Ethical declarations

All authors submitting to this journal must adhere to the following ethical declarations to ensure transparency, integrity, and trust in scholarly publishing. These mandatory requirements are based on guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and other recognized frameworks.

Originality and Plagiarism Declaration

The authors confirm that this manuscript is original, has not been published previously, and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Any prior dissemination of the content (such as presentations at conferences, preprints, or thesis publications) has been fully disclosed in the manuscript. All relevant literature and sources have been appropriately cited to ensure proper acknowledgment of prior work and to avoid plagiarism. By submitting the manuscript, the authors affirm that it represents their own original contributions and that it complies with ethical standards for scholarly publishing.

Conflict of Interest Declaration

Authors must disclose any financial, personal, or professional relationships that could be perceived as conflicts of interest or that could potentially influence their research or its interpretation. This includes, but is not limited to, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, patents, and research funding from organizations with a vested interest in the work. A clear conflict of interest statement must be included in the manuscript, declaring all relevant affiliations. If no conflicts exist, authors must explicitly state that there are none.

Ethical Approval for Research Involving Human Participants

This journal is firmly committed to upholding the highest ethical standards in research involving human participants. Consequently, all studies dealing with human subjects, human tissue, or human data must strictly comply with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and must have received prior approval from a duly constituted institutional ethics committee or institutional review board (IRB). Submitted manuscripts must include a clear statement confirming that the research protocol was reviewed and approved by a recognized ethics committee or IRB, explicitly stating the committee's name, the specific reference number or approval code (if applicable), and the date of approval. In instances where ethical approval or consent was deemed unnecessary, authors must provide a robust justification grounded in relevant legislation or institutional policies. Manuscripts lacking a clear and explicit ethical statement regarding human research will not be considered for publication.

Informed Consent

Authors must confirm that informed consent was obtained from all research participants prior to their inclusion in the study. Participants should have been fully informed about the study’s purpose, procedures, potential risks and benefits, their right to withdraw at any time, and how their confidentiality and privacy would be protected. Special considerations must be made for vulnerable populations, such as children or individuals with cognitive impairments, with consent obtained from a parent, guardian, or legally authorized representative as appropriate. If identifying information (e.g., photographs or clinical details) is included, explicit consent for publication must be obtained and documented. Authors must include a statement in their manuscript detailing how informed consent was obtained and documented, and if written consent was not possible, a clear explanation and justification of the alternative procedures used must be provided.

Ethical Approval for Research Involving Animals

The journal requires that all research involving animals be conducted in accordance with internationally accepted ethical guidelines for animal welfare, such as the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (U.S. National Research Council), the EU Directive 2010/63/EU, the ARRIVE guidelines, or equivalent national regulations. Authors must confirm that the study protocol was reviewed and approved by an appropriate Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) or an equivalent ethical oversight body. The manuscript must include a clear statement identifying the approving committee, the approval number or code (if applicable), and the date of approval. Researchers must also provide justifications for the use of animals, describe the measures taken to minimize animal suffering, outline animal care and housing conditions, and confirm that the minimum number of animals necessary to achieve scientific objectives was used. Manuscripts that do not include a valid and explicit ethical statement will not be considered for publication.

Funding Disclosure

Authors must disclose all sources of financial support for their research, including the names of funding organizations, grant numbers, and any roles the funders played in the study’s design, data collection, analysis, or publication. If funders had no involvement in the research process, this should be clearly stated.

Data Availability Statement

Authors are encouraged to make the data underlying their research publicly available whenever possible and ethically appropriate. They should clearly state where and how the supporting data can be accessed—such as through public repositories, institutional databases, or upon reasonable request—and include persistent identifiers (e.g., DOIs) when applicable. If data cannot be shared, authors must provide a clear and justified explanation (e.g., privacy concerns or ongoing studies). A data availability statement must be included in the manuscript, outlining any access conditions. Sufficient methodological detail should also be provided to allow other researchers to replicate the findings.

Permissions and Acknowledgements

Authors must ensure proper acknowledgment of all sources and obtain the necessary permissions for any reused materials, including figures, tables, images, and datasets from previously published works. Any third-party content must be clearly cited, and copyright permissions must be documented and, where required, submitted with the manuscript.

Policy on Research and Publication Misconduct

Advances in BioScience is unequivocally committed to upholding the highest standards of research integrity and publication ethics. We take all allegations of research and publication misconduct extremely seriously, encompassing fabrication, falsification, plagiarism (of both text and ideas), data and image manipulation, unethical authorship practices (such as ghost, guest, or gift authorship or undisclosed contributions), duplicate submission, and undisclosed conflicts of interest. In the cases of suspected misconduct, we will initiate a rigorous and objective investigation following established best practices and guidelines, such as those provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). If misconduct is confirmed following due process, appropriate actions will be taken to maintain the integrity of the scholarly record. These actions may include immediate retraction of the article with a clear explanation, notification of the authors' institutions and relevant funding bodies, implementation of sanctions against the involved individuals (such as a temporary or permanent ban from publishing in this journal), and the publication of errata or corrections where necessary. We encourage vigilance within the research community and will act decisively to address any breaches of ethical conduct.