The study participants have the individual right to decide regarding his / her identifiable personal data gathered, information given during a study, any photograph that was taken while collecting the data. Therefore, the authors will need to secure written consent before including images, identifying details like names, dates of birth, identity numbers, biometrical characteristics such as facial features, fingerprint, writing style, voice pattern of the participants.

Author should mention regarding the written informed consent from study participants and the manuscript is not be publishedwithout participantgave written informed consent for publication.Under certain situations consent is not required as long as information is anonymized and the submission does not include images that may identify the person.

Informed consent for publication should be obtained if there is any doubt. For example, masking the eye region in photographs of participants is inadequate protection of anonymity. If identifying characteristics are altered to protect anonymity, such as in genetic profiles, authors should provide assurance that alterations do not distort meaning.

Informed consent for publication is not necessary forX rays, laparoscopic images, ultrasound images, brain scans, pathology slides unless there is a concern about identifying information in which case, authors should ensure that consent is obtained.

If images are being reused from earlier publications, the Publisher will accept that the prior publication obtained the relevant information regarding consent. Authors should provide the appropriate attribution for republished images.

Irrespective of whether data or biological material is collected from living or dead patients, their family or guardian must have given prior written consent. However, the aspect of confidentiality as well as any wishes from the deceased should be respected. 

For research project, when biological material or data is obtained from study participants, then authors should made aware to participants, what kind of data will be processed, how it will be used and for what purpose, through informed consent procedure.

If data is acquired through a bio bank/bio repository, then broad consent should be taken from research participants to a broad range of uses of their data and samples.However, authors should see the specific bio bank/bio repository policies.

Consent to participate:
In all research study involving human subjects, then informed consent from participate of study must be obtained or their parent or legal guardian, if study participants are children and a statement should be given in the manuscript. 

For human transplantation studies, authors should include a statement in the manuscript declaring that no organs/tissues were obtained from prisoners and must also name the

institution(s)/clinic(s)/department(s) via which organs/tissues were obtained. 

Extra care should be taken by the editor, for manuscripts reporting studies involving vulnerable groups where there is the potential for coercion or where consent may not have been fully informed.

Consent to publish: