The APS has compiled a set of policies and procedures regarding
matters of ethics, use of prepublished materials, and authorship
responsibilities.
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The research described in papers submitted to any of the APS
publications that involve the use of human beings must adhere to the
principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and
Title 45, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 46, Protection of
Human Subjects, Revised November 13, 2001, effective December 13,
2001. Research involving animals must adhere to APS’s
Guiding Principles in the Care and Use of Animals. APS insists
that all investigations involving humans or animals reported in its
publications be conducted in conformity with these principles, and
that a statement of protocol approval from an IRB or IACUC or
equivalent is included in the methods section of the paper.
Editors/Associate Editors are expected to refuse papers in which
evidence of the adherence to these principles is not apparent. They
reserve the right to judge the appropriateness of the use of animals
and humans in experiments published in the journals. Differences of
opinion will be adjudicated by the Publications Committee.
The American Physiological Society Publications require all
papers submitted to any of the APS Journals and involving the use of
human fetuses, fetal tissue, embryos, and embryonic cells to adhere
to the US Public Law 103-41, effective December 13, 2001.
Authors of research articles are required at the time of
submission to disclose to the APS Publications Office any potential
conflict of interest (e.g., consultancies, stock ownership, equity
interests, patent-licensing arrangements, lack of access to data, or
lack of control of the decision to publish). Please use this form to
disclose any potential conflict of interest.
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