Author Declaration

Title of paper              ____________________________________________________________

Authors list in order    ____________________________________________________________

Date of submission     ____________________________________________________________

Corresponding author ____________________________________________________________

 

            I, Dr ____________________________________, the corresponding author of the above mentioned paper, hereby affix my signature by undertaking the following declarations. By signing this document I am legally bound by these declarations.

 

I sign this document on behalf of all my co-authors noted above. It is my responsibility to keep my coauthors informed and get their concurrence regarding the publication of the above mentioned manuscript. In case of any dispute between authors, it is my responsibility to settle the matter.

I assure that the manuscript is exclusively submitted to Pediatric Surgery in Tropics (PST). It has not been previously published in any other journal, magazine, print media or electronic media of any kind.

I have declared in the manuscript if this paper has been presented orally at any conference or if the abstract (alone) is published previously. I have included the full details of such presentations in my editorial communication.

After publication in PST, I shall not publish the same manuscript in any other media unless it is permitted by the editor of PST.

All authors of the paper satisfy authorship criteria of ICMJE / WAME / CSE. I assure that there are no gift authorship / ghost authorship.  I also assure that no eligible author is omitted from the author list.

I assure that artificial intelligence was not used in writing this paper. If used, I have explicitly mentioned the role and degree of AI usage.

I assure that the text is not copy pasted from another source. I assure that the manuscript do not contain any copyrighted materials including texts, tables and figures.

I assure that figures are original and no image manipulation (other than trimming of size) has been done.

I assure that patient identity / privacy / rights are protected. When revealing identify is unavoidable necessary written permission is secured from patients. International regulations on human experimentation (Helsinki declaration) and human rights (Geneva declaration) have been followed while conducting / reporting the study. When required I have also secured necessary permission from Institute Ethics Committee (IEC).

Although authors retain copyright, the manuscript published in PST shall not be reproduced for commercial purpose. When it is reproduced for educational activities, it shall be accompanied by a note of acknowledgement to PST.

Parts of full text of the articles may be reproduced for non-commercial activities provided the original source is explicitly acknowledged as PST.

Authors desirous of republishing PST articles for commercial purpose shall get prior permission of editor of PST and 5% of sale proceedings shall be paid to the PST journal fund. A special agreement shall be signed by all stakeholders for this purpose.

I acknowledge that PST does not pay any royalty to authors on publication of article.

I assure that the content of the article is authentic and original. I have the control of all data presented in the paper and I shall submit raw data when required by editor PST.

I indemnify editors of PST against all legal, academic, administrative claims / disputes that may possibly arise from publication of this article.

Neither I, nor any of my coauthors have any conflicts of interest (COI) in publishing this article. I have explicitly mentioned in the manuscript of any such potential COI. I have also declared the source of any external funding of the study.

I acknowledge that editors of PST by their discretionary powers may retract our article even after publication if any violation of undertaking is detected or any publication misconduct is proved. Editors of PST may publish a note of concern / retraction mentioning the names of the authors. Editors may also approach the institutional heads of the authors notifying the publication misconduct of authors. I forfeit the right to sue PST or its editors/publisher on this ground.

Editor of PST has the right to modify the submitted article provided the proof of such modification is finally approved by the corresponding author (in liaison with all coauthors). Once the final proof is approved, thereafter the authors forfeit any right to ask for further modification of the article.

I grant editors of PST to publish / republish the article in any media (both print and electronic) and to store it in appropriate repository.   

I agree that jurisdiction of any legal dispute of this publication shall be at the place of chief editor of PST.

 

 

Name _________________ Signature ________________________ Date ____________

 

(Signed on behalf of all coauthors)