Authors submitting manuscripts to JCPR are required to include the following declarations and statements at the end of the manuscript, just prior to the References section. These declarations ensure transparency, integrity, and adherence to international publishing standards.

Ethical Approval: Authors must state whether their research involved human participants, animals, or biological materials and confirm that the study was reviewed and approved by an appropriate ethics committee or institutional review board (IRB). The name of the committee and the ethics approval reference number and date must be provided.
Example: "This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of [Institution], under approval number [XXX], dated [DD/MM/YYYY]."

Informed Consent: For research involving human participants, authors must confirm that informed consent was obtained from all individuals (or their legal guardians, where applicable). If data or images are included that require publication consent, authors must indicate this as well.
Example: "Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study."

Conflict of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial, personal, or professional relationships that could be perceived to influence the submitted work. If no competing interests exist, a declaration must still be made.
Example: "The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

Funding Statement: All sources of financial support must be acknowledged, including grant numbers, the name of the funding organization, and the funder's role (if any) in the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or publication. If the research received no specific funding, please state so clearly.
Examples: "This work was supported by [Funding Body] under Grant No. [XXX]."
"The funding agency had no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or writing of the manuscript."

Data Availability Statement: Authors should provide a clear statement about the availability of data underlying their findings. If data are not publicly available due to privacy, ethical, or legal restrictions, this should be explained.
Example: "The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request."

Trial Registration (for clinical trials): Manuscripts reporting the results of clinical trials must include the trial registration number, registry name, and registration URL. Registration must comply with international standards such as WHO ICTRP or ClinicalTrials.gov.
Example: This study is registered with [Registry Name], registration number [XXX], available at [URL].

Author Contributions: Each author’s individual contributions must be specified using a standardized taxonomy (e.g., conceptualization, methodology, data analysis, writing, supervision). All listed authors must meet the authorship criteria defined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), which require:

1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data;
   
2. Drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
   
3. Final approval of the version to be published;
   
4. Accountability for all aspects of the work.
   

Example: [Author 1] conceptualized the study and supervised the project. [Author 2] conducted the data analysis. [Author 3] drafted the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final version.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Manuscript Preparation: The journal recognizes the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in academic publishing and encourages transparency regarding their use in research and manuscript preparation.

Authors must disclose any use of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Grammarly, or similar technologies) in the writing, editing, data analysis, or image generation processes of their submissions. While such tools may assist in improving language quality or generating insights, they cannot be credited as authors and must be used with human oversight and critical evaluation.

Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of content generated using AI tools. Specifically:

• Disclosure: Authors must clearly state in the “Acknowledgments” or “Methods” section (as applicable) how and to what extent AI tools were used.
• Data and Privacy: Authors must ensure that any use of AI tools complies with data protection and privacy standards, particularly in research involving sensitive or identifiable human data.
• Plagiarism and Fabrication: Authors must not use AI to generate, manipulate, or fabricate data, images, or references. All AI-generated content must be properly verified and cited.
• Editorial Use: Editors and reviewers may use AI tools to assist in grammar checks or similarity detection (e.g., through plagiarism detection tools such as iThenticate), but final decisions must be based on human judgment.

JCPR adheres to the ethical guidelines set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). We reserve the right to reject or retract submissions that misuse AI or fail to meet these standards.