Human and Animal Rights

All studies must be conducted within an appropriate ethical framework. If there is any doubt that the research was not carried out in accordance with proper ethical standards, the Editors reserve the right to reject the manuscript and/or refer the matter to the authors’ institutional Ethics Committee for further review. In exceptional cases, if the Editor has serious concerns regarding the ethical conduct of the study, the manuscript may be rejected on ethical grounds even if approval from an ethics committee has been obtained.

Any article involving human participants or animal experimentation must include a statement confirming that the research was conducted in accordance with the relevant institutional and national ethics guidelines. The study should be designed to avoid unnecessary pain, distress, or suffering to animals. Authors must also ensure that all applicable regulations governing the use of animals in research are followed.

All clinical trials must be registered in an appropriate publicly accessible trial registry.

Informed Consent

Patients and research participants have the right to privacy, and the CUP Journal is committed to protecting this right. Identifying information, including names, initials, hospital numbers, or other personal identifiers, should not be included in written descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees unless such information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent/guardian) has provided written informed consent for publication.

When informed consent is required, the identifiable participant should be informed about the nature of the publication and the information to be disclosed. Authors must ensure that participants understand that identifiable information may be published in print and online once the article is released. Written consent must be obtained and retained by the authors and/or the journal in accordance with applicable local regulations and legal requirements.

Irrelevant personal information must be omitted from the manuscript. If there is any uncertainty about whether anonymity can be preserved, informed consent must be obtained. Measures such as masking parts of the face (e.g., covering the eyes in photographs) are not considered sufficient to guarantee anonymity. If identifying characteristics are altered to protect identity (for example, in genetic pedigrees), authors must ensure that such changes do not distort the scientific meaning and this must be clearly stated in the manuscript.

Where applicable, the published article must include a statement confirming that informed consent was obtained from the participant(s).