Advertising and sponsorship are important to IMJ in helping us to provide value for our users. Our users and customers expect IMJ to be trustworthy, independent, and to have integrity. Our advertising and sponsorship should support that expectation and these guidelines are to ensure the ethical boundaries as expected by regulatory bodies.

• IMJ accepts advertising for medical or health-related products and services that are of interest to users in their personal and as well as professional lives. These advertisements or sponsorship should be decent, legal, truthful, and comply with the relevant laws, regulations, and industry codes for the geographic area in which they appear.
• IMJ does not allow advertising or sponsorship to influence editorial decisions.
• The advertisement features need to conform to IMJ specifications and be published in such a way that readers should immediately be able to distinguish between advertising and editorial content.
• The advertisements and sponsorship should be delivered in context. Any surreptitious or subliminal advertising is not allowed.
• The sponsored content should be clearly identifiable and the nature of any commercial relationship must be transparent to our users.
• Online advertising or sponsorship should not impede users’ access to editorial content.
• Journal accepts advertising and sponsorship from competitors only.
• Advertising and sponsorship are subject to editorial oversight.

Updated February 17, 2022