Peer Review Process & Publication Ethics

1. Peer Review Standard

The PocketGull Journal of Salutogenic Medicine & Systems Biology enforces independent clinical and statistical peer review. All submissions are triaged by the Editor-in-Chief and evaluated by at least two independent expert reviewers possessing relevant domain expertise in clinical medicine, systems biology, or biostatistics.

Reviewers evaluate manuscripts according to methodological rigor, clarity of epistemic demarcation, Cochrane Risk of Bias standards, statistical power, and reproducibility of computational models.

2. ICMJE & COPE Ethical Alignment

The Journal adheres strictly to the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Core Practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

• Commercial Firewall & Editorial Independence: Editorial decisions are made strictly on scientific merit and clinical truth. Commercial interests, software subscriptions, and corporate licensing of PocketGull LLC have zero influence over editorial triage, peer review outcomes, or publication timing.
• Conflict of Interest (COI) Disclosure: All authors must submit explicit COI statements disclosing all financial and non-financial relationships.
• AI Transparency Policy: The use of artificial intelligence assistive tools (such as LLMs for literature scanning or draft polishing) must be explicitly disclosed in the Methods section. AI systems cannot be listed as authors. Human authors assume full legal and scientific responsibility for content accuracy and clinical validity.
• Data Availability & Reproducibility: De-identified data vectors and code necessary to reproduce reported findings must be deposited with open access on permanent scientific repositories (such as Zenodo, Figshare, or GitHub).

3. HIPAA § 164.514 Safe Harbor Attestation

All human subject data, case summaries, and physiological vectors published in the Journal must strictly satisfy HIPAA § 164.514 Safe Harbor de-identification requirements. All 18 statutory personal identifiers are completely stripped prior to publication.