Ethics Policy

This is a student publication, so these rules are written to be understood and followed rather than to cover us legally. If something here is unclear, ask us before you submit.

The work must be yours

Submit only work you wrote. Everyone who contributed substantially should be named as an author; anyone who helped in smaller ways should be thanked. Do not add a name to a submission without that person's knowledge.

Referencing and plagiarism

Every claim that is not your own must be referenced. Copying sentences from a source without quotation marks is plagiarism even where the source is cited. We check submissions, and a piece found to be plagiarised is withdrawn — from the journal and from any placing it was awarded.

Using AI tools

You may use AI tools to help you understand a paper, or to check your grammar. You may not use them to write your argument or generate references — models routinely invent citations that do not exist. Tell us in your submission note what you used and how. Undeclared use is treated as plagiarism.

Patients, people and data

We publish reviews of existing literature, not new research on human participants. If your work refers to a real patient or a real person's medical information, it must be anonymised so they cannot be identified. Do not submit clinical images or records you do not have permission to use.

Conflicts of interest

Tell us about anything that might reasonably affect how a reader weighs your work — funding, an affiliation, a family connection to an organisation you discuss. Declaring a conflict does not disqualify a submission; hiding one does. Board members do not assess work by students they have supervised.

Corrections

If a published article turns out to contain an error, we correct it and say plainly what changed and when. We do not quietly edit the record.

Conduct at the forum

Questions after a presentation should be tough on the argument and easy on the person. Anyone treating a presenter unkindly will be asked to stop.