Policy on Advertising

The following terms and conditions are applied in terms of JEAR advertising policies:

• All advertisements are subject to approval of the Editors of JEAR which reserves the right to reject or cancel any advertisement at any time.
• JEAR will not accept advertisements for products proven to be seriously harmful to health. Thus, advertising for any illegal products as well as those containing indecent, obscene, or defamatory contents will not be accepted.
• Statements in advertisements should carry no direct or implied disparagement of another product. There should be no statements that are misleading, exaggerated, or contrary to proven facts.
• Advertised products must be compliant with the regulations in the country where the advertisement will be seen. Thus, editors should ensure that existing regulatory or industry standards for advertisements specific to their country are enforced, or develop their own standards. They should also consider all criticisms of advertisements for publication.
• The principle of maintaining editorial independence from commercial influence underlies decision-making. Editorial decisions are not in any way influenced by advertising and shall be kept separate from the published content. In other words, JEAR website should not be dominated by advertisements, and advertising must not be allowed to influence editorial decisions.
• Editors should have full and final authority for approving print and online advertisements and for enforcing advertising policy.
• All advertisements must clearly and prominently identify the advertiser by trademark or signature which implies that advertisements should be clearly identifiable as advertisements.
• Online advertising may be targeted by subject and does not appear on the PDF version of articles. Ideally, standard banners as well as contextual banners should use keywords to ensure that you reach your intended audience alongside the most relevant research articles.
• Advertising is separate from content. Thus, advertisers and sponsors have no advance knowledge of our editorial content, nor do the editors have advance knowledge of advertisers. Content is never altered, added, or deleted to accommodate advertising.
• Advertisers and sponsors have no input regarding any of our editorial decisions or advertising policies. The advertising sales representatives have neither control over, nor prior knowledge of, specific editorial content before it is published.
• Readers who click on an advertising banner or other advertising link may connect to a site different from JEAR to view additional information. Such sites may also ask visitors for additional data. JEAR does not participate in, nor control such sites.
• Third-party advertisements on JEAR or the e-mail alerts may not include any JEAR publication name, logo, or title.
• JEAR does not endorse any company, product, or service appearing in its advertising.
• Advertisers and sponsors have no control or influence over the results of searches a user may conduct on JEAR. Search results are based solely on the functionality available through our search software (e.g., keywords or natural language) and user-defined criteria (e.g., displaying most recent or most relevant items first).