Aureum Academic Journal (AAJ) is committed to ensuring that research involving human participants or animals complies with recognized ethical standards and applicable legal and institutional requirements.

• Authors conducting research involving human participants or animals must minimize unnecessary risks and obtain institutional ethics approval where required.

• Research must comply with applicable national and international ethical standards and regulations.

• Human-participant studies must obtain informed consent and include an appropriate ethics statement unless a valid waiver or exemption applies.

• Studies involving human images, recordings, personal information, or sensitive data must protect participants' identities and obtain appropriate consent for publication where individuals are identifiable.

• Animal studies must receive prior ethics approval where required and comply with applicable animal welfare regulations.

• Relevant permissions must be obtained before research begins whenever required.

• Animal research must use appropriate care, humane treatment, and procedures that minimize unnecessary suffering.

• Authors must report the approving ethics committee, approval reference where available, and applicable consent procedures in the manuscript.

• Research involving vulnerable populations, identifiable datasets, or potentially sensitive information must apply suitable ethical safeguards.

• AAJ supports the 3Rs principles (Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement) to reduce animal use and improve animal welfare.

This policy is informed by relevant international research ethics principles and recommendations from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).