Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

ETHICAL GUIDELINES

Archives of Veterinary Research adheres to the below ethical guidelines for publication and research. If your manuscript is based on in vivo experiment, then follow the ARRIVE guideline (https://arriveguidelines.org/) and amend the manuscript wherever necessary as per guideline. You must have to do it otherwise there may be a chance of reject.

AUTHORSHIP AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Authorship

All the authors in a manuscript are responsible for the technical information communicated. For this reason, it is necessary that all authors must read and approve the final version of the manuscript before signing the consent and declaration form. All named authors must have made an active contribution to the conception and design and/or analysis and interpretation of the data and/or the drafting of the paper and All must have critically reviewed its content and have approved the final version submitted for publication. Participation solely in the acquisition of funding or the collection of data does not justify authorship.

Archives of Veterinary Research adheres to the definition of authorship set up by The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). According to the ICMJE authorship criteria should be based on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design of, or acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data, 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and 3) final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet conditions 1, 2 and 3.

It is a requirement that all authors have been accredited as appropriate upon submission of the manuscript. Contributors who do not qualify as authors should be mentioned under Acknowledgements.

Change in authorship:

We do not allow any change in authorship after provisional acceptance. We cannot allow any addition, deletion or change in the sequence of the author name. We have this policy to prevent the fraud.

Acknowledgements

Under Acknowledgements please specify contributors to the article other than the authors accredited. Please also include specifications of the source of funding for the study and any potential conflict of interests if appropriate. Suppliers of materials should be named and their location (town, state/county, country) included.

Similarity index

We check the plagiarism with the use of iThenticate: Plagiarism Detection Software. To reduce the similarity, please give proper citations and use the words/sentences carefully.

ETHICAL APPROVALS

Experimental Subjects: When experimental animals (All live animals considered experimental when using for the study) are used, the methods section must clearly indicate that adequate measures were taken to minimize pain or discomfort. Experiments should be carried out in accordance with the Guidelines laid down by the International Animal Ethics Committee or Institutional ethics committee and in accordance with local laws and regulations. All studies using human or animal subjects should include an explicit statement in the Material and Methods section identifying the review and ethics committee approval for each study, if applicable. Editors reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt as to whether appropriate procedures have been used.

PERMISSION

If all or parts of previously published illustrations are used, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder concerned. It is the author's responsibility to obtain these in writing and provide copies to the Publishers.

AUTHOR DECLARATION CERTIFICATE

Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the work and its essential substance have not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Certificate also includes permission from other copyright holders if any copyrighted materials used in manuscript. (Download Author Declaration Certificate).

COMPETING INTERESTS DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE

Authors submitting a paper to Archives of Veterinary Research have to disclose competing interests if any by submission of Competing Interests Disclosure Certificate.