- Editors of scientific journals may not accept papers that do not conform to ethical standards, since they will be responsible for any manuscript they publish.

- Editors should take all measures to ensure the accuracy of the material they publish. When they notice the publication of a grave mistake, misleading statements, or a distorted report, they should correct it immediately and in a prominent place.

- Persuasive critical comments on published manuscript should be published.

- Avoid any conflict of interest that may affect the integrity of the search results such as:

• Reviewers must disclose to the editors any conflict of interest that may affect their opinion in the manuscript, they should withdraw from its review if they sense a conflict of interest.
• Editors should avoid selecting external reviewers who clearly have a potential conflict of interest, or work with authors in the same department or institution.
• Reviewers should not use their knowledge of the work before it is published to promote their personal scientific interests.
• The arbitrator of the scientific journal may not use or create any information contained in the manuscript that he arbitrates until the manuscript is published to preserve the confidentiality of the information and to preserve the intellectual property rights of the author (s) of the original manuscript.
• Reviewers should disclose any material links with the sponsors.