Last updated November 6, 2014

Statement of institutional review board

Any article describing a study (basic research, clinical research, and case report) involving human and/or animal subjects is required to have the institutional review board name, whether institutional (part of the author(s)’ academic/medical institution, such as the Oak Grove Children’s Hospital Institutional Review Board) or commercial/independent/private (contracted for-profit organizations, such as the Clinic Care Coalition for Human Rights Institutional Review Board), stated explicitly in the title page. In addition, a copy of any ethics approval document(s)/letter(s) or waiver should be provided to the Baishideng Publishing Group in PDF format.

Sample wording: The study was reviewed and approved by the [Name of Institution or Organization] Institutional Review Board.

Please click on the links below to download the sample documents of Institutional Review Board approval document(s)/letter(s):