Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

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All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted. Only those authors and co authors who are registered in Editorial Manager …

All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. See also https://www.elsevier.com/conflictsofint…

COPE member Model summary

Include a statement that the work has been approved by the appropriate ethical committees related to the institution(s) in which it was performed (include name of the ethics committee, approval number and date) and that subjects gave informed consent to the work. Studies involving experiments with animals must state that their care was in accordance with institution guidelines.

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Double anonymized peer review Model summary

This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor'…

Max 20% similarity index Model summary

The journal is a member of Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and accepts a maximum threshold of 20% similarity index. Any submission with similarity index of 20% or more will be considered as plagiarism and the article will not be processed by the journal.

Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…

Authors should prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the appropriate guidelines(s) and/or checklist(s) for each type of article, as defined by the EQUATOR Network. Specifically, the following guidelines/checklists should be used: STROBE for Observational Studies; CONSORT for Clinical Trial/Experimental Studies; PRISMA for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis; and STARD for Diagnostic Accurac…