the facts, and statements and citing the resources.

Advertising Policy

The journals of Nickan Research Institute do not publish any advertisements. Our journal also has not any direct marketing actions, counting the requests for papers.

The policy of Nickan Research Institute on preprint articles

Authors are not allowed to submit preprint papers.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Publication and authorship

  1. All submitted manuscripts to our journals are subject to a strict peer-review process by at least two reviewers that are experts in the areas of nephrology or endocrinology.
  2. The factors that are taken into account in the review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language.
  3. The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
  4. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted.
  5. Rejected manuscripts will not be re-reviewed.
  6. The manuscript acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
  7. No research can be included in more than one publication.

 

Authors' responsibilities

 

  1. Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.
  2. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
  3. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.
  4. Authors must participate in the peer review process.
  5. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
  6. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
  7. Authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.
  8. Authors must notify the editors of any conflicts of interest.
  9. Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.
  10. Authors must report any errors they discover in their published paper to the editors.

Please complete the authors’ agreement form provided on the journal website and send it through email to the journal.

Reviewers' responsibilities

  1. Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information.
  2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author
  3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments
  4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
  5. Reviewers should also call to the editor-in-chief's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
  6. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

For more information, please look at the checklist for review provided on the journal website.

Editors' responsibilities

  1. Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
  2. Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.
  3. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.
  4. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.
  5. Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
  6. Editors should have a clear picture of a research's funding sources.
  7. Editors should base their decisions solely on the paper's importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to the publication's scope.
  8. Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason.
  9. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers.
  10. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
  11. Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain.
  12. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
  13. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions; they should have proof of misconduct.
  14. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers, and board members.

Plagiarism

Nickan Research Institute is committed to publishing only original materials (materials that neither has been published elsewhere nor is under review elsewhere). Journal of Renal Endocrinology is powered by the iThenticate® software, a plagiarism detector software that detects the originality of content submitted before publication. If plagiarism is recognized, we act based on flowcharts and workflows regulated by the COPE.

https://www.ithenticate.com/

Plagiarism could be the following items

o Direct copying the text from other articles

o Copying concepts, photos, or data from other published sources

o Copying the text from the own previously published materials

Plagiarism Policies

If plagiarism is recognized, the manuscript will be rejected. Additionally, if plagiarism is detected after the publication of the paper, the will retract according to the COPE guidelines.

 

Duplicate Submission

Papers, which have been published elsewhere, or are to be under review elsewhere, will incur duplicate submission/publication sanctions. If authors have used their own previously published study, or study that is currently under review, as the basis for a submitted manuscript, they are required to cite the previous paper and indicate how their submitted manuscript offers novel contributions beyond those of the previous work.

Citation Manipulation

Submitted papers that are found to include citations whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations to a given author’s article, or to articles published in a particular journal, will incur citation manipulation sanctions.

Data Fabrication and Falsification

Submitted papers that are found to have either fabricated or falsified experimental results, including the manipulation of images, will incur data fabrication and falsification sanctions.

Improper Author Contribution or Attribution

All listed authors must have made a significant scientific contribution to the study in the paper and approved all its claims. It is important to list everyone who made a significant scientific contribution, including students and laboratory technicians.

Redundant Publications

Redundant publications involve the inappropriate division of study outcomes into several articles.

Process for Identification of and Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct

Nickan Research Institute (http://nickanrescorp.com/index.php) as the publisher will take practical steps, which comprise technological and personal knowledge available to identify and block the publication of papers where research misconduct has arisen, containing citation manipulation, plagiarism, and data falsification/fabrication among others. The Nickan Research Institute respects the COPE's guidelines (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines) in dealing with allegations.