总则

Zentime在出版伦理、学术不端、知情同意和同行评审标准等方面均坚持最高标准的编辑政策。Zentime名下期刊均遵循出版伦理委员会、世界医学编辑协会（WAME; www.wame.org）和国际医学期刊编辑委员会（ICMJE; www.icmje.org）制定的指导方针。

Zentime仅接收未在其他期刊发表过的稿件（除非是以摘要形式或作为已发表讲座或论文的一部分），且该文章未考虑在其他地方发表。通讯作者应确保所有作者都为研究的设计或实施做出贡献，阅读并同意最终提交的稿件。作者应保留稿件副本以防遗失或损坏。被接收的稿件可能会由编辑部进行编校，不再另行通知。在符合开放获取政策的前提下，已发表稿件可在期刊官方网站在线获取。

不论何时，任何稿件向Zentime提交审稿与出版审查申请，编辑部都会认真公正地对稿件内容进行评估，绝不会因作者的种族、性别、性取向、宗教信仰、种族起源、公民身份或政治哲学观点而带有偏见。

编辑和任何编辑部工作人员不得向除审稿人、潜在审稿人和其他编辑顾问之外的任何人透露有关投稿稿件的任何信息。未经作者书面同意，任何编辑不得在其研究中使用投稿稿件中所披露的未发表的材料。

同行评审政策

所有稿件都将经过同行评审，以期符合严格出版标准、达到卓越学术水准。作者应提供3位潜在的同行评审专家（包括电子邮件地址在内的详细联系信息），后者应在其研究领域拥有专业知识，并且能对稿件做出客观评价。如未提供，潜在审稿人将根据出版记录确定，或是由编委会成员推荐。曾与通讯作者有共同发表作品经历的推荐审稿人将不被考虑。在没有其他合适的评审专家时，将考虑作者推荐的审稿人。

依据政策，所有收到的稿件均将被视作机密文件。除非经过编辑授权，否则不得向他人展示或讨论。评审过程应客观进行，对作者进行个人批评是不恰当的。所有审稿人应清晰表达他们的意见，并提供支持性论据。

编辑委员会政策

编辑委员会负责监督期刊同行评议过程，例如，评估提交的稿件，挑选审稿人并评估他们的审稿意见，以及做出编辑决策。编辑委员会参与制定期刊政策和伦理标准，并致力于发扬Zentime的宗旨，为学术交流提供一个优秀的平台。

编辑委员会成员每年至少审阅2篇其专业领域内的文章，且每年2次享有免除投稿出版费用的权利。所有编辑委员会成员都应该在可能和适当的情况下，为建设开放获取出版事业做出重大贡献。

开放获取政策

所有内容都对用户或其机构免费提供。用户有权阅读、下载、复制、分发、打印、搜索或链接到文章的全文，或出于任何其他合法目的使用它们，无需事先征得出版商或作者的许可。

抄袭政策

使用或复制他人作品，或是未适当引用创作者或未获得版权许可的情况下重复使用，被视为抄袭。

所有提交的稿件都将使用抄袭检测软件进行评估。如果初步审核时发现稿件与之前发表的文章具有较高的重复率，该稿件通常会在提交后7天内被拒稿。

General Policy

Zentime adheres to the highest standards concerning its editorial policies on publication ethics, scientific misconduct, consent and peer review criteria. Zentime journals follow the guidance enacted by bodies of the Committee on Publication Ethics, the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME; www.wame.org) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE; www.icmje.org).

All submitted manuscripts shouldn' t have been published elsewhere (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or thesis) and are not currently under consideration for publication by another journal. The corresponding author(s) should ensure that all authors have contributed to the design or conduction of the study, read and approved the final manuscript for submission. The authors should keep a copy of the manuscript in case of loss or damage. Accepted manuscripts may be subject to editorial revision without notice. The contents of the published manuscripts are available online at the official journal website under the open access policy.

At any time, once a manuscript is submitted for review and possible publication in Zentime, the editor will evaluate the contents of manuscript, which is absolutely not treated with prejudice on race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s).

The editor and any editorial staff do not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the reviewers, potential reviewers and other editorial advisers. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript will be never used in any editor’s research without the written consent of the author(s).

Peer Review Policy

All manuscripts are subjected to peer review and are expected to meet the rigorous standards of academic excellence. The authors should provide 3 potential peer reviewers, who have expertise in their field of study and will be able to provide objective comments regarding the manuscript, with detailed contact information including e-mail address. If not provided, potential reviewers will be identified by their publication record or recommended by the Editorial Board members. Recommended reviewers who have been a co-author with the corresponding author will not be assigned. Reviewers recommended by authors will be only considered when other appropriate ones are not available.

As a policy, any manuscript received for review is treated as confidential documents. They are never shown to or discussed with others except those authorized by the editor. The review process is conducted objectively, and personal criticism of the author(s) is inappropriate. All reviewers should express their comments clearly with supporting arguments.

Editorial Board Policy

The Editorial Board oversees the peer review process for the journal, e.g., evaluating submissions, selecting reviewers and assessing their comments, and making editorial decisions. The Board are involved in the development of journal policies, ethics standards, and work to promote Zentime's mission to provide a great forum for academic exchange.

Our Editorial Board Members enjoy the benefits of submitting two manuscripts each year with publishing fee waived and are expected to review a minimum of 2 articles in their field of expertise. All Editorial Board members are expected to develop and make a great contribution to the Open Access publication community where possible and appropriate.

Open Access Policy

All content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. 

Plagiarism Policy

The practice of using or copying someone else's work, and reusing without proper citations to the creator or without copyright permissions obtained is regarded as plagiarism.

All submitted manuscripts will be evaluated using plagiarism detection software. If having a high repetition rate with previously published articles after preliminary review, the article will be rejected within 7 days after submission generally.