Joint Commission of Taiwan (JCT) publications include disciplines of healthcare quality, patient safety, public health, medical education, hospital management.

Focus on integrity, academic excellence, accountability, inclusivity and professionalism.

JCT publishes reports, books and journals must comply with the following regulations.

 

The review is subject to administrative review by the executive editor, and then review by experts in the professional field.

If there are still differences of opinion, submit to the editor-in-chief for approval, and only after passing the final review can it be published.

 

1. Advertisers are treated equally with respect to gender, age, race, religion, marital status, or physical disability

2. Advertisers must ensure that all advertisements they promote comply with the regulations of their country ; Publisher is not responsible for incidental or consequential damage for errors in displaying or printing an ad.

3. Advertisers and current or potential sponsors have no influence on editorial decisions. The editorial content is independent of commercial or financial interests

4. All advertisements are subject to the approval of the publisher of the JCT, which reserves the right to reject or cancel any ad at any time.

 

1. Published articles must follow appropriate ethics and laws.

2. Published articles are subject to additional regulations and need to be reviewed by appropriate research ethics committees/procedures and formally approved before proceeding.

3. The identification of the author, the ownership of the property rights of the work, and the authorized use of the work should be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Copyright Act.

 

According to the Healthcare Policy Association,

Authors must have the Informed Consent Form (ICF) of the subjects before publishing the paper

 

We aim to ensure the integrity of the academic record of all published or potential publications. Whenever it is recognized that a significant inaccuracy, misleading statement, or distorted report has been published, it must be corrected promptly and with due prominence. If, after an appropriate investigation, an item proves to be fraudulent, it should be retracted. The retraction should be clearly identifiable to readers and indexing systems.

 

Errors in published papers may be identified in the form of errata when the Editor-in-Chief considers it appropriate to inform the journal readership about a previous error and makes a correction to the error in the published article.

The erratum will appear as a new article in the journal, and will cite the original published article.

 

Retractions are considered and published when there are severe errors in an article that invalidate the conclusions. Retractions are also made in cases where there is evidence of publication malpractice, such as plagiarism, duplicate publication, or unethical research.

 

Where substantial doubt arises as to the honesty or integrity of a submitted or published article, journal editors may consider issuing an expression of concern. However, expressions of concern should only be issued if an investigation into the problems relating to the article has proven inconclusive, and if there remain strong indicators that the concerns are valid. Under some rare cases, an editorial expression of concern may also be issued when an investigation is underway but a judgement will not be available for a considerable time.

 

The expression of concern will be linked back to the published article it relates to.