Journal of Neurosurgery Academy

The Journal of Neurosurgery Academy is committed to ensuring that all published content adheres to accepted ethical standards in clinical practice, surgical reporting, and medical publishing.

1. Patient Consent

For all case reports, surgical videos, clinical images, and other submissions containing patient information, authors must confirm that appropriate informed consent for publication has been obtained from the patient or the patient’s legal representative.

Written consent must include permission for publication of clinical details, photographs, videos, imaging studies, and any other materials associated with the patient.

Authors are responsible for retaining consent documentation and must provide evidence of consent if requested by the Editors.

2. Ethical Approval

Where required by institutional policies or national regulations, authors must obtain approval from an appropriate Ethics Committee, Institutional Review Board (IRB), or equivalent body and provide relevant approval details within the manuscript.

If ethical approval was not required, authors should clearly state this along with a brief explanation.

3. Patient Privacy and Confidentiality

Authors must protect patient privacy and confidentiality. Names, hospital identification numbers, dates of birth, and other identifying information must not be included unless essential and supported by explicit written consent.

All reasonable efforts must be made to anonymize patients appearing in photographs, videos, and other multimedia content.

4. Surgical Videos and Images

Authors submitting operative videos, clinical photographs, or educational multimedia materials must ensure that appropriate patient consent has been obtained and that all content complies with applicable ethical and privacy requirements.

The Journal reserves the right to request evidence of consent prior to publication.

5. Editorial Review of Ethical Compliance

Editors may request documentation related to patient consent, ethics approval, or institutional permissions at any stage of the review process.

Failure to provide satisfactory documentation may result in rejection of the submission or withdrawal of accepted material.

6. Handling Ethical Concerns

The Journal follows internationally accepted publication ethics principles when investigating ethical concerns.

Where evidence of unethical conduct, lack of patient consent, breach of confidentiality, falsification of information, plagiarism, or other forms of misconduct is identified, the Journal may reject the manuscript, publish corrections, issue expressions of concern, retract articles, or notify relevant institutions when appropriate.

The Journal will not publish patient-identifiable videos or images unless explicit written consent for publication has been obtained.