人类和动物权利声明
当研究涉及人体实验,作者应注明实验过程是否符合相关人体实验(机构和国家)委员会的道德标准。如果研究在道德标准方面存有疑问,作者必须说明研究方法的合理性,表明审查机构已明确认可了这项研究的可疑方面。当研究涉及动物实验,作者应注明方法是否遵循相关机构和国家关于照料和使用实验动物的指导。

When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national). If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach, and demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study. When reporting experiments on animals, authors should be asked to indicate whether the institutional and national guide for the care and use of laboratory animals was followed.