ESDL Journal is the official journal of the Egyptian Society of Diabetes and Lipidology. It is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to disseminating high-quality content across all aspects of diabetes, lipid disorders, and metabolic health. The journal features original articles, review articles, abstracts, and case reports. It also serves as a platform for the exchange of knowledge and advances in the fields of diabetology and lipidology, promoting collaboration among clinicians, researchers, and public health professionals.
Copyright policy:
The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright and to retain publishing rights without any restrictions.
Open access:
The journal is an open-access journal. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles under the following conditions: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Plagiarism:
The journal has a strict policy against plagiarism. All submitted manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using professional plagiarism-checking software. Submitted manuscripts with an unacceptable similarity index resulting from plagiarism are rejected immediately.
JOURNAL POLICES:
Selection of peer reviewers
Editors send manuscripts to reviewers with different expertise and from different locations, deliberately seeking reviews that provide an in-depth critique. All research articles are also sent to a statistical reviewer, and when relevant, other experts such as modelers, data scientists, health economists, or patients with lived experience.
Reviewer comments
Reviewers are invited to provide written comments for authors and confidential comments to editors. Comments are collected, presented, and discussed by each journal’s editors, who decide to either reject the manuscript or invite a revision. The revised manuscript, along with the authors' responses to the reviewers’ points, is again discussed by editors, who may also ask for further comments from (usually the same) reviewers. Peer review does not replicate or validate research. The process relies on trust—peer reviewers are asked to provide a written evaluation of the manuscript, ask questions of the authors or request clarifications, and then advise editors on whether, based on what is presented to them, it is acceptable for publication, could be acceptable after revision, or should be rejected.
Once the manuscript is adequately revised and is provisionally accepted, it is then passed to a technical editor who edits the manuscript for readability while continuing to check for consistency and errors. Manuscripts can be rejected at any point, and if a manuscript is rejected after peer review, the comments will be shared with the authors.
Roles and responsibilities of reviewers, authors, and editors
Peer reviewers: By agreeing to review a manuscript, peer reviewers get early access to the manuscript. they take their responsibility as advisors very seriously, and as authors themselves, they are often in receipt of peer reviewers’ feedback. Reviewers are asked to declare any financial and non-financial academic or intellectual conflicts that might have the potential to influence their critique.
Authors: Research papers undergo a single-anonymized review process—meaning that the reviewers’ identity is not shared with the authors, unless reviewers choose to sign their reviews. Authors welcome peer reviewers’ comments as an opportunity to strengthen their manuscript ahead of publication. Editors and peer reviewers will not circulate the manuscript outside of the peer review process.
Editors: Authors may disagree with peer reviewers, or peer reviewers may provide conflicting comments. It is the role of expert editors to negotiate this process. Ultimately, the decision to publish or reject a manuscript is the responsibility of the editor. A retraction is the most severe action, used when the article contains fraudulent data, plagiarism, inaccurate authorship claims, or serious misconduct.
We follow the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and adhere to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.
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Research should aim to maximize potential benefits while minimizing potential risks and harm to participants and ensuring that the benefits and burdens of research are distributed fairly among participants and the population.
Informed Consent: Participants must voluntarily agree to participate after understanding the nature of the research and its potential risks and benefits.
Confidentiality and Anonymity: Protecting participants' private information and, where possible, ensuring their identity is not linked to their data.
Integrity and Objectivity: Conducting research honestly and transparently, maintaining independence, and avoiding conflicts of interest.
Policies outline the researcher's duty to act morally, protect participants' dignity and privacy, manage data responsibly, and communicate results ethically.
Policies explicitly state participants' rights, including the right to withdraw from the study at any time without penalty.
Policies often detail the repercussions for unethical conduct, such as plagiarism, fabrication, or falsification of data.
Informed consent is a requirement for various healthcare interventions, including medical treatments and procedures, Surgeries and anesthesia, and Participation in research studies.
It safeguards patients' rights and autonomy by ensuring they have the necessary information to make decisions aligned with their personal values. The patient's decision must be made voluntarily, without coercion or undue influence.
The policy respects the patient's right to self-determination and their right to choose or refuse treatment based on their own beliefs and values.
The informed consent process must be documented in the patient's medical record to serve as proof that the process occurred.
Provides Legal and Ethical Protection: For providers, it documents that patients were adequately informed, which can reduce legal liability.