Editorial policy
Editorial Policy
The Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine (JAHM) is committed to maintaining high standards of scholarly publishing, research integrity, transparency, and publication ethics. The journal follows relevant recommendations and best practices of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).
Key Editorial Principles
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Editorial Independence: Editorial decisions are made independently of the publisher, journal owners, advertisers, sponsors, commercial partners, and other external interests.
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Editorial Decisions: Manuscripts are evaluated on the basis of scientific and scholarly merit, methodological rigor, originality, ethical acceptability, relevance to the journal's scope, and contribution to the field, without discrimination based on authors' nationality, institutional affiliation, gender, or other unrelated characteristics.
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Peer Review: Manuscripts considered suitable for the journal undergo double-blind peer review by at least two independent reviewers with relevant subject expertise. Reviewer recommendations are advisory, and the final editorial decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief, Executive Editor, or an appropriately delegated editor.
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Research Ethics: Research involving human participants, identifiable human data, or human biological material must have appropriate ethics committee/Institutional Review Board approval or a formally documented exemption from the competent ethics body, where applicable. Informed consent must be obtained when required. Animal research must comply with applicable institutional, national, and internationally accepted ethical standards.
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Research Integrity: JAHM does not tolerate research or publication misconduct, including plagiarism, data fabrication or falsification, inappropriate image manipulation, duplicate or redundant publication, citation manipulation, or other serious breaches of research integrity. Suspected misconduct will be investigated in accordance with established publication-ethics procedures and may result in rejection, correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate action.
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Initial Editorial Screening: All submissions undergo an initial editorial assessment. Manuscripts may be rejected without external peer review if they fall outside the journal's scope, lack sufficient scientific or scholarly merit, contain fundamental methodological deficiencies, fail to meet applicable ethical requirements, or do not comply with essential journal policies.
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Policy and Format Compliance: Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal's essential submission requirements, reporting standards, or formatting requirements may be returned to the authors for correction before being considered for peer review.
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Conflicts of Interest: Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose relevant conflicts of interest. Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where a conflict exists.
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Submissions from Editors and Editorial Board Members: Manuscripts submitted by editors or members of the Editorial Board are handled by an independent editor with no relevant conflict of interest. The submitting editor or board member will not participate in reviewer selection, peer review, or the editorial decision concerning the manuscript.
Reporting Guidelines Compliance
Authors should follow the internationally recognized reporting guidelines appropriate to the study design, including:
Authors may be required to submit the applicable completed reporting checklist with their manuscript. Other recognized reporting guidelines and other checklists should be followed where appropriate to the study design.
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Standard name |
Acronym |
Website |
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Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials |
CONSORT |
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Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology |
STROBE |
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Standards for Reporting Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy |
STARD |
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Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
PRISMA, PRISMA-ScR |
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Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research |
COREQ |
https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article-abstract/19/6/349/1791966?redirectedFrom=fulltext |
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CARE Guidelines for Case Reports |
CARE |
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Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence |
SQUIRE |
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Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards |
CHEERS |
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Enhancing transparency in reporting the synthesis of qualitative research |
ENTREQ |
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Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs (TREND) statement |
TREND |
https://www.cdc.gov/hivpartners/php/trend-statement/index.html |
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Quality-assessment tool for narrative reviews |
SANRA |
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Animal Experiments |
Arrive 2.0 |
Roles and Responsibilities of Editors
Editor-in-Chief: Provides overall editorial leadership, safeguards editorial independence, and has final responsibility for the scientific and ethical integrity of the journal.
Executive Editor: Oversees editorial operations, implementation of journal policies, quality assurance and coordination of peer review.
Senior/Associate Editors: Manage manuscripts within their areas of expertise and make recommendations based on independent peer review.
Managing Editors: Coordinate manuscript processing, copyediting, proofreading and production.
Assistant Editors: Support manuscript screening, editorial coordination, communication, documentation, proofreading, and other scholarly editorial activities assigned by the senior editorial team.
International Advisory Board: Comprises distinguished national and international experts who provide strategic and scholarly advice regarding the journal's scope, scientific development, international visibility, editorial policies, and emerging areas of research.
All editors are expected to maintain confidentiality, impartiality, editorial independence, and appropriate management of conflicts of interest throughout the editorial and peer-review process.
Manuscripts, reviewer reports, and communications related to peer review are treated as confidential.
