Research Permit Policy

If the manuscript of a scientific article includes the results of research conducted with the participation of humans or animals, the editorial team will require the author(s) to provide copies of permits from bioethics committees (commissions). Permits are documents (certificates, extracts from protocols, certificates, etc.), officially executed, registered, signed by responsible persons. An example is the decision of the Committee on Bioethics of Scientific Research of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

The author(s) must submit a copy of the permit together with the manuscript of the article as a separate file of the type Research materials. The author(s) may attach this file at the request of the editorial board if the permit was not attached during submission. During  submission, a note must be made in the Statement on Data Accessibility that "The Editorial Board has been provided with a copy of the permit to conduct research". The Editorial Team has the right to withdraw the manuscript of the article from consideration if the author does not provide a copy of such permit.