Publication Ethics

Duties of Authors

  1. Authors must guarantee that their submissions are a new work that have not been published elsewhere.
  2. Authors must not violate or plagiarize the work of others. The authors must check against plagiarizing using reliable checking programs and submit the result with the journal article.
  3. Authors bear sole responsible for the contents, opinions, and recommendations that appear in their article.
  4. Authors must be involved in the drafting of the article. In the event that there are multiple authors involved, the primary author and collaborating authors and their roles must be identified.
  5. All authors that appear must be involved in the research and drafting of the article.
  6. Authors must report truthfully regarding the results of their research and must not distort or create false data to conform with their own conclusions.
  7. Authors must make proper references to the works of others, if they are used in the submitted work. They must also include a clear and correct list of references at the end of their work that conforms to the journal’s formatting guidelines.
  8. Authors wishing to submit articles to the journal must adhere to the formatting guide, as seen in the “Article Formatting” section.
  9. Authors must use the documentary template for their submissions.
  10. Authors must make corrections to their submissions, as suggested by the reviewers and editorial board within the stipulated deadline.
  11. If the article involves human research, authors must submit a letter of guarantee from their institution’s Ethics Committee on Human Research.
  12. Authors wishing to submit articles to fulfil part of their graduation requirements, must also submit a signed letter of guarantee from their academic supervisor.
  13. Authors must identify conflicts of interest (if any).

 

Duties of Editors

  1. Editors have the duty of evaluating the quality of articles submitted for publication and conformity to the journal’s established policies.
  2. Editors must not disclose information regarding the author and reviewer of articles to anyone who is not involved in the review process.
  3. Editors must decide on which articles to publish, following the completion of the peer review process. They should make their decision in the light of the articles’ significance, novelty, clarity, and conformity with the journal’s intentions and policies.
  4. Editors must issue acceptance letters with the acceptance date that reflects reality.
  5. Editors must not publish an article that has already been published elsewhere.
  6. Editors must not reject the publication of an article out of suspicion or uncertainty without concrete evidence to back up these suspicions.
  7. Editors must have no conflicts of interest with the authors, reviewers, and managerial board.
  8. Editors must rigorously evaluate submitted articles for plagiarism by using credible programs in order to ensure that published articles have not illegitimately used materials from others.
  9. If plagiarism is discovered during the evaluation process, the editor must halt the process immediately and contact the main author, who may provide clarifications that may aid in the final decision to accept or reject the article for publication.

 

Duties of Reviewers

  1. Reviewers must maintain the highest ethical and professional standards and provide unbiased and straightforward recommendations. They must have no conflicts of interest with authors. In the event that they do, they must inform the editorial board immediately and recuse themselves from the review process.
  2. Reviewers must evaluate articles that are in the field(s) of expertise and evaluate their quality and significance and should not use unsubstantiated personal opinions to evaluate articles.
  3. Reviewers should specify significant research works that are relevant to the article’s content, which have not been referred to by the author. Furthermore, reviewers should notify the editor if there are sections of the article that are similar or duplicates other works.
  4. Reviewers must maintain confidentiality and never expose the data in the articles, either partially or fully to anyone not involved in the review process.
  5. Reviewers must complete the review process by the editorial board’s stipulated deadline.