Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Our ethics statements are based on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and available at http://publicationethics.org/files/u2/New_Code.pdf Any kind of unethical behavior is not acceptable, plagiarism is not tolerated in any of its forms. The relevant duties and responsibilities of authors, reviewers, and Editor-in-Chief  include:

1. Authors are responsible for
·  ensuring that their manuscripts are their original work;
·  certifying that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere (in whole or in part);
·  confirming that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere;
·  notifying Editor-in-Chief of any conflict of interest;
·  identifying all sources used in the their manuscript;
·  reporting any errors they discover in their manuscript.

 

2. Reviewers are responsible for
·  disclosing to Editor-in-Chief any conflict of interest;
·  keeping information pertaining to the manuscript confidential;
·  bringing to the attention of the Editor-in-Chief any information that may be reason to reject publication of a manuscript;
·  evaluating manuscripts only for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors;
·  notifying Editor-in-Chief and excuse himself from the review process in case that they feel unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or know that its prompt review will be impossible.

 
3. Editor-in-Chief is responsible for
·   keeping information pertaining to submitted manuscripts confidential;
·   disclosing any conflict of interest;
·   evaluating manuscripts only for their intellectual content;
·   making publication decisions on submitted manuscripts based on review reports.