Life and Science ethics committee convene as per requirement but not less than three meetings per year. Editors can consult members by email and can consult experts who have broad expertise including clinical medicine, research, bioethics, and medical editing. Responses are coordinated by the and a decision is made by majority. The committee is advisory. The editor can ignore its advice but must justify his/her action to the chairman in writing. The advice and the editor's response would both be published. In the event of a dispute, the committee's chairman can appeal to the journal committee of Life and Science.
Roles of the committee
The committee has following roles:

1. Clarifying, reviewing and developing on issues such as:

• Material arising from the doctor patient relationship
• Competing interests for authors, reviewers, editors, and ethics committee members
• Prior disclosure of results to research participants
• Editors' duty of confidentiality to authors

2. Formulating new editorial policies
3. Advising editors on ethics questions that arise during routine editorial work including scrutinizing papers referred by editors or peer reviewers worried about some aspect of the conception, design, conduct, presentation, authorship, or peer review of the work described in those papers.
4. Advising editors on duties and responsibilities to patients, research participants, authors, reviewers, publishers, other editors and readers.
5. Keeping editors informed of developments in research and publication ethics.

Life and Science-Ethics Committee Members  

1. Chairman: Prof Dr. Saleem Ahmed Khan
   Pro Vice Chancellor, Academics
   National University of Medical Sciences
   Rawalpindi, Pakistan
   

2. Member: Prof. Aisha Mohyuddin
   Dean Multi-Disciplinary Studies and Director Research
   National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

3. Member: Dr. Adnan Haider
   Managing Editor, Life and Science
   Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
   National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

4. Member: Dr. Hina Shan
   Managing Editor, Life and Science
   Assistant Professor, Public Health
   National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

All appeals and complaints regarding (but not limited to) misconduct, authorship conflicts or plagiarism in publications at Life and Science will be directed to the Life and Science Complain and Appeal Scrutiny Committee. Authors whose articles have been rejected have the right to send a letter of appeal giving detailed explanations. This will be reviewed in-house and a decision will be taken accordingly. Revised articles will not be considered at this stage.

Life and Science- Complain and Appeal Scrutiny Committee Members

1. Dr. Adnan Haider
Managing Editor, Life and Science
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

2. Dr. Hina Shan
Managing Editor, Life and Science
Assistant Professor, Public Health
National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

3. Mr. Rehan Ahsan Malik
Manager & Assistant Editor, Life and Science
National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan