Advertising Policy
The International Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Fertility Sciences is committed to maintaining editorial independence, scholarly integrity, and transparency in its publishing activities. Any advertising or promotional activity associated with the journal should be managed in a manner that does not influence editorial decisions, peer review, research evaluation, or the publication of scholarly content.
The journal operates through the Fertimed Publishers online platform, which provides access to journal information, submissions, editorial information, and published articles.
1. Purpose of the Advertising Policy
This policy establishes principles for advertising and promotional content associated with the International Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Fertility Sciences.
Advertising should not compromise:
- Editorial independence
- Peer-review integrity
- Research quality
- Academic independence
- Reader trust
- Publication ethics
2. Separation of Advertising and Editorial Content
Advertising and promotional materials should remain clearly separate from editorial and scholarly content.
Advertisers must not influence:
- Manuscript selection
- Peer-review decisions
- Editorial decisions
- Publication timing
- Acceptance or rejection of manuscripts
- Research conclusions
Editorial decisions are based on scholarly and ethical considerations rather than advertising relationships.
3. Acceptable Advertising
Advertising may be considered where it is relevant to the journal's academic and professional audience and is consistent with applicable ethical and legal requirements.
Potentially relevant areas may include:
- Academic conferences
- Scientific meetings
- Research-related services
- Educational programs
- Academic books and resources
- Scientific equipment and technologies
- Professional organizations
- Scholarly publishing services
Acceptance of an advertisement does not constitute endorsement by the journal.
4. Prohibited or Inappropriate Advertising
The journal may reject advertisements that are misleading, deceptive, unlawful, offensive, discriminatory, or inconsistent with academic and professional standards.
Advertisements should not:
- Make unsupported scientific claims.
- Misrepresent research findings.
- Promote fraudulent academic services.
- Encourage unethical research practices.
- Mislead authors or readers.
- Interfere with editorial independence.
- Create confusion between advertising and journal content.
5. Medical and Healthcare Advertising
Because the International Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Fertility Sciences covers fertility, reproductive medicine, assisted reproduction, and related health sciences, particular care should be taken with health-related advertisements.
Medical, pharmaceutical, clinical, or healthcare-related advertising should comply with applicable laws, regulations, professional standards, and evidence requirements.
The appearance of a healthcare advertisement does not mean that the journal recommends, verifies, or endorses the advertised product, treatment, service, or organization.
6. Advertising and Research Integrity
Advertising must not be used to promote or support research misconduct, plagiarism, fabricated research, misleading academic credentials, predatory publishing practices, or other activities that could undermine research integrity.
7. Advertiser Responsibility
Advertisers are responsible for ensuring that submitted advertising material is:
- Accurate
- Lawful
- Truthful
- Properly supported
- Appropriate for the intended audience
- Compliant with applicable regulations
Advertisers should have the necessary rights and permissions for all text, images, trademarks, and other material included in advertisements.
8. Editorial Independence
The International Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Fertility Sciences maintains a distinction between advertising and editorial activities.
Advertising arrangements should not affect the journal's evaluation of manuscripts or its decisions concerning scholarly content.
9. Advertising Placement
Where advertising is accepted, its placement may be determined by the journal or publisher according to website design, publication requirements, relevance, and available space.
Advertising should be identifiable as promotional material and should not be presented in a way that could reasonably be mistaken for peer-reviewed editorial content.
10. Right to Refuse or Remove Advertising
The journal or publisher may refuse, modify, suspend, or remove an advertisement when it is considered inappropriate, misleading, unethical, unlawful, or inconsistent with the journal's standards.
