Publication Policies and Ethics
General Responsibility of the Editor
- The Editor is authorized to select and publish articles in the journal.
- They endeavour to meet the needs of authors and improve their journals frequently.
- They should always be ready to rectify the corrections or mistakes; if needed, comments should be given to the author for further improvement.
- The evaluation will never be based on the author's name, philosophy, gender etc.
- The editor-in-chief is the person who selects reviewers to review the paper. He will guide the reviewers in knowing the points they need to follow at the time of submission.
- The Editor can get help and confer with other editors or reviewers if required.
- If any plagiarism is found in your research paper, it will be rejected, and for acceptance of the paper, make sure your paper follows the originality or clarity. The right to publish or reject is given to the Editor.
- The Editor can only share the manuscript details with authorized reviewers, publishers or authors. And your submitted paper is paper is under concealment.
- Without any signed author agreement, editors cannot use the unpublished information in their research work.
- It is necessary to agree on all standards that expect legal behaviour.
General Responsibility of Reviewer
- The reviewer is responsible for reviewing the paper and if they found everything according to the journal format. The paper is allowed to publish.
- They ensure that non-peer-reviewed sections of the journal are reread.
- The Editor selects reviewers, and they have no right to know the name of the publisher or author.
- If they find themselves unqualified to review the paper, they can promptly inform the Editor.
- Confidentiality is ensured; reviewers cannot disclose information to anyone during the review session.
- Reviews should be defined objectively. No personal criticism is allowed. Comments to the author should be clearly defined so they can modify their paper accordingly.
- If the manuscript is found to be copied, reviewers need to inform the Editor.
- Reviewers or editors couldn't use unpublished information in the author's manuscript for their research.
- Ensure that data collected through peer review is preserved and not used for individual benefits.
- Reviewers who have a conflict of interest are accredited to disclose the info to other publishing supervisors or reviewers.
General Responsibility of the Author
- Statistics of quantitative statements should be characterized precisely in the paper.
- Accurate detail, objective, significance, conclusion, and reference are required in the final research paper.
- The author should permit others to check the related information; if any fraudulent or incongruous standards are found, they will not be accepted.
- Make sure you have raw data and reference data of related research work with you, as sometimes journal reviewers may ask for this.
- After publication, authors should make sure the accessibility of the paper for other professionals is at least ten years.
- Ensure that their submitted work follows originality and clarity or that there is no plagiarism. And if the review panel finds a copy case, they can reject the paper.
- Unethical behaviour is when you submit the same paper in multiple journals.
- The corresponding authors should ensure that their co-authors also approve the final research paper.
- If any error or modification is needed and commented on by the publisher, the author must improve it and again send it for publication.
- For the project, the financial support sources must be disclosed. At the initial stage, they can disclose the conflicts of interest, which interpret their results.
For more detail, read the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers for information on best practices in peer review.