For Research Involving Human Subjects-

Informed consent from each patient or participant should be obtained. Patient or participant's identities and privacy must be fully protected in the manuscript. Please follow the guidelines from ICMJE on Protection of Research Participants. The information of whether informed consent has been obtained should be written in the manuscript, either in the Methods section, Acknowledgement, or in a separate section. If informed consent was obtained orally only or not obtained, the authors must clearly explain the reasons with a statement in the manuscript and this should have been approved by author's institutional review board or ethics committee.

Link for Protection of Research Participants

https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/protection-of-research-participants.html