Advertising Policy

The International Journal of Sexual Health, Fertility and Reproductive Medicine is committed to maintaining the integrity, independence, and credibility of its scholarly content. Any advertising or promotional activity associated with the journal should be managed in a manner that does not compromise editorial decisions, peer review, research integrity, or the quality of published content.

1. Separation of Advertising and Editorial Content

Advertising, where accepted, should remain clearly separate from:

  • Editorial decisions

  • Manuscript evaluation

  • Peer review

  • Research findings

  • Publication decisions

  • Author selection

Advertisers should have no influence over the acceptance, rejection, revision, or publication of manuscripts.

2. Acceptable Advertising

The journal may consider advertising relevant to its academic, clinical, and professional audience, including advertisements related to:

  • Academic and scientific conferences

  • Medical and reproductive health research services

  • Clinical and laboratory services

  • Scientific and medical equipment

  • Academic publishing services

  • Educational and professional programs

  • Fertility and reproductive healthcare services

  • Sexual and reproductive health organizations

  • Relevant scientific, medical, and healthcare products and services

All advertising is subject to the journal's editorial and publishing requirements.

3. Prohibited or Inappropriate Advertising

The journal will not knowingly accept advertisements that are:

  • Misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent

  • Offensive, discriminatory, or inappropriate

  • Unlawful or contrary to applicable regulations

  • Inconsistent with scientific, medical, or professional standards

  • Likely to damage the journal's reputation or credibility

  • Presented as independent editorial or scholarly content

  • Designed to improperly influence authors, reviewers, editors, or editorial decisions

  • Making unsupported claims concerning sexual or reproductive health

4. Healthcare and Reproductive Health Advertising

Advertising involving fertility treatments, reproductive healthcare services, contraceptive products, medical products, diagnostic services, sexual health services, laboratory services, or healthcare claims should comply with applicable laws, regulations, ethical requirements, and professional standards.

Advertising should not make unsupported, misleading, exaggerated, or potentially harmful claims regarding the safety, effectiveness, quality, success rates, or benefits of a product or service.

5. Editorial Independence

Advertising revenue or promotional relationships must not influence:

  • Editorial policies

  • Peer-review outcomes

  • Manuscript acceptance or rejection

  • Publication priority

  • Research interpretation

  • Editorial appointments

The editorial team maintains independence from commercial and promotional interests.

6. Transparency

Advertisements should be clearly identifiable as advertising and should not be designed to resemble research articles, editorial content, peer-reviewed material, or other scholarly publications.

Where appropriate, commercial relationships should be disclosed transparently.

7. Review and Removal of Advertisements

The journal reserves the right to review, reject, modify, suspend, or remove advertisements that do not meet its requirements or that subsequently become inappropriate.

Acceptance of an advertisement does not constitute endorsement of the advertised product, treatment, service, company, or organization by the journal.

8. No Influence on Authors or Reviewers

Advertisers and commercial organizations must not receive confidential information about submitted manuscripts, reviewers, authors, research participants, or editorial decisions.

Confidential peer-review information will not be provided for advertising or promotional purposes.

9. Digital Advertising

Any advertising displayed on the journal's website should be clearly distinguishable from scholarly content. Digital advertisements should not interfere with the accessibility, readability, privacy, or integrity of published articles.

10. Commitment to Ethical Advertising

The International Journal of Sexual Health, Fertility and Reproductive Medicine aims to ensure that any advertising associated with the journal is handled responsibly, transparently, ethically, and independently, with priority given to the integrity of scholarly communication and the interests of readers and researchers over commercial interests.