- On Ethical Issues:
Animal and Human Studies
Ethical declarations in research form an integral part during the submission process of a manuscript to a journal. SSN Journal of Management And Technology Research Communications, requires that the experimental conditions under which animal and human assays and tests are performed are as per standard protocols used worldwide.
Authors must make it clear in writing that the procedures they used were as humane as possible and have been compiled with the guidelines for animal care of their institutions or with national / international guidelines. Studies on animals must comply with the prevailing standards of animal welfare according to Indian Council of Medical Research Guidelines or Committee for the Purpose of Control & Supervision of Experiments on Animals ( CPCSEA ) in India, and likewise following similar conditions elsewhere, (Ethical Approval Committees/ Institutional Review Board with Approval Number is necessary).For details of animal studies please see : ARRIVE and Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
Studies involving human subjects / patients / and also if the manuscript includes case reports / case series, authors need to provide the following: Name of the Ethical Committees /Institutional review Board, they have obtained consent from along with approval number /ID. Authors should specifically mention that the study was in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 (Human Research: Helsinki Declaration as revised in 2013, SCARE criteria etc ).
Human Studies: Ethical Standards and Informed Consent
++For studies involving human subjects and volunteers, please indicate in the manuscript, in a section preceding the References, the following statement or an analogous statement that applies to your situation: “All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 Human research: Helsinki Declaration as revised in 2013.
Case Reports: Case Reports should be followed as per the guidelines of SCARE criteria
Informed consent should be obtained from all patients for being included in the study.” If any identifying information about participants is included in the article, the following sentence should also be included: “Additional informed consent was obtained from all individuals for whom identifying information is included in this article.” If you have not included or cannot include this statement in your manuscript, please provide the reason or an alternative statement here and in the manuscript.
- Disclosure of Interest
Authors must provide details of any financial or personal relationships that might bias the work being submitted. In a section of text preceding the References, please provide relevant information for each author(s) with regard to any conflicts of interest. All submissions must include disclosure of all relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest.
- Acknowledgement of sources:
Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must always be given. Funding acknowledgement must be properly made with grant details, number etc.
Data access and retention: Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data.
Generative Artificial Intelligence: Ethical Policies and Use
Authorship and Responsibility: Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, including Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Muse Spark, Gemini, Claude, etc., do not meet the SSN Journal of Management and Technology Research Communications.
Criteria for authorship.
AI tools cannot take responsibility for the submitted work, cannot assert conflicts of interest, and cannot manage copyright or license agreements. Therefore, AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors.
Permitted Use: Authors may use AI/LLM tools to:
Improve the language, grammar, and readability of the manuscript; generate ideas for structuring content, outlines, or brainstorming.
Assist with literature search summaries, provided the authors verify all references.
Prohibited Use / Malpractice: The following constitute research malpractice and will lead to immediate rejection or retraction:
Generating data, images, or results using AI without actual experimentation.
Fabrication or falsification of data, tables, figures, or statistical analyses using AI is strictly prohibited.
Plagiarism via AI: Submitting text, reviews, or content generated by AI that is copied from existing sources without attribution.
AI-generated references: Including citations or DOIs hallucinated by AI tools without verifying their existence or relation to text matter.
Undisclosed AI drafting: Using AI to write substantial portions of the Introduction, Methods, Results, or Discussion without disclosure and human verification.
Peer review malpractice: Reviewers must not upload manuscripts to AI tools, as this breaches confidentiality and data rights.
Disclosure Requirement: All use of AI/LLM tools must be disclosed transparently at submission.
Authors must include a statement in the Acknowledgements or Methods section under a subheading
“Declaration of AI Use” describing:
“During preparation of this manuscript, the authors used [Name of Tool, Version, Company] for [specific purpose: e.g., language editing]. The authors have reviewed and edited the output and take full responsibility for the content of this publication”.
Failure to disclose AI use when substantial assistance was received will be treated as ethical misconduct.
Author Accountability: Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of their work, including any content generated or edited by AI. Authors must ensure that AI use does not introduce bias, inaccurate content, or plagiarised material.
Editorial Action: If undisclosed AI use, data fabrication, or other AI-related malpractice is detected pre- or post-publication, SSN Journal of Management and Technology Research Communications reserves the right to reject the manuscript, issue corrections/retractions, and notify the authors’ institutions per COPE guidelines.