| Medical ethics is recognized as one ethical research involvingmulti-disciplines such as biology, medicine, environmental science, education, scientific research, economics, and anthropology, etc. Medical journals have the responsibility for ethical review of academic papers. In February 2023, the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued a new version of the “Ethical Review Measures for Life Sciences and Medical Research Involving Human Beings”. Article 29 clearly stipulates that when academic journals publish research results related to human life science and medical research, they should confirm that the research has been approved by the ethics review committee, and researchers should provide relevant proof.This “consensus” has extensively solicited expert opinions from medical schools, clinical research, and drug research, aimingto discuss the development of medical ethics and relevant national laws and regulations, the important guiding significance of medical ethics review, and confirm that medical journals have the responsibility of ethical review for publishing academic papers. |