Notice of Ethics
Notice Regarding the Provision of Ethics Committee Approval Documents and Informed Consent Forms for Related Papers
According to the relevant requirements of the Regulations on Ethical Review of Human Biomedical Research issued by the former National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China on December 1, 2016 (Order No. 11 of the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China), researchers who publish human biomedical research findings in academic journals should provide proof that the research project has been approved by an ethics review committee. The researchers should also explain in the paper whether their research meets the ethical standards set by the ethics committee and whether the subjects (or their guardians) have given informed consent. Papers without such proof will not be accepted for publication.