Grant Support/ Financial Disclosure

All sources of funding for a study must be declared as an acknowledgment at the end of the text in the manuscript submitted Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists (JPAD). This includes grants, sponsorships, or any financial support received for the research.

Authors must describe the role of the study sponsor(s), if any, in various aspects of the research process: study design, acquisition of data, analysis, and interpretation of data, drafting of the report, critical revision and decision to submit the paper for publication.

The corresponding author must confirm that they had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.

JPAD will publish a Grant Support and Financial Disclosure statement for each article. This statement ensures transparency regarding funding sources and their involvement in the research process.