Policies on Conflict of Interest , Human and Animal Rights, and Informed Consent

Pakistan journal of urology  on Based of  2003 Council of Publication Ethics' Guidelines on Good Publishing Practice, "A conflict of interest may in fact be recognized when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests not fully apparent and which may influence their judgments on what is published." They have been described as those which, if revealed later, would make the reasonable reader feel as though he or she had been misled, in other words, deceived.

Conflict of Interest Policy:

• Description: All authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial or personal relationships that could influence their work. Declarations should be made at the time of submission and included in the final published article.

• Human and Animal Rights Policy:

  Description: Research involving human participants or animals must adhere to ethical standards. Approval from an appropriate ethics committee should be obtained, and details must be provided in the manuscript.

  Informed Consent Policy:

  Description: For studies involving human participants, informed consent must be obtained. Identifiable information should not be published without consent, and such consent should be documented and archived