PUBLICATION ETHICS

1. Duties of Editors

Publication Decisions: The editor is responsible for deciding which submitted manuscripts should be published based on their quality, originality, and relevance to the journal’s focus and scope.

Fair Play: Editors evaluate manuscripts based on intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, or political beliefs of the authors.

Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and relevant editorial parties.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by editors for their own research without the author’s written consent.

2. Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists editors in making publication decisions and helps authors improve their manuscripts.

Promptness: Reviewers who feel unqualified or unable to review a manuscript promptly should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process.

Confidentiality: Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.

Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively, with clear arguments. Personal criticism of authors is inappropriate.

Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant work that has not been cited and inform the editor of any similarity with other published works.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Reviewers must not use confidential information for personal advantage and should avoid reviewing manuscripts with conflicts of interest.

3. Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards: Authors must present accurate and objective accounts of their work, including sufficient detail for replication.

Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure originality and properly cite all sources used.

Multiple or Concurrent Publication: Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously.

Acknowledgement of Sources: All sources influencing the work must be properly acknowledged.

Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made significant contributions. All co-authors must approve the final manuscript.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial or other conflicts of interest and sources of funding.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works: Authors must promptly inform the editor if significant errors are discovered and cooperate in correcting or retracting the article.