Publication Ethic

Duties of Authors

1. Reporting Standards: Authors must present an accurate account of their research and discuss its significance objectively. Data must be represented truthfully, and the manuscript should include sufficient detail and references to allow replication. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements are unacceptable.
2. Data Access and Retention: Authors may be asked to provide raw data for editorial review and, where practicable, make data publicly accessible. Authors should retain data for a reasonable period after publication.
3. Originality and Plagiarism: Manuscripts must be entirely original. Work or words of others must be properly cited or quoted.
4. Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: Authors must not submit the same research to multiple journals simultaneously or publish substantially similar work elsewhere.
5. Acknowledgement of Sources: Properly cite all sources that influenced the reported work.
6. Authorship: Only individuals who contributed significantly to conception, design, execution, or interpretation should be listed as co-authors. All co-authors must approve the final version and agree to submission. Contributors not meeting authorship criteria should be acknowledged.
7. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial or other conflicts of interest and sources of funding.
8. Fundamental Errors: Authors must promptly notify the editor of any significant errors in published work and cooperate in corrections or retractions.
9. Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects: Any unusual hazards or ethical concerns in the research must be clearly described.

Duties of Editors

1. Fair Play: Editors evaluate manuscripts solely on intellectual content, without bias based on race, gender, religion, nationality, or political beliefs.
2. Confidentiality: Manuscript details must not be disclosed except to appropriate parties (authors, reviewers, editorial advisers, publisher).
3. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Editors must not use information from submitted manuscripts for personal research without author consent.
4. Publication Decisions: The editorial board decides which manuscripts to publish based on originality, validity, and relevance. Legal and ethical considerations, including plagiarism and copyright, must be respected.
5. Review of Manuscripts: Editors ensure manuscripts are evaluated for originality and organize peer review fairly. Appropriate reviewers are selected based on expertise and without conflicts of interest.

Duties of Reviewers 

1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review helps editors decide on publication and provides constructive feedback to authors.
2. Promptness: Reviewers should decline if unqualified or unable to provide a timely review.
3. Standards of Objectivity: Reviews must be objective, avoiding personal criticism. Opinions should be supported with clear arguments.
4. Confidentiality: Manuscripts received for review must remain confidential and not be shared without permission.
5. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers must disclose conflicts and avoid reviewing papers where conflicts exist. Privileged information must not be used for personal gain.
6. Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant work not cited by the authors and alert editors to significant overlaps with other publications.