Journal Information
Ethics and Policy
Publishing Ethics
Based on the Committee on Publication Ethics-COPE (https://publicationethics.org/)
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal leads to the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is the quality value of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor and the peer reviewer.
Duties of Editors
- Publication decision
Editor should ensure the quality of the articles to well written before publishing in the journal they are in-charge. Moreover, editor should consider primacy, originality, clarity, materials consistency and conformance with the journal policies in the review and selection of articles to be published. However, editor should not consider accepting articles which have already been published elsewhere, whether in hard or soft copy. - Fair play
Editor must not refuse the publication of an article initially written out of curiosity, but he should assure that the article is properly supported by evidence, referenced and well written. Moreover, editor should assure the total avoidance of plagiarism by using the most reliable software program application for detection of plagiarism. - Confidentiality
Editor should not disclose any individual information about the authors and reviewers of the articles during the duration of the article reviews and keep the information confidential. - Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Editor should demonstrate full disclosure and prove that conflict of interest with authors, reviewers and publication management team do not exist. - Involvement and cooperation in investigations
Editors should stop the review process of articles that give an indication of plagiarism; and make contact with the author/s to demand an explanation immediately. Subsequently, make a final decision whether to “accept” or “refuse” the explanation of the author/s and the article.
Duties of Authors
- Reporting standards
The information should be accurately represented on the report which should include sufficient data and sources. - Data access and retention
The author should provide the data to public access and should retain the details if necessarily. - Originality and plagiarism
The authors should write entirely original articles or if author have used the phrase of other authors, should publish appropriately references. - Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication
Simultaneous manuscript submission is regarded as an unethical matter of authors who are responsible for publicizing the work since it is considered as academic dishonesty and breach of journal terms. If the journal discovers that the author that has behavior as stated, that author may be blacklisted and the other works may not be considered to publicize in the future. - Acknowledgement of sources
Authors must specify the source of funds that support this research. The uses of information from private discussion or confidential services must be specified the permission from the source. - Authorship of the paper
Every author whose name appears in article must be a person who was truly involved in conducting the research, as attested by all members of the group of authors. - Hazards and human or animal subjects
Authors must respect the dignity and rights of human used as examples in works, and treat humanity and the animals with ethics. - Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Authors must specify conflicts of interest (if any), namely any financial support: employment, honoraria, other funding. - Fundamental errors in published works
If there is any mistake appearing in a published work, author who own the work should immediately inform the editor and cooperate with the editor for the correct editing. Otherwise, if the editor realizes that mistake from outsiders, it is author’s responsibility to manage the retraction and editing, and show the correct version of the works to the editor. - Sign a copyright agreement
Authors must agree that the submitted papers are their own works, and those have never been published anywhere.
Duties of Reviewers
- Contribution to editorial decisions
Reviewer should provide assistance to editor for decision making and editor may communicate with author to improve the quality of the article. - Promptness
Reviewer should punctually complete and submit the review of an article. However, reviewer should contract editor immediately if unable to complete the review in time, whether to dismiss the review or investigate for solution. - Confidentiality
Reviewer should not reveal any information, in part or whole, about the article to anyone who are not involved in the review. - Standards of objectivity
Reviewer should be considering a task based on a fact without personal bias. - Acknowledgement of source
Reviewer should be having enough knowledge to provide an unbiassed assignment. - Disclosure and conflicts of interest
When the reviewer might be a possible conflict of interest with author, should either ignore the position and report the editor.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge (Free to publish).
