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Publication Ethics

The journal follows COPE publication ethics standards

Authors' Responsibilities

  • Originality: Submit original research and do not submit previously published work to another journal unless officially rejected or withdrawn.
  • Integrity: Report major errors in research after publication and cooperate with the journal to correct or retract them.
  • Conflict of Interest: Disclose any conflict of interest affecting the evaluation of the research.
  • Contribution: Ensure all co-authors contributed adequately, properly acknowledge others’ contributions, and provide credit.
  • Plagiarism: Avoid unethical practices such as plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, ghostwriting, or inappropriate authorship.
  • Data: Retain research data and provide it when requested by editors or reviewers.

Reviewers' Responsibilities

  • Confidentiality: Maintain the confidentiality of the review process and discuss only with permission from the editor-in-chief.
  • Objectivity: Evaluate research objectively and avoid personal biases or competing interests.
  • Conflict of Interest: Decline reviewing research where conflicts exist.
  • Similarity: Inform the editor of any similarity between the manuscript under review and other known works.

Editors' Responsibilities

  • Standards: Ensure submitted research meets the journal's scientific and ethical standards, regardless of the author’s race, gender, or background.
  • Fairness: Do not discriminate against authors and ensure confidential and unbiased evaluation.
  • Integrity: Handle unethical practices, including plagiarism, ghostwriting, and complaints.
  • Corrections: Take action to correct major errors in published papers.

Translation of COPE Publication Ethics

COPE publication ethics guidelines cover research integrity, authorship, peer review, conflicts of interest, data sharing, plagiarism, and misconduct, aiming to ensure transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct at all stages of academic publishing.

Key areas of COPE publication ethics:

  • Research and publication integrity: Research must be well-planned, justified, and ethically approved. Journals should have procedures to correct literature and cooperate with institutional investigations in cases of misconduct.
  • Authorship: Guidelines on handling authorship disputes and ensuring proper credit.
  • Peer review: Reviews must be objective, constructive, and confidential; reviewers must not use work for personal gain.
  • Conflict of interest: Authors and editors must disclose potential conflicts to preserve publication integrity.
  • Data sharing and reproducibility: Ensure research is reproducible and data is shared ethically.
  • Plagiarism and misconduct: Identify and manage plagiarism and other forms of misconduct.
  • Journal management and transparency: Clear guidelines for authors and ethical complaint procedures.
  • Advertisements: Editorial decisions must not be influenced by ad revenue; misleading ads should be rejected.
  • Artificial intelligence: Addresses AI usage in publishing and related ethical concerns.
  • Consent: Guidance on obtaining informed consent for case reports.
  • Corrections: Journals should have mechanisms to publish corrections or retract research when necessary.