Animal & Human Rights Policy

SainsTech Innovation Journal mandates that all authors reporting experiments involving animal models or human subjects strictly adhere to the following ethical procedures:

1. Research Ethics for Animals and Humans

Ethical Committee Approval: Authors must include a statement in the "Methods" section confirming that they have identified the relevant institutional and/or licensing ethics committee and obtained prior approval for their experiments. An official Institutional Ethical Certificate must be uploaded as a supplementary file during manuscript submission.
Compliance with Regulations: Authors must explicitly declare that all experiments were conducted in full accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations established by the approving committee.
Client-Owned Animals & Field Studies: For experimental studies involving client-owned animals, authors must submit a signed consent document from the client agreeing to best practices in animal testing. Field studies and non-experimental research involving animals must comply with institutional, national, or international guidelines and receive approval from an appropriate ethics board where applicable.
Human Subject Protocols: For research involving human participants, authors must confirm that written informed consent was obtained from all participants and/or their legal guardians.
Moral Obligation: Researchers have a fundamental moral obligation toward the animals and human subjects involved in their studies. They must treat subjects with compassion and prioritize their well-being throughout the design and execution of the research project.

2. Ethical Approval Standard

Formal approval from a properly constituted ethics committee or Institutional Review Board (IRB) is mandatory. Authors submitting manuscripts to SainsTech Innovation Journal may be required to provide documentary proof of this clearance in addition to including a written statement within the body of the paper.

3. Informed Consent

Obtaining valid informed consent from human participants is a vital component of ethical research conduct. This process must comply with statutory regulations derived from international standards, including the Nuremberg Code and the Declaration of Helsinki. Articles submitted to SainsTech Innovation Journal must clearly demonstrate a legitimate and ethical informed consent process for all participants.

4. Editorial Evaluation & Misconduct Procedures

Right of Rejection: The Editor-in-Chief will evaluate all submitted manuscripts for animal and human welfare compliance. Manuscripts reporting research that strays from accepted ethical norms are subject to immediate rejection.
Verification Authority: The Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to contact the issuing ethics committee directly for any necessary clarification.
Ethical Misconduct Investigation: If the Editors deem the content of a submission to be ethically unsound, they may request a formal response from the authors, consult the head of the institution where the work was performed, or recommend a formal investigation. In cases of suspected scientific fraud or severe ethical misconduct, the Editors reserve the right to notify the authors' governing institution or relevant professional regulatory bodies.

5. Patient & Subject Confidentiality

Publication of any identifiable personal or medical information requires explicit written informed consent, even if identifying details have been removed.

Anonymizing features—such as placing black bars over the eyes in patient photographs—is considered insufficient to guarantee anonymity.
Any photograph where a subject could potentially be identified must be accompanied by a signed release form granting explicit permission for publication.
Rare exceptions may only be considered if the patient or next of kin is untraceable, or if an overriding public health interest justifies publication.