Statement of human and animal rights
When reporting experiments involving human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible institutional and national committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000.
If there is doubt as to whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, authors must explain the rationale for their approach and demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the relevant aspects of the study.
When reporting experiments involving animals, authors should indicate whether institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals were followed (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors – Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, February 2006 – cited by PubMed/Medline).
Statement of informed consent
Patients have a right to privacy that should not be violated without informed consent. Identifying information, including patients' names, initials, or hospital numbers, should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees unless essential for scientific purposes and written informed consent has been obtained.
Informed consent requires that identifiable patients be shown the manuscript prior to publication. Authors should identify individuals who provided writing assistance and disclose the funding source for such assistance.
Identifying details should be omitted whenever possible. Complete anonymity is difficult to achieve, and informed consent should be obtained whenever there is doubt. Masking the eye region in photographs is not sufficient to guarantee anonymity.
If identifying characteristics are altered to protect anonymity, authors must ensure that scientific meaning is not distorted and editors should be informed accordingly (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors – Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, February 2006 – cited by PubMed/Medline).
Conflict-of-interest statement
Public trust in the peer-review process and the credibility of published articles depend on the proper handling of conflicts of interest during writing, peer review, and editorial decision-making.
A conflict of interest exists when an author, reviewer, editor, or their institution has financial or personal relationships that could inappropriately influence their actions. These relationships may range from negligible to significant potential influence.
Financial relationships (employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony) are the most easily identifiable conflicts and may undermine credibility.
Conflicts may also arise from personal relationships, academic competition, or intellectual bias. The Chief Editor takes appropriate measures to prevent such conflicts through established peer-review policies.
Authors’ responsibilities
- All authors must have made significant contributions to the research
- Authors must provide corrections or retractions if errors are identified
- Authors must provide a complete list of references
- Information on financial support must be included in the Acknowledgements section
- Submission of the same research to more than one journal is prohibited
Peer-review, publication policies, and publication ethics
- Reviews are conducted objectively and independently
- Reviewers must have no conflicts of interest
- Manuscripts are treated confidentially prior to publication
- Bioflux Publishing House takes reasonable measures to detect and prevent research misconduct
- Allegations of misconduct are handled appropriately by the publisher and editors
- Corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies are accepted
- Corrections cannot be made directly in the original published article; they must appear as a separate Note or Erratum
- Retractions are issued by the publisher in cases of plagiarism or serious ethical concerns
Post-publication discussions are encouraged and may take the form of letters to the editor, commentaries, or formal responses to published articles. Such contributions are subject to editorial evaluation and, where appropriate, peer review. The journal reserves the right to publish author replies to comments.
This is an open-access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY), permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original author and source are credited.
If the journal ceases publication, Bioflux Publishing has agreements with several databases authorized to preserve and republish archived content in unlimited electronic and printed copies.
Bioflux Publishing is archived by the Legal Deposit of Bucharest (National Library of Romania) and by the County Legal Deposit in Cluj-Napoca (Octavian Goga Library).
Data Sharing Policy
1. Policy Statement
AES Bioflux is committed to promoting transparency, reproducibility, and integrity in scientific research. We support responsible data sharing as an essential component of scholarly communication and encourage authors to make the data underlying their findings openly available whenever possible.
This policy applies to all manuscripts submitted to the journal and is consistent with international standards for editorial best practices and research transparency.
2. Author Responsibilities
Authors are required to:
- Include a Data Availability Statement in all submitted manuscripts.
- Clearly indicate whether the data supporting the findings of the study are:
- Publicly available,
- Available upon reasonable request, or
- Restricted due to ethical, legal, or confidentiality considerations.
- Ensure that shared data are accurate, complete, and sufficiently documented to allow replication and verification of the reported results.
Authors are strongly encouraged to deposit their data in recognized public repositories appropriate to their discipline.
3. Data Availability Statement
All manuscripts must include a Data Availability Statement specifying one of the following:
- The repository name, persistent identifier (e.g., DOI), and access link if data are publicly available.
- The conditions under which data may be accessed if restrictions apply.
- A clear explanation if no new data were generated or analyzed.
Example statement:
"The data supporting the findings of this study are available in [repository name] at [DOI or URL], or from the corresponding author upon reasonable request."
4. Recommended Data Repositories
Authors are encouraged to use trusted repositories that provide:
- Persistent identifiers (e.g., DOI)
- Long-term preservation
- Public accessibility
- Appropriate metadata and documentation
Examples include institutional repositories, discipline-specific repositories, or general repositories such as Zenodo, Dryad, Figshare, or equivalent platforms.
5. Ethical and Legal Considerations
Data sharing must comply with:
- Patient privacy and confidentiality requirements
- Informed consent provisions
- Institutional and national regulations
- Ethical approval conditions
Sensitive data involving human participants must be de-identified prior to sharing, unless explicit consent for identifiable data sharing has been obtained.
Where legal or ethical restrictions prevent public sharing, authors must clearly state these limitations.
6. Editorial and Peer Review Access
Editors and peer reviewers may request access to underlying data during the review process to evaluate the scientific validity of the manuscript. Authors must provide such data upon request, unless prohibited by legal or ethical constraints.
Failure to provide requested data may result in rejection of the manuscript.
7. Compliance and Enforcement
Failure to comply with this policy may result in:
- Manuscript rejection,
- Publication delays,
- Retraction of published articles if data integrity concerns arise.
The journal reserves the right to request data verification at any stage before or after publication.
8. Exceptions
Exceptions to data sharing requirements may be granted in cases involving:
- Legal restrictions,
- Ethical or privacy concerns,
- Proprietary or confidential data.
Such exceptions must be clearly justified in the Data Availability Statement.
9. Policy Scope and Alignment
This policy is aligned with international editorial standards and supports the principles of:
- Research transparency
- Reproducibility
- Scientific integrity
- Responsible data stewardship
The journal periodically reviews and updates this policy to maintain compliance with evolving indexing and ethical standards.
10. Contact Information
Questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Editorial Office at:
ioan.mag@usamvcluj.ro
Advertising policy
Our journals do not accept or display any form of advertising, sponsored content, or commercial promotions. No third-party advertising networks are used, and there is no advertising revenue associated with our publications.
Statement on the use of Generative AI
Our journal permits the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools in the preparation of manuscripts, provided that:
1.Transparency – Any substantive contribution generated by GenAI, including text, figures, or data summaries, must be clearly disclosed in the manuscript. Authors should cite the specific tools used and describe the extent of AI assistance.
2.Author Responsibility – Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of all content submitted. The use of GenAI does not relieve authors from their ethical, legal, or scientific obligations.
3.Limitations – GenAI outputs may contain errors, biases, or unverified information. Authors must carefully review and validate all AI-generated content before submission. The journal and editors do not assume responsibility for inaccuracies originating from GenAI.
4.Peer Review – Manuscripts containing AI-generated content will undergo the same rigorous peer-review process as all submissions. Reviewers and editors may request clarification on AI-generated material to ensure scientific validity.
5.Compliance – Failure to disclose AI usage may be considered a breach of publication ethics and may result in corrections, retractions, or other editorial actions.
Malpractice disclaimer
The publisher and our editors make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the content published. However, the journal, its editors, and publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of information contained in this publication. The opinions and conclusions expressed in articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the journal or its editorial board. Readers are advised to use professional judgment and consult appropriate experts before acting on the information provided.
