Editorial Policies
Editorial standards and scientific integrity
The following framework summarises the principles being implemented before JADIH opens for submissions. Detailed operational procedures, Author Guidelines and Reviewer Guidelines will be formally approved before launch.
Peer review
All research content will be subject to scientific evaluation. Reviewers will be selected for relevant expertise and expected to declare conflicts. The final blind/open review model is still being formalised and is not yet publicly claimed.
Editorial independence
Scientific assessment and publication decisions remain under the independent authority of the editorial structure. RC Editorial provides institutional support but does not determine outcomes for individual manuscripts.
Conflicts of interest
Editors and reviewers will declare relevant financial, professional, academic, personal and institutional conflicts. Recusal and independent decision routes will be used when needed.
Research integrity
JADIH will maintain procedures for plagiarism, fabrication or falsification, redundant publication, inappropriate authorship, image manipulation and peer-review manipulation.
Human research & health data
Research involving participants or identifiable/re-identifiable health data must demonstrate appropriate ethical, legal and privacy safeguards for its design and context.
Responsible AI
AI tools cannot be authors. Human authors, editors and reviewers remain accountable. Confidential manuscripts or review material must not be uploaded to external AI services without appropriate confidentiality guarantees.
Authorship & contributions
Authorship must reflect meaningful intellectual contribution and accountability. JADIH will encourage structured contribution statements and discourage honorary or inappropriate authorship.
Corrections, retractions & appeals
The journal will maintain traceable procedures to correct the scientific record and to handle appeals, complaints, expressions of concern and retractions when appropriate.
Open science & reproducibility
Transparent methods, responsible sharing of data/code/materials, dataset and software citation, ORCID and persistent identifiers will be encouraged where ethical and legally possible.
Publication languages
JADIH will accept complete manuscripts in English and Spanish. Language choice will not determine scientific assessment.
Diamond Open Access
No APCs will be charged to authors and no subscription fees will be charged to readers. The specific reuse licence will be selected and published before submissions open.
Continuous publication
JADIH is planned as an online-only journal using continuous publication within an annual volume rather than waiting for traditional issue assembly.
