Publication Ethics: A journal shall also have policies on publishing ethics. These should be clearly visible on its website, and should refer to:
i) Journal policies on authorship and contributorship;
ii) How the journal will handle complaints and appeals;
iii) Journal policies on conflicts of interest / competing interests;
iv) Journal policies on data sharing and reproducibility;
v) Journal’s policy on ethical oversight;
vi) Journal’s policy on intellectual property;
vii) Journal’s options for post-publication discussions and corrections.
one simple example of publication ethics page:
