Publication Ethics

Ethical Principles

MHRP is committed to and expects authors to follow the Ethical Principles of APA. The APA Ethics Office provides the complete Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct electronically on its website, accessible in HTML, PDF, and Word formats. It is violation of APA Ethical Principles to publish previously published data as original data (Standard 8.13). Additionally, APA Ethical Principles specify that once research results are published, psychologists do not withhold the data supporting their conclusions from other qualified professionals who seek to verify the claims through reanalysis and who intend using such data only for verification purposes, provided that participants' confidentiality "can be protected and unless legal rights concerning proprietary data preclude their release" (Standard 8.14). MHRP consistent with APA, expects authors to adhere to these standards. Similar to APA, MHRP expects authors to make their data available throughout the editorial review process and for a minimum of 5 years following publication date. MHRP mandates authors to confirm in their cover letter that they have complied with APA ethical standards in the treatment of their human or animal sample. The methods section of the manuscript should include detailed information about the treatment of participants. Furthermore, MHRP mandates authors to provide a statement confirming their adherence to APA ethical standards. This statement encompasses three parts: disclosure of any conflict of interest, ethical approval by an institutional review board, and participant informed consent. This three-part statement should be positioned at the end of the manuscript, following Author Note and preceding the References section, under the heading "Statements."