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In line with the position of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, the journal will not consider results posted in the same clinical trials registry in which primary registration resides to be prior publication if the results posted are presented in the form of a brief structured (less than 500 words) abstract or table. However, divulging results in other circumstances (e.g., investors' meetings) is discouraged and may jeopardize consideration of the manuscript. Authors should fully disclose all posting in registries of results of the same or closely related work.

  Randomized controlled trials should be presented according to the CONSORT guidelines. At manuscript submission, authors must provide the CONSORT checklist accompanied by a flow diagram that illustrates the progress of patients through the trial, including recruitment, enrollment, randomization, withdrawal and completion, and a detailed description of the randomization procedure. 

For research involving animals, the authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the standards set forth in the eighth edition of “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals” published by the National Academy of Sciences, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.).

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Authors should clearly state the name of the approval committee, highlighting that legal and ethical approvals were obtained prior to initiation of the research work carried out on animals, and that the experiments were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations stated below.

• US authors should cite compliance with the US National Research Council's "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals"
• The US Public Health Service's "Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" and "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals"
• UK authors should conform to UK legislation under the Animals (Scientific  Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations (SI 2012/3039).

• European authors outside the UK should conform to Directive 2010/63/EU.
• Research on animals should adhere to ethical guidelines of The Basel Declaration and  the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) ethical guidelines.
• The manuscript should clearly  include a declaration of compliance with the relevant guidelines (e.g.  the revised Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in the UK and Directive 2010/63/EU in Europe) and/or relevant permissions or licenses obtained by the IUCN Policy Statement on Research Involving Species at Risk of Extinction and  the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild  Fauna and Flora.

 Dr. Ernest L. Rossi, Ph.D.
Psychosocial Genomics Institute,
California,
USA 

Dr. Ajit Kar, M.D., PhD
Satsang Herbal Research Laboratory,
Satsang, Deoghar,
India. 

 Prof. (Dr.) Suchinda Malaivijitnond
Chulalongkorn University,
Thailand. 

 Dr. Kathryn L. Rossi, PhD
Psychosocial Genomics Institute,
California,
USA 

 Dr. Shuisheng Li, PhD
Sun Yet-sen University,
China 

 Prof. Koshy Varghese
Collin College,
Plano,
USA. 

 Dr. Indira MN, PhD
CMR Institute of Management Studies (Autonomous),
Bangalore,
India 

 Dr. Sukesh K
Department of Pharmacy,
University Kwazulu Natal,
Durban
South Africa 

 Dr. Dharav Shah
Consultant Psychiatrist,
Mumbai,
India 

 Prof (Dr.) Naoyuki Yamamoto
Laboratory of Fish Biology,
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan. 

 Prof Dr. Gurudatt Kakkar
Career Point University,
Kota,
India