Approval and Consent
Capture ethics approval, informed consent, and study governance information when applicable.
Compliance captured at submission
The compliance module keeps essential declarations close to the manuscript record. Editors can review ethics, data sharing, conflict of interest, AI use, and clinical trial registration before a manuscript moves deeper into peer review.
This is especially important for oncology publishing, where clinical studies, human subjects research, biomarker analyses, and real-world data often require clear documentation.
Core Fields
Conflicts and Funding
Collect conflict of interest, funding, and competing interest declarations.
Availability
Record data, code, material sharing, repository access, and restrictions.
Trial Registration
Require registration details for interventional clinical trials and related clinical studies.
AI Disclosure
Ask authors to disclose AI-assisted writing, analysis, image generation, or other relevant use.
Editorial Visibility
Expose declarations in editor and reviewer workflows so checks are not buried in files.
Why It Matters
Cleaner Editorial Decisions
Editors can identify missing approvals, incomplete disclosures, or trial registration problems before peer review becomes expensive.
Better Production Readiness
Compliance fields can later feed article pages, production checklists, metadata exports, and indexing preparation.