1. All advertisements are subject to the approval of the publisher or Editor. Once an advertisement has been deployed online, it will be withdrawn from the journal site at any time if the Editor-in-Chief or Publisher requests its removal.

2. As a committed provider of original content, Discovery Medicine does not accept advertising content infringing the intellectual property rights, rights in confidential information, rights of privacy or any other rights of any third party. We expect sponsors and advertisers to obtain and pay for all necessary licenses.

3. Advertising is separate from content. Advertisers and sponsors should have no advance knowledge of our editorial content, nor should the Editors shape content to accommodate advertising. Advertisers do not influence any of the publishers’ editorial decisions or advertising policies.

4. The appearance of an advertisement in the publisher’s journal is neither a guarantee nor an endorsement of the given product, service, company, or the claims made in such advertising by the publisher, society, or editorial partner.

5. Advertising that appears in the publisher’s journal will be distinguishable from editorial content.

6. Publisher’s advertising sales representatives have no control over, or prior knowledge of, specific editorial content before it is published.

7. Advertisers have no control or influence over the results of searches a user may conduct on the publisher’s journal. 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 the most recent or most relevant items first).

8. In consideration of the publication of an advertisement, the advertiser and the agency, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the publisher, its officers, agents, and employees against expenses (including legal fees) and losses resulting from the publication of the contents of the advertisement, including, without limitation, claims or suits for libel, violation of privacy, copyright infringement, or plagiarism.

9. All advertisements must clearly and prominently identify the advertiser by trademark or signature.

10. Any reference to the publisher or its products or services in advertisements, promotional material, or merchandising by the advertiser or the agency is subject to the publisher’s prior written approval for each such use.

11. The publisher is not responsible for any damages, including but not limited to actual, direct, incidental, or consequential damages, for errors in advertisement advertising.

12. The publisher will not be bound by any condition, printed or otherwise, appearing on any insertion order or copy instructions when such conditions conflict with the conditions outlined in  this policy statement.

13. In the event of nonpayment, the publisher reserves the right to hold the advertiser and/or its advertising agency liable for such monies as are due and payable to the publisher.

14. Any use of publication trademarks or copyrighted material for links to and from the website must be approved, in advance, by the publisher. Any such unauthorized linking is prohibited.

15. All advertisements for recruitment or employment must be nondiscriminatory and comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Advertisements of this nature that discriminate against applicants based on sex, age, race, religion, marital status, or physical handicap will not be accepted. Non-U.S. recruitment advertisers are required to confirm in writing that they are equal-opportunity employers.

16. Discovery Medicine avoids advertising and sponsorship messaging that could take advantage of the inexperience of vulnerable groups and children or cause them any distress, e.g., by misrepresenting, distorting, exaggerating, or over-glamorizing  product attributes or functions.

17. Advertised products must be compliant with the regulations in the country where the advertisement will be seen.

18. The publisher does not release personally identifiable data on the users of our websites or email service to advertisers.

Advertising complaints policy

Please send any complaints about advertising to: support@discovmed.com

Updated on 10 January 2023