Privacy Statement

Annals of Medicine and Medical Ethics (AMME) is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and security of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and all users of the journal's website. Personal information collected by the journal is used exclusively for manuscript submission, peer review, editorial management, publication, indexing, and journal administration in accordance with accepted scholarly publishing practices.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

When users register with the journal or submit a manuscript, AMME may collect information including, but not limited to:

  • Full name
  • Institutional affiliation
  • Email address
  • Postal address
  • ORCID iD (where provided)
  • Contact telephone number (if supplied)
  • Professional and academic information relevant to scholarly publishing

This information is collected solely to facilitate editorial communication, manuscript processing, peer review, publication, indexing, and journal administration.

Confidentiality

All manuscripts submitted to Annals of Medicine and Medical Ethics are treated as confidential documents throughout the editorial and peer-review process. Information relating to submitted manuscripts is accessible only to the corresponding authors, editors, editorial staff, reviewers, and the publisher as required for editorial evaluation and publication.

Reviewer identities are managed in accordance with the journal's peer-review policy. All participants in the editorial process are expected to maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and must not use unpublished information obtained during peer review for personal or professional advantage.

Use of Published Information

Following publication, author names, institutional affiliations, ORCID identifiers (where provided), corresponding author details, funding information, acknowledgements, declarations, and other publication metadata may appear as part of the permanent scholarly record.

Only information necessary for proper citation, academic communication, indexing, discoverability, and preservation of the scientific record will be made publicly available.

Cookies and Website Analytics

The journal website may use cookies and standard web technologies to maintain secure user sessions, improve website functionality, analyze website performance, and enhance the user experience. Users may disable cookies through their browser settings; however, certain features of the website may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

Third-Party Services

AMME may utilize trusted third-party services commonly used in scholarly publishing, including DOI registration agencies, Crossref, ORCID, plagiarism detection services, indexing databases, and digital preservation and archiving services. Only the minimum information necessary for these services to perform their intended functions may be shared.

The journal does not sell, rent, trade, or commercially distribute users' personal information to third parties.

Data Security

Reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards are implemented to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Although every reasonable effort is made to maintain data security, no electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Data Retention

Personal information associated with manuscript submission, editorial correspondence, peer review, publication, and journal administration may be retained as part of the permanent scholarly and publication record in accordance with recognized academic publishing standards and applicable legal requirements.

User Rights

Users may request correction or updating of their personal information by contacting the Editorial Office. Requests concerning the modification or removal of published information will be considered where appropriate; however, information forming part of the permanent scholarly record may not be removable once an article has been formally published.

Children's Privacy

Annals of Medicine and Medical Ethics is intended exclusively for researchers, healthcare professionals, clinicians, educators, ethicists, policymakers, and other members of the academic community. The journal does not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18.

Policy Updates

This Privacy Statement may be updated periodically to reflect changes in journal policies, publishing practices, technological developments, or legal and regulatory requirements. Revised versions will be published on the journal's website, and continued use of the journal's services constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Statement.